{"id":8368,"date":"2015-12-23T16:02:15","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T08:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=8368"},"modified":"2015-12-23T16:04:28","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T08:04:28","slug":"art-inspired-by-nature","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/portfolio-item\/art-inspired-by-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Art inspired by nature"},"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-8368'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_one_full-2a9015ff38129c418a3f2eafba3e9512 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  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;\">The Star, 26 October 2006<br \/>\nArt inspired by nature<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; color: #666666; text-align: justify;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_8369\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/von-news-a1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8369\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8369\" src=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/von-news-a1.jpg\" alt=\"Chong Choon Woon\u2019s Spirit World 4 is on display until Saturday at Wei-Ling Gallery.\" width=\"280\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chong Choon Woon\u2019s Spirit World 4 is on display until Saturday at Wei-Ling Gallery.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>AFTER spending a year completing his Masters in Landscape Design at the Nanjing Forestry University, China, Chong Choon Woon returned to Malaysia armed with a series of large canvases depicting the breathtaking vistas of Nanjing.<br \/>\nThese monumental works display the impact the environment had on him, both visually and emotionally, all of which are reflected in his paintings.<\/p>\n<p>His brushstrokes are confident and expressive, sweeping across the canvas in a flurry of colours, layered one upon the other. Using a muted palette, Chong&#8217;s paintings reflect a feeling of nostalgia and longing.<\/p>\n<p>His use of space is best demonstrated in works like Wind, the Spirit Mountain and Spirit World series.<br \/>\nChong is currently exhibiting his works at Wei-Ling Gallery at Jalan Scott, Brickfields.<\/p>\n<p><em>The show runs until Oct 28.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> For info, call 03- 2260-1106 \/ 017-8877216.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Star, 26 October 2006 Art inspired by nature Chong Choon Woon\u2019s Spirit World 4 is on display until Saturday at Wei-Ling Gallery. AFTER spending a year completing his Masters in Landscape Design at the Nanjing Forestry University, China, Chong Choon Woon returned to Malaysia armed with a series of large canvases depicting the breathtaking [...]","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"portfolio_entries":[17],"class_list":["post-8368","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","hentry","portfolio_entries-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/8368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/8368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8368"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_entries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_entries?post=8368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}