Wei-Ling Gallery presents "What’s Your Porn?" an exhibition that reveals the fantasies and things that make Malaysian artists tick.
Although the word ‘porn’ is usually regarded in a sexual way, this exhibition is not about simply about sex…..sorry!
The Oxford Dictionaries Online definition is ‘television programmes, books, etc., regarded as catering for a voyeuristic or obsessive interest in a specified subject’ and we wanted this exhibition to explore the title broadly.
All of us have our own definition of porn and to explore what makes various sets/groups of people tick was an interesting starting point to get this exhibition off the ground.
Despite it’s provocative title, the "What’s your porn?" exhibition is not a direct exploration of sexual fantasies or amusement, but is a showcase of what gets our local artists going. What drives them, gets them excited, inspires them? We wanted to delve into the minds of artists to give us a straight forward account of whatever it is that gets them going and to have them translate it through their artworks.
We have asked them to speak of their private indulgences, which could range from private fantasies, hushed habits, things they collect, food, smells, music and just about anything that gets them excited.
Here’s an easy example: food. It turns a great deal of people on and it wouldn’t be wrong if someone said something along the lines of “the pictures on your blog are food pornlah!”
This exhibition will be an eye-opening experience as we will be seeing everything and anything that one can be turned on by, be it the most obvious, to issues like facebook-stalking, the smell of brand new books, fetishes, to the discovery of something new, whatever the desire, it is unique to each individual.
This is group exhibition featuring some of the country’s most exciting contemporary artists including Donald Abram, Wong Chee Meng, Chen Wei Meng, Ahmad Zuraimi, Tiong Chai Meng and Shahrul Jamili.
"What’s your Porn?" features at Wei-Ling Gallery from October 10th-1st November 2011 at Wei-Ling Gallery.
Wei-Ling Gallery is located at No.8 Jalan Scott, Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, 50470,Malaysia . Pls call 03-22601106 or email weilingart@gmail.com for more information.
Wong Perng Fey
Bleeding Heart
Oil on Canvas
99cm x 120cm, 2011
Wong Perng Fey
She Set Out to Find a True Love
Oil on Canvas
150cm x 220cm, 2011
Wong Chee Meng
Flautist
Acrylic on canvas
122 x 182 cm, 2011
Chen Wei Meng
My Way
Acrylic on canvas
165cm x 295cm, 2011
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Delphine Saira Gomez Emerge Recycled Paper and Plastic on Canvas 147 x 147 cm, 2010/11 |
Delphine Saira Gomez Emerge 1 Mixed Media 146cm x 52 cm, 2010/11 |
Wong Chee Meng
The Family
Acrylic on canvas
152.4cm x 152.4cm, 2009
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This is the best of times, it is the worst of times. This is a brilliant season, it is also the season of darkness. This is the hope that spring and winter of despair. Believe this is the era, but also doubts about the era. What we have, we have nothing. We are all going to heaven, and all will be hell. |
Tiong Chai Heing Visionally Installation with lights |
Tiong Chai Heing
Numbness (Clock)