OPENING: SAT, 22 May 2010, 8pm

HOUSE OF MATAHATI: 6A, Jalan Cempaka 16, Taman Cempaka, 68000 Ampang

Exhibition runs from 22 May – 5 June 2010
Gallery hours : Mon-Fri 11am-6pm, Sat 1pm-6pm, Sun by appointment

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What are the things that can catch your attention? What are the things that can evoke emotions out of you? Is it the coal-colored beggar sleeping on the sidewalk, uncaring to the world? Or is it the image of children playing amidst a cluttered and untidy surrounding?

As you go about your daily existence, say driving or walking to and from work for instance, does the image of a seemingly zany old woman shouting on the other side of the road make you stop or do you just continuing driving or walking oblivious to what’s happening?

When it comes to the society you belong to and the thousands and thousands of images, scenes, personal, social, political, economical and religious problems and issues you encounter and witness on a daily basis, what makes you come to a halt, what makes you ponder, what drives you mad, what brings you joy?
What are the things you scrutinize and what are the things you’re apathetic about? These are a few questions that the artist wants to address in his exhibit.

Large-scale paintings and hard-hitting photographs will be presented in the exhibit. The paintings and the photos display events and occurrences ranging from the most ordinary to the most intense. Most of the images are captured on the streets and feature the society in which the artist is a part of. The artist wants to create a narrative using the images to share to the audiences some of the millions of the things he often sees and the emotions he feels while looking at them.

Through the paintings and photographs, the artist wants to challenge the audiences to start taking an examined look on the things and issues happening around them and cease turning the other eye on things no matter how small or mundane they appear to be.