ArtMalaysia: February 2011

Monday, February 28, 2011

Kian's ArtQuest - Malaysian Artists Revealed (Kuantan)

My journey to Kuantan
was a great challenge on
my Toyota HiLux 4X4.
It was raining and traffic
and road condition was

terrible...street light not

bright enough. I drove

over many pot holes...

just terrible!!

WOW! this mosque is

awesome to view at night.

I'm sure tourist will be amaze by the sight of this beautiful mosque

Arrived in Kuantan around

1am, had some difficulty

locating the hotel

(wanted to stay at the one

which was located beside

the art gallery). Somehow

I'm confused Evergreen Hotel

(in Penang) for
Green Leaf Hotel.

Too bad my writer can't drive

but I should give myself

a pat on the back for getting

both of us safely to our

destination. Hope my snoring

won't cause my writer

to have a sleepless night...

After freshening up, we headed to East Coast Mall,

"The Most Happening Place" - according to it's slogan anyways.

Wanted to go to Starbucks to have lunch, but when asked about

what kind of food they served for lunch, the barista pointed at

the pasteries and I could already see the horror on my writer's face

as he muttered under his breath, "That won't fill me up."

After lunch we headed to the art gallery to conduct the interviews.

An interesting group of people according to my writer and

before we knew it, we were jetting off to our next destination

- Kota Bahru.

Kian's ArtQuest

Kian's ArtQuest - Malaysian Artists Revealed (Johor)

We arrived in Johor later
afternoon, en route I called
to confirm accommodation

for our night there and

unfortunately it was fully

booked. After lunch

we went in search

of accommodation

for the night...

took us awhile before

settling at

New York Hotel...

maybe it was fate

that brought us here,

after all my writer

lived in New York

for the past 7 years.

The next day we

headed off to do

the interviews

with the local artist.

Everything was

running smoothly...

Taib Razak (artist)
sketched a pic of me
and hold a "presentation"
ceremony while waiting
for his turn to be interview
http://www.taibrazak.blogspot.com/
http://www.artuntukrakyat.blogspot.com/

and we were

able to finish

in time

before

driving off to Kuantan.

Kian's ArtQuest

Kian's ArtQuest - Malaysian Artists Revealed (Malacca)

My journey in search of artists
have brought me to the historical
city of Malacca. My writer was
once again late so I decided to
count the dim sums at the
coffee shop, they are
seriously raking in the cash.

Our journey was plagued

by miscommunication

which resulted

in the writer not

bringing enough

clothing

(or more specifically underwear).

Wonder how he will ration

his clothing for the next few days...

BTW, disposable underwear

and shower cap look alike!

Anyways the first time

we came here, I wanted

to take him to my

favorite laksa stall,

unfortunately it

was not open.

However this time around

he get to eat laksa!

After that, we were off to

do my magazine delivery rounds.

First stop was

Martin Wood's Art Gallery.

Martin and his wife

After that was

Park Soo Bin's Gallery,

had a nice chit chat with Han,

her friend who just recently

retired from KBS broadcasting

industry. After a few

more deliveries it was

time to head to Johor.

Artist Roger the owner
of The Baboon House
89, Jalan Tan Cheng Lok
Malacca

Da Som Inn
& Korean Restaurant
at 28, Jalan Tukang Emas
(Harmony St)
Malacca

Titi Gallery
4, Jalan Tokong,
Malacca

Monday, February 21, 2011

Kian's ArtQuest Malaysian Artists Revealed (Klang Artists Society)

Tsai Chen Yin (Taiwan) & Kally Liew, a couple artist visits me at my art gallery. Chit chatted about pcA4artmalaysia.

This is the first time the writer will be visiting my art gallery, hope he's excited. I'll introduce him to another writer of mine, Jane. Would also like to take this opportunity to thank Jane for the CD for my road trip.

By the time we reached the toll, I realized that I did not bring the allocated money that I had prepared for our Klang trip. However, one cannot go to Klang and not experience the wonders of Bak Kut Teh. My writer said we could eat something else, but then it would be like going to McDonald's and eating chicken rice (which does not exist, but I hope you get my point).

Reaching there, we hit another bump (not a road bump but a Bak Kut Teh bump), the stall that I frequently visit did not open.

Sigh...the agony...

"Look!" shouted my ever observant writer.

It was a Bak Kut Teh stall, right next to the one that was closed. Finally, our luck had changed, the day was not a loss after all

After that we headed to the Klang Artist Society for interviews, they came well prepared which of course made the writer happy. Speaking of the writer, am very happy with his performance, even the Klang artists praised him for his language skills (interviewing in Chinese but writing in English)...should give him a raise.

All in all, a productive day. Stay tuned folks, for the next misadventure of Kian.

Kian's ArtQuest


Both the writer and I are disgrace to the Chinese community...wonder what it means...

Some of the artists from Klang Artist Society


Busy filling up the application forms

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Parallel Play @ Sutra Foundation

- A traveling exhibition of paintings & sculptures
by Singaporean artist, P.Gnana
16th Feb - 6th March 2011

Sivarajah Natarajan
artist

Tew Nai Tong & wife
artist

This exhibition was officiated by
H.E. Dato' T. Jasudasen
High Commissioner of the Republic
of Singapore to Malaysia

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Kian's ArtQuest Malaysian Artists Revealed @ Galeri Shah Alam

12hb Feb 2011
@ Galeri Shah Alam

Pelukis Muhammad Shafiq

bin Nordin dan Manisah

Bt Mohd Daud

Voices of Nature @ Alliance Francaise de Kuala Lumpur

Saturday 12th Feb 2011

...a group art exhibition by Symbols Art Club.
The theme "Voice of Nature" were chosen in
line with the global warming issues to create an
awarness. There are 19 artists participating from
this art club