{"id":1529,"date":"2015-05-06T14:34:36","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T06:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/welcome\/?page_id=1529"},"modified":"2026-01-14T14:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T06:46:09","slug":"sean-lean-press-and-news-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/artists\/sean-lean-press-and-news-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Lean &#8211; Press and News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-buljjt-5a1e32597d9c78b1adbad54c0409e34d\">\n.avia-section.av-buljjt-5a1e32597d9c78b1adbad54c0409e34d{\nbackground-color:#f2f2f2;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-buljjt-5a1e32597d9c78b1adbad54c0409e34d main_color avia-section-small avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  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-1529'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h1 style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 30px; font-family: Open sans;\">Sean Lean<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='artists-title'  class='avia-section av-9sepux-d4faaf4a2a18d4824200ea1604006086 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_section  avia-builder-el-last  avia-bg-style-scroll  container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1529'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class='flex_column av-7zf1gp-0690698ae52434a49df59da847d1aa8f av_one_full  avia-builder-el-3  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=\"Sean Lean \u2013 Overview\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/artists\/sean-lean-overview-2\/\">overview<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sean-Lean-CV.pdf\">biography (CV)<\/a> |&nbsp;<a title=\"Sean Lean \u2013 Exhibitions\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/artists\/sean-lean-exhibitions\/\">exhibitions<\/a>&nbsp;| <a title=\"Sean Lean \u2013 Publications\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/artists\/sean-lean-publications-2\/\">Publications<\/a> | <a class=\"selected\" title=\"Sean Lean \u2013 Press and News\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/artists\/sean-lean-press-and-news-2\/\">press and news<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-47m2dl-744c03c58b0cadcec08d21bb0e2c1669\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-47m2dl-744c03c58b0cadcec08d21bb0e2c1669{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-47m2dl-744c03c58b0cadcec08d21bb0e2c1669 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_textblock  '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A DECADE OF COLLECTING (PART II) &#8211; BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bfm.my\/wei-ling-gallery.html\">Listen to BFM89.9 on Wei-ling Gallery&#8217;s 10th Anniversary<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"\u201cMy gallery cares about my masterpiece once it leaves the studio\u201d by Anurendra Jegadeva\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/my-gallery-cares-about-my-masterpiece-once-it-leaves-the-studio-by-anurendra-jegadeva\/\">&#8220;My gallery cares about my masterpiece once it leaves the studio&#8221; by Anurendra Jegadeva<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"\u201cBeyond Collecting\u201d in conversation with Lim Wei-Ling by Gina Fairley\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/beyond-collecting-in-conversation-with-lim-wei-ling-by-gina-fairley\/\">&#8220;Beyond Collecting&#8221; in conversation with Lim Wei-Ling by Gina Fairley<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Sleeve text for A Decade of Collecting\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/sleeve-text-for-a-decade-of-collecting\/\"> Sleeve text for A Decade of Collecting<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artmalaysiagroup.com\/arttalk\/detail\/83\/bright-young-things\">Read blog in Artmalaysia.com by Swee Chin Pan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/story\/?file=%2F2012%2F9%2F22%2Fcentral%2F12045553\">Celebrating a decade in Art by Vincent Tan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.nst.com.my\/life-times\/sunday-life-times\/an-exhilarating-decade-1.172693\">An Exhilarating Decade by Rachel Jenagaratnam<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">MOTHERLAND<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.star2.com\/culture\/arts\/2015\/09\/13\/sean-leans-motherland-paintings-are-magnetic\/\">&#8220;Sean Lean\u2019s Motherland paintings are magnetic&#8221; by Dinesh Kumar Maganathan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">THE SPACE BETWEEN<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.star2.com\/culture\/arts\/2015\/05\/03\/the-space-between-wei-ling-contemporary-does-a-double-take-on-malaysias-contemporary-artists\/\">&#8220;The Space Between: Wei-Ling Contemporary does a double take on Malaysia&#8217;s contemporary artists&#8221; by Rouwen Lin<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">3<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfm.my\/solo-with-three.html\">SOLO with 3 by Soon Heng Lim &#8211; BFM<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.optionstheedge.com\/topic\/culture\/malaysian-artist-sean-lean-showcases-3-wei-ling-contemporary\">Malaysian artist Sean Lean showcases &#8216;3&#8217; at Wei-Ling Contemporary&nbsp;by Mae Chan &#8211; Options, The Edge<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">M2<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/manager.bfm.my\/cultural-contradictions.html\">CULTURAL CONTRADICTIONS by Sharmilla Ganesan &#8211; BFM<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.optionstheedge.com\/topic\/culture\/m2-malaysian-artist-sean-leans-colourful-questioning-cultural-identity\">HOMAGE OR SACRILEGE? by Mae Chan &#8211; Options, The Edge<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/lifestyle\/culture\/2020\/02\/15\/sean-lean039s-exploration-of-tradition-and-culture-framed-for-a-modern-world\">Sean Lean&#8217;s exploration of tradition and culture framed for a modern world by Dinesh Kumar &#8211; Star2.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">COLORED<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/lifestyle\/culture\/2024\/05\/23\/malaysian-artist039s-cultural-tug-of-war-with-splintered-identities\">Malaysian artist&#8217;s cultural tug-of-war with splintered identities<\/a>\u2019 by Hanis Maketab , The Stars<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.optionstheedge.com\/topic\/culture\/malaysian-artist-sean-lean-discusses-conflict-between-eastern-principles-and-appeal\">Malaysian artist Sean Lean discusses conflict between Eastern principles and appeal of Western popular culture in 6th solo exhibition<\/a>&#8216; 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