{"id":6589,"date":"2015-09-11T15:58:50","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T07:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=6589"},"modified":"2016-05-25T18:25:06","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T10:25:06","slug":"chong-kim-chiew-be-careful-or-you-may-become-the-centre-press-release","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/portfolio-item\/chong-kim-chiew-be-careful-or-you-may-become-the-centre-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Chong Kim Chiew &#8211; Be Careful or You May Become The Centre &#8211; Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='artists-title'  class='avia-section av-av_section-142ff43b7600746a6e970fde5cf91c57 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-bg-style-scroll  container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-6589'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_one_full-2a9015ff38129c418a3f2eafba3e9512 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div '   ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 class=\"p1\" style=\"font-family: 'eb garamond'; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 2px; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: left;\"><a title=\"EXHIBITIONS \u2013 CURRENT\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/exhibition-current\/\">CuRRENT<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"selected\" title=\"EXHIBITIONS \u2013 PAST\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/exhibition-current\/exhibition-past\/\">PAST<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-a6de236e6c183bbbd700292deacd2b52\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-a6de236e6c183bbbd700292deacd2b52{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-a6de236e6c183bbbd700292deacd2b52 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 class=\"p1\" style=\"font-family: 'eb garamond'; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 2px; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Chong Kim Chiew \u2013 Be Careful or You May Become The Centre \u2013 Works\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/portfolio-item\/chong-kim-chiew-be-careful-or-you-may-become-the-centre-works\/\">works<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"selected\" title=\"Chong Kim Chiew \u2013 Be Careful or You May Become The Centre \u2013 Press Release\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/portfolio-item\/chong-kim-chiew-be-careful-or-you-may-become-the-centre-press-release\/\">press release<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-a07f7596b1fca85f6595a75d593069df\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-a07f7596b1fca85f6595a75d593069df{\nheight:40px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-a07f7596b1fca85f6595a75d593069df hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_one_full-2a9015ff38129c418a3f2eafba3e9512 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div '   ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '  style='font-size:14px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-family: open sans thin; font-size: 25px; line-height: 24px; letter-spacing: 1px; color: #333333;\">Be Careful or You May Become The Centre<br \/>\nChong Kim Chiew<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; color: #666666; text-align: justify;\">\n<p>Wei-Ling Contemporary is pleased to present Be Careful or You May Become The Centre, a solo exhibition by Malaysian contemporary artist Chong Kim Chiew.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring large scale paintings on tarpaulin and video work, this exhibition marks the artist\u2019s first solo exhibition with the gallery.<\/p>\n<p>Chong\u2019s paintings work through the idea of \u2018trace\u2019 including the notion of tracing, usage of tracing-paper, copying, and the one who traces \u2013 to seek, trail and explore the roots or deeper meanings of something. These are the expression of the power structure of geography, the flow of history and overlaps of identities.<\/p>\n<p>Chong\u2019s installation work invites the artist to drift away, raising questions of place and non-place, and the negotiation between the individual, fluidity and territory. The artist\u2019s maps on tarpaulin are made of endless layers and erasures of paint, as if the memory of place is reset to zero each time when a destination has finally appeared to be recognisable. His handling with his soft-sculpture-like painting has created a significant twist in his in-situ practice in the art of installation. The maps are no longer bounded to a place, but transformable and responsive to places where they are shown, By further confronting the maps to the physical yet unidentified deserted landscapes in his video work, the artist has dissociated the making of maps from the place, thus liberating the authority\/ownership from each other. These maps have been a decade long project, which the artist embarked upon beginning in 2004 and is an ongoing journey for him.<\/p>\n<p>His artworks provoke us to think (and rethink) about our national developments and aspirations.<\/p>\n<p>Chong Kim Chiew (b. 1975) lives and works in Kuala Lumpur. His works have been widely exhibited in China, France, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Singapore.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Be Careful or You May Become the Centre will begin showing at Wei-Ling Contemporary on the 25th of September and will continue until the 30th of November 2015.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> Wei-Ling Contemporary is located at RT01 Sixth Floor, The Gardens Mall, 59200, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> <em>Please call 0322828323\/ 0322601106 or email weiling.shaz@gmail.com for more information.<\/em><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-a04e9a999f2af535624a76d569713c2e hr-short  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_hr  hr-center '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-9a4b51fdc01b8b13bd201ffe5054f031\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-9a4b51fdc01b8b13bd201ffe5054f031{\nheight:35px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-9a4b51fdc01b8b13bd201ffe5054f031 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_textblock  '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/bcoymbtc-catalogue.pdf\"><strong>View online catalogue<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Chong-Kim-Chiew.pdf\"><strong>Chong Kim Chiew&#8217;s CV<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><a title=\"Artist Statement in English\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/portfolio-item\/artist-statement-in-english\/\">Artist Statement in English<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a title=\"Artist Statement in Chinese\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/portfolio-item\/artist-statement-in-chinese\/\">Chinese<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"Read essay \u201cSpaces, borders and identities\u201d by Dr. Hanni Geiger\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/portfolio-item\/read-essay-spaces-borders-and-identities-by-dr-hanni-geiger\/\"><strong>Read essay \u201cSpaces, borders and identities\u201d by Dr. Hanni Geiger<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"Beware As You Become The Centre \u2013 the three faces of Chong Kim Chiew by Sarah Vogeler\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/portfolio-item\/beware-as-you-become-the-centre-the-three-faces-of-chong-kim-chiew-by-sarah-vogeler\/\"><strong>Beware As You Become The Centre &#8211; the three faces of Chong Kim Chiew by Sarah Vogeler<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.star2.com\/culture\/arts\/2015\/11\/12\/an-artist-uncovers-history-in-layers-and-acrylic\/\"><strong>&#8220;This artist uncovers history in layers and acrylic&#8221; by Rouwen Lin<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sharonchin.com\/notes-on-be-careful-or-you-may-become-the-centre\/\"><strong>&#8220;Notes on Be Careful Or You May Become The Centre\u201d by Sharon Chin<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CuRRENT\u00a0|\u00a0PAST works\u00a0|\u00a0press release Be Careful or You May Become The Centre Chong Kim Chiew Wei-Ling Contemporary is pleased to present Be Careful or You May Become The Centre, a solo exhibition by Malaysian contemporary artist Chong Kim Chiew. 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