Art Expo Malaysia 2019 @ BOOTH B12

Artist Statement

‘Invitation for the First Round’ portrayed the chaotic and intense moment between a boxer and an ape, fighting, while breaking the pots of the plant. The artwork tells the idea about the artist’s interest in action movies and an adaptation of a fighting scene into the painting.

Other than its original meaning, fighting can also mean the struggles from the inside, such as depression, weakness, creative block, etc. Grew up watching all these seventies to nineties Hong Kong movies (Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan) or American action movies such as Rocky sequels, these movies have always being the all-time favorites, hence, being the inspiration behind this artwork.

Artist Statement

‘The Unexpected Guests’ depicts the image of a girl, terrified and tries to stay out from the vultures in the house. This painting emblem a myth about memento mori; where vultures are seen as the symbol of death, and impermanence of life.

Artist Statement

‘The Light Keepers’ series convey the artist’s personal view on the issue of climate change. In ‘The Light Keepers I’ we can see people are holding hands, celebrating the burning of the house as if performed by some cult. The scene metaphorically conveys the burning of our own ‘home’ (forest); the home for us humans and other living beings.

Artist Statement

‘The Light Keepers’ series convey the artist’s personal view on the issue of climate change. In ‘The Light Keepers I’ we can see people are holding hands, celebrating the burning of the house as if performed by some cult. The scene metaphorically conveys the burning of our own ‘home’ (forest); the home for us humans and other living beings.

In ‘The Light Keepers II’, the maize crops and the burning tree are the symbols of cause and effect. The annually burning of forest and crops ended up dragged along and burn other trees, and all started with just a single spark of fire.

Artist Statement

Ming Hao’s paintings depict the human form which convey the undercurrents of today’s life. His approach in material brings about its potential to elicit strong associations to the submerged human emotions. Figures are overlaid with different fragmented compositions, producing varying motions and textures of the paint. These camouflaging layers submerge the underlying paint; masking over true emotions and faces. It is as if peering through a kaleidoscope of history, allowing for tiny glimpses to be seen through the cracks.

The painting hints at the chaos in identity while documenting the beginnings of an internal battle. Perhaps a call for attention to the burdens of societal constructs fueled by rampant consumer culture and rapidity of post-modern life, darker thoughts which one can easily identify as common silent that struggles, seeping into the social fabrics of today.

Artist Statement

Ming Hao’s paintings depict the human form which conveys the undercurrents of today’s life. His approach in material brings about its potential to elicit strong associations to the submerged human emotions. Figures are overlaid with different fragmented compositions, producing varying motions and textures of the paint. These camouflaging layers submerge the underlying paint; masking over true emotions and faces. It is as if peering through a kaleidoscope of history, allowing for tiny glimpses to be seen through the cracks.

The painting hints at the chaos in identity while documenting the beginnings of an internal battle. Perhaps a call for attention to the burdens of societal constructs fueled by rampant consumer culture and rapidity of post-modern life, darker thoughts which one can easily identify as common silent that struggles, seeping into the social fabrics of today.

Artist Statement

Ming Hao’s paintings depict the human form which conveys the undercurrents of today’s life. His approach in material brings about its potential to elicit strong associations to the submerged human emotions. Figures are overlaid with different fragmented compositions, producing varying motions and textures of the paint. These camouflaging layers submerge the underlying paint; masking over true emotions and faces. It is as if peering through a kaleidoscope of history, allowing for tiny glimpses to be seen through the cracks.

The painting hints at the chaos in identity while documenting the beginnings of an internal battle. Perhaps a call for attention to the burdens of societal constructs fueled by rampant consumer culture and rapidity of post-modern life, darker thoughts which one can easily identify as common silent that struggles, seeping into the social fabrics of today.

Artist Statement

In this Sleepless Night Series, Lina Tan conveys the issue of motherhood portrayed by her sister. Motherhood, especially for the first-time mothers, is always a physically and emotionally exhausting experience to invest with, as one needs to confront the state of emotions of raising a child for the first time.

As the third person observing, Lina Tan is captivated by her sister’s mother-and-child relationship, hence tried to capture their bonding moments on her canvases. Big versus small, strong versus weak, wise versus innocence, mother versus child. These elements complement each other in a way that always fascinates her.

Artist Statement

In this Sleepless Night Series, Lina Tan conveys the issue of motherhood portrayed by her sister. Motherhood, especially for first-time mothers, is always a physically and emotionally exhausting experience to invest with, as one needs to confront the state of emotions of raising a child for the first time.

As the third person observing, Lina Tan is captivated by her sister’s mother-and-child relationship, hence tried to capture their bonding moments on her canvases. Big versus small, strong versus weak, wise versus innocence, mother versus child. These elements complement each other in a way that always fascinates her.

Artist Statement

In this Sleepless Night Series, Lina Tan conveys the issue of motherhood portrayed by her sister. Motherhood, especially for first-time mothers, is always a physically and emotionally exhausting experience to invest with, as one needs to confront the state of emotions of raising a child for the first time.

As the third person observing, Lina Tan is captivated by her sister’s mother-and-child relationship, hence tried to capture their bonding moments on her canvases. Big versus small, strong versus weak, wise versus innocence, mother versus child. These elements complement each other in a way that always fascinates her.

Artist Statement

Faiz’s body of works is interpretations of his own experience and observation of his surroundings. Questioning his identity as an artist and also as a citizen, he could not brush away the fact that being an artist is always about making pictures that romanticizing and also satirizing ways of life is what one does.

This series of work expresses his self-doubt about his level of patriotism as a nation. Came from his own experience of passing over a fallen and shattered Malaysian National Flag on the side of a road, he started to question his own integrity as a citizen, and how this experience affects his way of understanding the meaning of patriotism.

Artist Statement

Faiz’s body of works is interpretations of his own experience and observation of his surroundings. Questioning his identity as an artist and also as a citizen, he could not brush away the fact that being an artist is always about making pictures that romanticizing and also satirizing ways of life is what one does.

This series of work expresses his self-doubt about his level of patriotism as a nation. Came from his own experience of passing over a fallen and shattered Malaysian National Flag on the side of a road, he started to question his own integrity as a citizen, and how this experience affects his way of understanding the meaning of patriotism.

Artist Statement

Faiz’s body of works is interpretations of his own experience and observation of his surroundings. Questioning his identity as an artist and also as a citizen, he could not brush away the fact that being an artist is always about making pictures that romanticizing and also satirizing ways of life is what one does.

This series of work expresses his self-doubt about his level of patriotism as a nation. Came from his own experience of passing over a fallen and shattered Malaysian National Flag on the side of a road, he started to question his own integrity as a citizen, and how this experience affects his way of understanding the meaning of patriotism.

Artist Statement

Faiz’s body of works is interpretations of his own experience and observation of his surroundings. Questioning his identity as an artist and also as a citizen, he could not brush away the fact that being an artist is always about making pictures that romanticizing and also satirizing ways of life is what one does.

This series of work expresses his self-doubt about his level of patriotism as a nation. Came from his own experience of passing over a fallen and shattered Malaysian National Flag on the side of a road, he started to question his own integrity as a citizen, and how this experience affects his way of understanding the meaning of patriotism.