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Posts tagged with “batik”

Tapping into the intangible

Published on 17 May, 2010 by | 2 | Filed under: Reviews | Tags: , , , , ,

Knowing that VWFA featured new batik works by Greek artist Tano, one expected that strange and irrelevant combination when West infiltrates East. Instead, Bharti Lalwani found quite the contrary.


THE CLOTH THAT BINDS: FARISH NOOR ON BATIK FOR A BETTER MALAYSIA

Published on 13 May, 2009 by | 11 | Filed under: Essays | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

by Yin Shao Loong

In conjunction with last weekend’s Art for Grabs fair at the Central Market Annexe political scientist and historian Farish Noor delivered another of his occasional lectures on Southeast Asian history. This time on ‘Batik as a Trans-Cultural Signifier.’


Who’s your daddy? Chuah Thean Teng@BSLN

Published on 14 March, 2009 by | 5 | Filed under: Reviews | Tags: , , , , ,

by SHARON CHIN

Chuah Thean Teng passed away on 25 November 2008, just months before the opening of his retrospective at Balai. This makes the viewing of his works especially poignant, above and beyond the sense of nostalgia that runs throughout the show. I felt I was looking at a Malaysia I had never known: I can’t recognize myself in his scenes of pastoral kampung life, and the people he lovingly depicted at work, rest or play are strangers to me.


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