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Chin Kong Yee, Shadows, Oil on canvas, 130cm x 180cm, 2008
Izan Tahir, Warning, Mixed media, variable dimensions, 2008
| Title : | 18@8 - Virtue & Vice |
| Venue : | Wei-Ling Gallery 8 Jalan Scott, Brickfields Kuala Lumpur Opening Hours : Mon - Fri: 12noon - 7pm; weekends by appointment. URL : http://www.weiling-gallery.com |
| Date & Time : | Mon 13 Oct - Thu 13 Nov 2008 (Mon-Fri: 12-7pm; Sat: 10am-5pm. Closed Sun & Public Holidays) |
| Tickets : | Free Admission |
| Phone : | 03-2260 1106/07/ 012-302 5302 |
| Email : | weiling@weiling-gallery.com |
| URL : | http://www.weiling-gallery.com |
| Synopsis : | Doing things a little differently, this year's installation of Wei Ling Gallery's annual 18@8 exhibition introduces the theme 'Virtue and Vice‘. Only nine artists have been invited to take part instead of the usual 18, and each artist has been asked to create two works based on the chosen theme. The exhibition’s premise is to explore the characteristics of commonly perceived values. Each artist will present individual interpretations indiscriminately selected from a list of nine positive and negative values. Each artist selected their values randomly through a process of drawing lots, and challenges the artists and mimics the accidental manner in which they encounter each value on a daily basis The first list of values takes a cue from the ‘Seven Deadly Sins’, taxonomy of negative values. To these values – lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride – are added hatred and intolerance. In opposition, the positive values selected are justice, courage, wisdom, moderation (the four cardinal virtues), faith, hope, love, charity, and truth. Collectively, the list represents age-old teachings – still relevant today – of good versus evil. They are binary opposites and there is no questioning which prevails over the other – or is there? The nine artists presenting their works are Ivan Lam, Zulkifli Yusoff, Anurendra Jegadeva, Choy Chun Wei, Yau Bee Ling, Umibaizurah Mahir, Ahmad Shukri Mohamed, Izan Tahir and Chin Kong Yee. |
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