Art Stage Singapore 2015: Malaysian Picks

It was just an exhibition to sell the arts. That's all for the Art Stage Singapore 2015. For a more general review on the exhibition, read my review at: Singapore Art Stage 2015: Avichen's Selection

In this blog post, I'll focus on discussing some selected Malaysian art pieces which caught my attention. When I visited the show, I try not to read the booklet, and just let my own mind reading the art works without prejudice. Although some of the works screams clearly that they are Malaysian.

Vincent Leong's Kenapamu, Malaysia? (2015)

After picking my favorite 5, I was proud to know that 3 out of 5 are Malaysian. May be the paintings invoke the emotions in me because the painters are Malaysian and they put their Malaysian views on their art works.

Vincent Leong's art pieces are rather simple and straight forward. The piece which screams out loud and "proud?" that the artist is a Malaysian. It is fun to see his art works.

Chin Kong Yee's Market (2014)

Chin Kong Yee's piece are amazing! I do feel that this piece seems like "unfinished work" because of the feet on the ground, but it is supposed to be that way after I did some study about the artist. The view point is so bizarre, the perspective is good. 

Kow Leong Kiang's Sea Breeze (2015)

Sea Breeze is my top favourite in the whole exhibition! I would like to describe it as the Mona Lisa of Malaysia! The smile on her face and that expression is amazing.

Fadilah Karim's The Lonesome Painter (2015)

This Fadilah Karim's piece is beautiful and really representing the life of a painter. Work until exhausted!

Marvin Chan's Desecration of the Temple (2014)

Marvin Chan's piece on show is hauntingly beautiful, and intimidating. This is a piece that will stir a debate! A piece worth collecting but not to be hanged on your living room's wall.

I might have missed out a lot of Malaysian artists on the show, but may be the lost is because the works unable to capture my attention. I feel that most of the art works in the show are kind of commercialized. They look great aesthetically, they might be a good piece to decorate a living room, but they do not have much meaning in them. Since I am a person looking for art works which will inspire and provoke a thoughts, I neglected a lot of artists who had show a lot of skills in technique and methods. Thus, Art Stage Singapore 2015 is not impressive, but it is not all bad either.