by Suraya Warden

Exhibition Review: Within eleven works of art, in a small space, under fluorescent lighting can be held vision, talent and active potential. Al Cruz at Richard Koh Fine Art.

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.

by Suraya Warden

Exhibition Review: With Chin Kon Yee: Reality in Wonderland, Wei-Ling Gallery continues its current winning streak of solo shows.

By June Yap

Fare Mondi Making Worlds, the theme for the 53rd Venice Biennale, offers art as visions of realities and imaginings of artists, making its purview the fragments of the personal, the private and internal even as these may unfold and finally take form in the material world that is shared

By ARTERI
M.A.D is brought to you today by the letter C and Pacman. Pacman looks like a ‘C’ ok? Pacman explained: surrealist story of an astronaut hooked on anti-anxiety medication in order to escape his survivor’s guilt which manifests as the ghosts of his deceased comrades blaming him for their deaths.

By Tintin Wulia

Blog entry by Indonesian artist Tintin Wulia sharing her 2009 performance project in Melbourne, ‘terra incognita et cetera’ which explores issues on territories, collective play and painting.

poem by Maung Day

I shouted to them
they looked puzzled and were staring at me
I shouted again
and they kept looking
their eyes were like those watery eyeballs of fishes…

oleh Faisal Mustaffa

Borak-borak Dengan Artis Dikala Jingga: Memandangkan aku sudah beberapa kali menulis dan memberi paparan kepada Ali @ Nurazmal Yussof, aku cuba mendekati Zul (atau nama sebenarnya Zulkiflee Zainul Abidin) dan Suddin Lappo. Mereka ini kesemuanya hasil lulusan seni halus dari Institut Teknologi MARA dan bergabung selepas habis era pembelajaran.

By ARTERI

That’s right folks, the second installment of M.A.D the Malaysian Art Dictionary is here. Alternative meanings and new words and their definitions all welcome in the comments section. You gotta be in it to win it right? But there are no prizes here except self satisfaction, one of the greatest gifts of all.

By Chor Shy Miin

Exhibition Review: ‘Preparations – The Measuring Series’ contains works by three contemporary artists who are currently participating in the first Malaysia-Poland Cultural Exchange and Art Residency Program 2009.

By Eva McGovern

Exhibition Review: Tofu, marzipan and little red pull carts were in my mind as I bent down to look at works by Malaysian artist Umibaizurah Mahir @ Ismail, and Japanese artists Chikako Yoshikawa and Kazuko Uga at the Japan Foundation last Monday night.

by ARTERI

Ok so we are a little late in our first instalment of the most anxiously awaited piece of text collected in recent times: The Malaysian Art Dictionary (M.A.D). But better late then never. So as mentioned it works like this. We start the ball rolling with a selection of entries and then its up to you to add alternative meanings to the ones we have suggested and also contribute new words with your own definitions.

By Suraya Warden

Exhibition Review: Artistic mapping is a cool idea. It is visually fun and has a point; one that works extremely well for the South Asian art scene as ‘Cartographical Lure’, the previous exhibition at Valentine Willie Fine Art, proves.

By Suraya Warden

Exhibition Review: Yes, four artists are showing at the current TAKSU exhibition, but not all of them are ‘Fab’.

By ARTERI

A round up of this week’s exhibition openings and closings in KL. So many works, shows, and people to see, get yer skates on, its going to be a busy 7 days for the Art World!