{"id":2822,"date":"2015-05-30T17:26:19","date_gmt":"2015-05-30T09:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/?page_id=2822"},"modified":"2015-07-08T12:21:51","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T04:21:51","slug":"art-stage-singapore-2014-press-release","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/art-fairs\/art-stage-singapore-2014-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Stage Singapore 2014 &#8211; Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='artfairs-title'  class='avia-section av-av_section-28b6a3550cb0d93e8cc281966a696620 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-2822'><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=\"Art Stage Singapore 2014 \u2013 Works\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/art-fairs\/art-stage-singapore-2014-works\/\">works<\/a> |\u00a0<a class=\"selected\" title=\"Art Stage Singapore 2014 \u2013 Press Release\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/art-fairs\/art-stage-singapore-2014-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-0688d0b0b6ed2f8b057db7a8270206df\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-0688d0b0b6ed2f8b057db7a8270206df{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-0688d0b0b6ed2f8b057db7a8270206df hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-3  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=\"font-family: open sans thin; font-size: 25px; line-height: 24px; letter-spacing: 1px; color: #333333;\">Art Stage Singapore 2014<br \/>\nMA-NA-VA-REH &#8211; Love and Loss in the Time of the Big Debate<br \/>\nAnurendra Jegadeva<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; color: #666666; text-align: justify;\">\n<p>We are pleased to share with you, MA-NA-VA-REH \u2013 Love and Loss in the Time of the Big Debate, a solo exhibition by one of Malaysia\u2019s leading contemporary artists Anurendra Jegadeva.<\/p>\n<p>This exhibition will be featured at Art Stage 2014 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore from 15th January \u2013 19th January 2014 and to then return to Kuala Lumpur to show at Wei-Ling Gallery from 24th January \u2013 1st March 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The artist\u2019s inspiration for this exhibition derives from his grandmother who was a renowned wedding planner for all Hindu weddings in the 50s and 60s, in a small town of Teluk Intan, in the town\u2019s Immigrant road Ganesh temple. She designed invitation cards, decorated venues and most significantly designed and built the Wedding Mana-va-reh or wedding dais\/throne where the couple would sit through the wedding rituals and ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p>In many ways, his inclination for the visual arts was inspired by imaginings of how \u2013 in his mind\u2019s eye &#8211; with saw and brush in hand, his grandmother would build and paint the wedding dais which traditionally resembled ancient temple architecture of the gopuram, courtyards and central altar.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, Anurendra Jegadeva\u2019s practice has always been concerned with the relevance of painting within a contemporary art context as well as the human portrait since half a century of photography. In the last five years, he has become interested in extending the tradition of western painting to a myriad of influences extending from American comic book framing devices to the rich painted temple traditions of South India.<\/p>\n<p>MA-NA-VA-REH is a room installation comprising of a large painted wedding dais made out of an intricate assemblage of painted panels, altar boxes, printed material, paintings on the walls and kolams on the floor, where visitors are encouraged to interweave through the installation to uncover the wonderful stories each and every work tells.<\/p>\n<p>From old love letters to colonial ephemera and religious artifacts \u2013 both found and made \u2013 the construction will combine the various influences of the artist\u2019s\/our fragmented experience of being born in the East, being shaped by the West and the tensions of assimilation on the one hand and traditional and cultural identities on the other. Starting with the fabled tale of the negotiation between Garuda and the Angel Gabriel that demarcated Muslim and Hindu South East Asia the narrative extends through our colonial histories culminating in the post-colonial tensions within the modern histories of the Independence generations of the region.<\/p>\n<p>Using the stories of Empire and migrant peoples, the artist also wishes for this `painted object\u2019 to address the issues of belonging and community that has come to a head in the tense racial and religious climate that currently inflicts most of the region. Surrounding the dais is a series of paintings that question the idea of unions and the conditional love that is attached to them.<\/p>\n<p>In making MA-NA-VA-REH the artist\u2019s intention is first and foremost to push the boundaries of his art practice through the reinvention of his painting medium, but as importantly to explore the times we live in and always \u2013 how he fits within that scheme of things.<\/p>\n<p>A Malaysian figurative artist and writer, Anurendra Jegadeva is regarded as one of Malaysia\u2019s leading contemporary artists for his socio-political commentary on both local and current issues, and for continuously forging effective and fresh narrative approaches to contemporary and historical themes through his works.<\/p>\n<p>Through the years J. Anu has exhibited a number of solo shows and has also participated in various group shows with Wei-Ling Gallery. The artist\u2019s most recent solo show with the gallery was entitled \u201cLetters to Mr. Hitler\u201d which showed at The Arts House in Singapore in October 2012.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">MA-NA-VA-REH \u2013 Love and Loss in the Time of the Big Debate will be showing at Art Stage 2014 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore from 15th January \u2013 19th January 2014 and at Wei-Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur from 24th January \u2013 1st March 2014. We very much look forward to seeing you there!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-0688d0b0b6ed2f8b057db7a8270206df\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-0688d0b0b6ed2f8b057db7a8270206df{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-0688d0b0b6ed2f8b057db7a8270206df hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_textblock  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 style=\"text-align: right;\">Wei-Ling Gallery is located at No.8, Jalan Scott, Brickfields, 50470, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<br \/>\nWei-Ling Gallery is open on Mondays from 10am-6pm, Tuesdays \u2013 Fridays from 11am-7pm and Saturdays from 10am \u2013 5pm.<br \/>\nAdmission is free.<br \/>\nPlease call 0322601106 or email weiling.shaz@gmail.com for more information.<br \/>\nYou may also visit our website at www.weiling-gallery.com or our Facebook page at Wei-Ling Gallery<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"works |\u00a0press release Art Stage Singapore 2014 MA-NA-VA-REH - Love and Loss in the Time of the Big Debate Anurendra Jegadeva We are pleased to share with you, MA-NA-VA-REH \u2013 Love and Loss in the Time of the Big Debate, a solo exhibition by one of Malaysia\u2019s leading contemporary artists Anurendra Jegadeva. 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