http://www.arterimalaysia.com Following Art Wherever It Goes | Sama-sama Ikut Seni Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:48:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2010/02/12/musings-on-malaysian-blackface/ http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2010/02/12/musings-on-malaysian-blackface/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:00:42 +0000 editorial http://www.arterimalaysia.com/?p=6582 In America the use of blackface is cringe-worthy and condemned. In Malaysia it pops up everywhere...but what does it mean?]]> http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2010/02/12/musings-on-malaysian-blackface/feed/ 2 http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2009/07/26/the-storyteller/ http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2009/07/26/the-storyteller/#comments Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:42:33 +0000 admin http://www.arterimalaysia.com/?p=3595 by Zedeck Siew Obituary: Yasmin Ahmad, 1958 - 2009 The dreamer, her films I didn't like, and why we will miss her.]]> http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2009/07/26/the-storyteller/feed/ 4 http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2009/07/22/d-for-drama/ http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2009/07/22/d-for-drama/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:55:38 +0000 admin http://www.arterimalaysia.com/?p=3455 By ARTERI M.A.D dares to deliver the dangerous ddddddd D! The next installment in our Malaysian Art Dictionary. Come and join in the fun la. ]]> http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2009/07/22/d-for-drama/feed/ 1 http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2009/05/24/art-boy-who-looks-at-his-fingernails/ http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2009/05/24/art-boy-who-looks-at-his-fingernails/#comments Sun, 24 May 2009 03:04:37 +0000 admin http://www.arterimalaysia.com/?p=2123 by Haseena Abdul Majid There is a quiet sense of resignation to reality and dissatisfaction with chaos in Haslin Ismail’s recent exhibition Exorcismus Persona at RA Fine Arts. His surrealist approach covers various mediums, from painting, assemblage, mixed media, installations and handmade books. ]]> http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2009/05/24/art-boy-who-looks-at-his-fingernails/feed/ 6 http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2009/05/06/from-blackness-there-was-more-darkness/ http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2009/05/06/from-blackness-there-was-more-darkness/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 17:22:27 +0000 admin http://www.arterimalaysia.com/?p=1634 by ARTERI Political analyst Wong Chin Huat has just been detained under the Sedition Act, for his writing and for initiating the 1Black Malaysia campaign. The aim of the campaign was to get all Malaysians to wear black on 7 May, in protest against Barisan National's apparently unconstitutional take-over of the Perak state government.]]> http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2009/05/06/from-blackness-there-was-more-darkness/feed/ 14 http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2009/04/26/thoughts-on-darkness-07-the-black-page-in-tristram-shandy/ http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2009/04/26/thoughts-on-darkness-07-the-black-page-in-tristram-shandy/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:38:01 +0000 admin http://www.arterimalaysia.com/?p=1271 by Lydia Chai There is a famous moment in Laurence Sterne's eighteenth century novel, The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, when the character Yorick dies and we the readers are then confronted with an entire black page. This odd literary device might elicit laughter and amusement because of its simplistic representation of death, darkness, and fear of nothingness. We might also think it poignant that the story's long-winded narrator, Tristram, finds himself at a sudden loss for words and can only express his grief with a silent, dark page. ]]> http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2009/04/26/thoughts-on-darkness-07-the-black-page-in-tristram-shandy/feed/ 30 http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2009/04/26/thoughts-on-darkness-06-balance/ http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2009/04/26/thoughts-on-darkness-06-balance/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:31:51 +0000 admin http://www.arterimalaysia.com/?p=1275 by Yusuf Martin It is inevitable that we should consider the two, lightness and darkness, inextricably entwined, latter born of the former, each linked, for eternity, in bonds of the other. It is from mysterious obsidian shadows that Rembrandt’s philosopher becomes enlightened, a tangled helix staircase revealed in all its wooden glory; three translucent brides evolving from Jan Toorop’s symbolic gloom, which of the light and which the sinister.]]> http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2009/04/26/thoughts-on-darkness-06-balance/feed/ 3 http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2009/04/24/the-light-show-opening-night-with-photo-gallery/ http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2009/04/24/the-light-show-opening-night-with-photo-gallery/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:10:38 +0000 admin http://www.arterimalaysia.com/?p=1311 by Sharon Chin Of all the openings I've been to (including my own), the one for The Light Show at Annexe Gallery last Thursday stands out as truly memorable. It was was the first time I'd seen so many people at an exhibition opening, ever. The energy in the air was palpable. It seemed like all the worlds of KL's design, art, architecture and performance communities had converged in one place. It was awesome.]]> http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2009/04/24/the-light-show-opening-night-with-photo-gallery/feed/ 14 http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2009/04/11/thoughts-on-darkness-05-writers-block/ http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2009/04/11/thoughts-on-darkness-05-writers-block/#comments Sat, 11 Apr 2009 05:45:53 +0000 admin http://www.arterimalaysia.com/?p=1068 by Zedeck Siew It wasn't your fault you missed your 8pm cut-off. The office was too noisy because of the new Guitar Hero guitar, or you couldn't have a cigarette all day. Your boss has probably given up on you. No use crying over missed deadlines, now. Another hour (or so) won't matter: you'll finish by tonight so she'll have it in her inbox in the morning. ]]> http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2009/04/11/thoughts-on-darkness-05-writers-block/feed/ 12 http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2009/04/10/thoughts-on-darkness-04-metamorphosis/ http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2009/04/10/thoughts-on-darkness-04-metamorphosis/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:58:38 +0000 admin http://www.arterimalaysia.com/?p=1039 by Bernice Chauly This series of ink drawings called Metamorphosis was created in the freezing winter month of November 1987 in Winnipeg, Canada. I was studying TESL and English Literature at the U of W and was then living in a house on Walnut Street (we dubbed it the Nut House) as it comprised of painter Robert Reimer, jewellery artist Aliza Amihude, her boyfriend Doug, Elena Feldman, a fellow writer whose name fails me, artist Tim Bremser and myself. This is the only series of drawings I’ve ever produced.]]> http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2009/04/10/thoughts-on-darkness-04-metamorphosis/feed/ 3