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MAYBANK'S EMERGING WOMEN ARTISTS EXHIBITION
DIPALI GUPTA
Navras in Peril: II
Single channel video, color, moving image & sound
4:30mins
2020
BALQIS TAJALLI
Lalang Oh Lalang III
Cyanotype print on watercolour paper
59.5 x 42 cm
2021
BALQIS TAJALLI
Lalang Oh Lalang II
Cyanotype print on watercolour paper
59.5 x 42 cm
2021
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ELEANOR GOROH
Fabrication
Print on cotton cloth scrolls & cloth beads
300 x 250 x 280 cm
2018
DESI LASTARI (SERANTAU) & OKUI LALA
Perjalanan Bersama Desi (A Journey with Desi)
Single channel video, color & sound
7:08, 9:13 & 8:08 min
2018
Commissioned by Project Dialog with support from High Commission of Canada in Malaysia
INTAN RAFIZA
At the Time
Installation & performance
Dimension variables
2019
At That Time, Rasa Sayang Exhibition, A+ WORKS of Art, Kuala Lumpur
ERYN
The Blue Room
Acrylic on canvas & paper cutout
46 x 46 cm
2021
AYU (SERANTAU/ PERTIMIG) & OKUI LALA
Ingatan Welding (Welder's Flash)
Single channel video, color & sound
Video on loop
2018
Commissioned by Project Dialog with support from the High Commission of Canada in Malaysia
NAWWAR SHUKRIAH ALI
The Idea of A Home
3D Architectural Model
600 x 260 cm
2021
INTAN RAFIZA
Root Become Ritual
Installation & performance
Dimension variables
2019
Root Become Ritual, Peforming Zomia Project, University of Applied Art, Vienna, Austria
KOK SIEW WAI
Face(s)
Single channel video, color & sound
7:00 min
2002
Artist's collection
WONG XIANG YI
Blue Socks
Pigment on gold paper
80 x 80 cm
2018
NADIRAH ZAKARIYA
MCO Day 59 - All Purpose Flower Series
Giclee print using archival grade pigment inks on photo paper
100 x 70 cm (each)
2020
WONG XIANG YI
Cotton Candy
Ink, pigments & golden leaf on silk
43 x 42.5 cm
2020
PAMELA TAN POH SIN
Dome of Disappearance 1/12 Scale Model
Steel & white powder coating
29.2 x 16.2 x 16.2 cm
2019
Edition of 5
BALQIS TAJALLI
Lalang Oh Lalang I
Cyanotype print on watercolour paper
59.5 x 42 cm
2021
HANISAH JOHARI
B-Loom
Fiber & textile
Dimension variables
2019
Commissioned by Nippon Paint Malaysia & 2019 Urbanscapes Festival
LISA FOO
Metamorphosis
Modelling clay, timber, soil, bricks & life plant
60 x 200 x 69 cm
2018
Artist's collection
MESITA JEE
Untitled (Nest)
Bird's nest & hair roll
13.5 x 11 x 6.4 cm
2020
SONIA LUHONG
Dream II
Pyrography & acrylic on plywood
29.7 x 42 cm
2016
Collection of Huda Nejim Al-Asedi
MESITA JEE
Mala
Hair rolled into 108 beads
58 cm diameter
2020
TIONG CHAI HEING
Decomposition
Oil, fake villain& epoxy on canvas
190 x 220 cm
2019
ELEANOR GOROH
Fabrication
Print on cotton cloth scrolls & cloth beads
300 x 250 x 280 cm
2018
ESHA HASHIM
Tansegrity Wall/flower
Wood struts & fabric
420 x 320 cm
2018
By Suzy Sulaiman
While art institutions, galleries and even art history are generally blind to the contribution of women artists, there is a new frontier outside of these white cube walls that grants them greater visibility. Art is garnering greater accessibility through place-making initiatives by urban planners and city councils. In addition, the proliferation of social media provides exposure to artists resulting in a community of followers.
Women artists still work and produce art despite being generally excluded from the mainstream art discourse. The artists who reside on the fringes of the local art scene are quintessentially going against the grain because they continue to operate and flourish under non-normative conditions. As a woman artist who has only exhibited in art galleries once, I have accepted that art institutions and galleries are not interested in artists like me.
Now, sitting in this position of privilege as a curator, I ask myself:
What curatorial approach would be sympathetic to women artists whose practices have been excluded from the mainstream art discourse; those rendered invisible by the different power systems within these art galleries?
How can we see something that we’ve been taught to be blind towards?
The concept of “Field Conditions” introduced by urban theorist, Stan Allen, proposed a way to read new environments that contain invisible forces. Before we can decipher fields, we need to understand how elements are connected. He placed emphasis on identifying connecting elements. It is like stitching random scraps of cloth to make a patchwork quilt. Only when all the pieces come together, can we start to notice a pattern. This “tight interlock of part to part” (Allen:1985) as opposed to the preservation of an overall narrative pays attention to the integrity of these connections.
“Nafas” is the Malay word for “breathe”. It is a biological connection rather than a material one. Breath is also a unit to measure a particular space and time; a universal connector. “Nafas” is a life sustaining action that connects all living organisms; a biological reflex that we do unthinkingly. Extending from “nafas” is “nafas baru”; a phrase in Malay to denote an emergence, In this context, relations are drawn to the emerging women artists of this exhibition.
Also, the emerging patterns within this field are starting to come in view. Themes related to the “cycle of life” are most pronounced. Subjects related to birth, death, the decay and the fragility of life are captured through various nature related metaphors. Also, the desire and longing to bridge physical or material space, seen in the public art installations or with one’s own identity through reconciliation and reflection.
NAFAS is a virtual exhibition that showcases 20 emerging women artists who occupy different intersections of the contemporary art scene. From video art to installations; the art mediums presented are as diverse as the artists’ backgrounds themselves. NAFAS offers a journey to the fertile frontiers of the Malaysian art scene where conventions and normative practices are blurred.
Reference:
Stan Allen, From Object to Field: Field Conditions in Architecture and Urbanism (1985)
AISHAH MOKHTAR
Botanical Haven: Cultivating Everyday Moments
Plants, steel rod & celuka PVC Board
200 x 90 x 90 cm
2020
Commissioned by Neue Artisans Design Showcase 2020
PAMELA TAN POH SIN
Dome of Disappearance
Steel & whitecotton string
360 x 200 x 200 cm
2019
Commissioned by Cultural Economy Development Agency (CENDANA)
ALICIA LAU
Isolated, Yet Connected
MDF board & industrial paint
Dimension variables
2019
LEONG HOW YI
My Mercedes
Joss paper, resin & white glue
141 x 140 x 340 cm
2019
Artist's collection
ELEANOR GOROH
Fabrication
Print on cotton cloth scrolls & cloth beads
300 x 250 x 280 cm
2018
ELEANOR GOROH
Fabrication
Print on cotton cloth scrolls & cloth beads
300 x 250 x 280 cm
2018
ELEANOR GOROH
Fabrication
Print on cotton cloth scrolls & cloth beads
300 x 250 x 280 cm
2018
Commissioned by Project Dialog with support from the Australian High Commission Malaysia
DIPALI GUPTA
Navras in Peril: I
Single channel video, color, moving image & sound
4:30mins
2020
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