{"id":19706,"date":"2022-06-09T14:37:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T06:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=19706"},"modified":"2022-07-07T14:49:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T06:49:00","slug":"a-paradigm-shift-reflecting-on-twenty-years-of-the-malaysian-art-scene-17th-june-6th-august-2022-press-release","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/a-paradigm-shift-reflecting-on-twenty-years-of-the-malaysian-art-scene-17th-june-6th-august-2022-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"A Paradigm Shift &#8211; Reflecting on Twenty Years of The Malaysian Art Scene | 21st June &#8211; 6th August 2022  \u2013 Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='artists-title'  class='avia-section av-9n1zq2-1b70748e44f6113c0b564801451a947f 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-19706'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class='flex_column av-1yi15wa-7b0d397cb5fafa419bfaedfa689ded3a av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div '   ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1ijm5ga-9b575169ac14b1c66fab781522f1d173\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-1ijm5ga-9b575169ac14b1c66fab781522f1d173{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-1ijm5ga-9b575169ac14b1c66fab781522f1d173 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  '><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 href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/a-paradigm-shift-reflecting-on-twenty-years-of-the-malaysian-art-scene-21st-june-6th-august-2022-works\/\">WORKS<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/a-paradigm-shift-reflecting-on-twenty-years-of-the-malaysian-art-scene-17th-june-6th-august-2022-press-release\/\">PRESS RELEASE<\/a>&nbsp;| <a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/a-paradigm-shift-reflecting-on-twenty-years-of-the-malaysian-art-scene-17th-june-6th-august-2022-works\/\">INSITU<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/artist-biography-cv\/\">CV<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/artists-chronology\/\">CHRONOLOGY<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/a-paradigm-shift-reflecting-on-twenty-years-of-the-malaysian-art-scene-21st-june-6th-august-2022-news\/\">NEWS<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div class='flex_column av-1b2dxp6-8fa22617cece57dc5a713e1ca8cbc503 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div column-top-margin'   ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '  style='font-size:14px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans thin'; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 25px; letter-spacing: 1px;\">A Paradigm Shift &#8211; Reflecting on Twenty Years of The Malaysian Art Scene<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c<em>One of our biggest dreams 20 years ago was to take Malaysian contemporary arts beyond our borders. We have been the protagonists in taking the step to provide Malaysian artists with a platform, in which to show their works internationally.<\/em>\u201d &#8211; Lim Wei-Ling, Gallery Director<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In conjunction with its 20th anniversary, Wei-Ling Gallery will be curating a seminal exhibition that features contemporary Malaysian artists, whose artistic practice and critical provocations defined the local Malaysian art scene over the past 20 years, since the inception of the gallery in 2002. \u2018<em>A Paradigm Shift &#8211; Reflecting on Twenty Years of The Malaysian Art Scene<\/em>\u2019 surveys the culture of artistic experimentation that Malaysian artists undertook in the last two decades, during a time characterised by constant rapid cultural changes as a result of the fluctuating economy and the rise in technological advancements. This time period also witnessed a myriad of political sagas, divisiveness in race and religion, and an overall shift in power paradigms that perhaps defined Malaysia the most, and shaped public life and discourse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Through their experimental practices, the featured artists have sought to closely trace the country\u2019s most sensitive predicaments, revealing how a myriad of issues revolving around identity, equality, ideology, and control have evolved over the years. Particularly, what this exhibition wishes to highlight is the rambunctious creativity and unwavering, relentless development that artists took throughout their careers to widen the public\u2019s view of contemporary art and inspire new ways of thinking about and understanding Malaysia as a nation. This exhibition is therefore both a retrospective that looks back at the critical evolution of contemporary Malaysian artists, as well as their current practices that remain significant in engaging with themes that continue to have a pressing relevance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Participating artists are Anurendra Jegadeva, Chen Wei Meng, Cheong Kiet Cheng, Chin Kong Yee, Choy Chun Wei, Hamidi Hadi, H.H. Lim, Ivan Lam, Juhari Said, Noor Azizan Paiman, Rajinder Singh, Sabri Idrus, Sean Lean, Wong Chee Meng and Yau Bee Ling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018<em>A Paradigm Shift &#8211; Reflecting on Twenty Years of The Malaysian Art Scene<\/em>\u2019 is featured at Wei-Ling Gallery from 21st June &#8211; 6th August 2022.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wei-Ling Gallery is located at No 8, Jalan Scott, Brickfields, 50470 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Admission hours are Tuesday \u2013 Friday 10am \u2013 6pm, Saturday 10am \u2013 5pm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Exhibition is open by appointment only. 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