{"id":20387,"date":"2022-10-22T16:34:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T08:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=20387"},"modified":"2022-11-26T13:59:47","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T05:59:47","slug":"cheng-yen-pheng-frugal-living-its-mulberry-season-27th-october-26th-november-2022-press-release","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/cheng-yen-pheng-frugal-living-its-mulberry-season-27th-october-26th-november-2022-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheng Yen Pheng &#8211; Frugal Living &#8211; it\u2019s Mulberry Season | 27th October &#8211; 25th November 2022 &#8211; Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='artists-title'  class='avia-section av-2eyo1z7-9e6b120b6551c1d28553ef7f2082cff7 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-20387'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class='flex_column av-21nqyyr-8753d28b2f5670b7a40ef015c95b614f 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-1nkysub-b90380abaf12f29ea0eca3897ef0581e\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-1nkysub-b90380abaf12f29ea0eca3897ef0581e{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-1nkysub-b90380abaf12f29ea0eca3897ef0581e 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\/cheng-yen-pheng-frugal-living-its-mulberry-season-27th-october-25th-november-2022-works\/\">WORKS<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/cheng-yen-pheng-frugal-living-its-mulberry-season-27th-october-26th-november-2022-press-release\/\">PRESS RELEASE<\/a>&nbsp;| <a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/cheng-yen-pheng-frugal-living-its-mulberry-season-27th-october-25th-november-2022-insitu\/\">INSITU<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CYP-ebooklet.pdf\">E-BOOKLET<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevibes.com\/articles\/culture\/77686\/artist-cheng-yen-pheng-investigates-themes-of-nurture-salvation-in-latest-exhibition?fbclid=IwAR1orstKJgHYVIxfeQeT70mxrCwwsOcYWzw4cT139rdM269TIUWLVA7PA-0\">NEWS&nbsp;<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div class='flex_column av-140zv5v-e305b21fb760e3b5aba6656e058910f8 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;\">Frugal Living &#8211; it&#8217;s Mulberry Season<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wei-Ling Gallery is pleased to announce our exhibition, \u2018<em>Frugal Living &#8211; it\u2019s Mulberry Season<\/em>\u2019 by Malaysian artist Cheng Yen Pheng in her third solo show with the Gallery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yen Pheng\u2019s latest works explore themes encompassing nurture, nature, creation, salvation, empathy, wisdom, and that extraordinary range of human experiences which has brought her to where she is now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c<em>This is a landscape of my current life. You will see every day scenes unfolding &#8211; depictions of my house, its surroundings, pets, my daughter Cahaya, the plants I grow and how I\u2019ve reached this juncture. This vein of work is only the first chapter, there is so much more to come.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Comprising one large scale work measuring 20ft x 2ft and a series of seven works of varying sizes, Yen Pheng uses mostly organic materials. Her canvas is made out of mulberry trees which she planted across her property in Batu Arang, Selangor. Through an elaborate process from selecting the right barks, she then extracts pulp and allows it to naturally dry. It is then \u201ccooked\u201d and stretched unto a silk screen-like frame. The colours she utilises, extracted from Indigo plants, onion peels, turmeric, pandan leaves, mangosteens, balsam and bark from mango trees become pastel hues, which she uses to colour her mulberry paper.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018<em>Land Tortoise in Kampung House\u2019<\/em>, fashioned out of mulberry pulp, plant dyed paper, self-made charcoal, cotton thread and ink pen is that ideal existence most of us can only dream about. The sewn pieces which crawl out of their \u201cframe\u201d yield the sense of an unending pop-up book. It is almost like a fairy-tale. Her house is protected by a wooden fence, her menagerie of pets roam freely on the compound, a banana tree at a far corner symbolises sustenance and sketches by her daughter demonstrates unconditional love.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Her second work, an ordination of lighter-than-air coloured pieces of mulberry paper seamed unto a bigger placement has a unique story. \u201c<em>In a previous work similar to this, I stitched directly on sand paper, and the process physically hurts. The needle cut my fingers. But I felt it was something I had to do in order to come to this point in life. The birth of my daughter signified a pivotal turn, and just like sewing unto a mulberry parchment as seen in this work, I realised that life is no longer a journey of heart-break. I am exactly where I am supposed to be.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Through these new works, Cheng Yen Pheng shows us the spectrum of her life; an empowered woman who is unafraid to take on the world, and to boldly say, \u201c<em>I fear nothing.&#8221;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2018<em>Frugal Living &#8211; it\u2019s Mulberry Season<\/em>\u2019 is featured at Wei-Ling Contemporary from 27th October &#8211; 25th November 2022.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wei-Ling Contemporary is located at 2nd Floor, Wei-Ling Gallery Annexe, 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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