{"id":20839,"date":"2022-12-29T14:46:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T06:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=20839"},"modified":"2023-01-07T16:02:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T08:02:06","slug":"s-e-a-focus-2023-a-world-anew-6th-15th-january-2023-tanjong-pagar-distripark-singapore","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/s-e-a-focus-2023-a-world-anew-6th-15th-january-2023-tanjong-pagar-distripark-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"S.E.A. Focus 2023 &#8211; \u2018a world, anew\u2019 | 6th &#8211; 15th January 2023 | Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore &#8211; Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='artists-title'  class='avia-section av-2ohlqrr-7879dad7cf941a682fcae65237f20272 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-20839'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class='flex_column av-1z6oj7r-3c47e90f5dea3e8d6e7c25e30081d01d 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-1sn3b53-b1538cc70fd1370e8e9c38614a7c0900\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-1sn3b53-b1538cc70fd1370e8e9c38614a7c0900{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-1sn3b53-b1538cc70fd1370e8e9c38614a7c0900 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\/s-e-a-focus-2023-a-world-anew-6th-15th-january-2023-tanjong-pagar-distripark-singapore-works\/\">WORKS<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/s-e-a-focus-2023-a-world-anew-6th-15th-january-2023-tanjong-pagar-distripark-singapore\/\">PRESS RELEASE<\/a>&nbsp;| <a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/s-e-a-focus-2023-a-world-anew-6th-15th-january-2023-tanjong-pagar-distripark-singapore-insitu\/\">INSITU<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div class='flex_column av-z4tplz-8fdc82bd793232fd460254c2773c84ed 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;\">S.E.A. Focus 2023<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wei-Ling Gallery is pleased to announce our participation in the fifth edition of S.E.A. Focus 2023, featuring works by Malaysian artist Cheong Kiet Cheng.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Gallery made its S.E.A. Focus debut in 2020 with Malaysian artist Cheng Yen Pheng in 2020, followed by Malaysian artists Chen Wei Meng and Sean Lean in 2021 and 2022 respectively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The curatorial theme of S.E.A. Focus 2023, \u2018a world anew\u2019, explores the idea of new beginnings and how vast potential can be found in minuscule or humble sources \u2013 as the region looks forward to renewed opportunities post-pandemic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the most challenging times behind us, we step into a new season where optimism and caution intermingle, and will see some of the most creative expressions, compelling introspection and bold experiments emerging.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just as how large formations of nature begin with a speck, a seed, or an atom, the potential in the region\u2019s artistic landscape is immense and awaits discovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><strong><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">VISITOR INFORMATION<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">5th January 2023 (Vernissage), <\/span><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">6PM &#8211; 9PM<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">6th &#8211; 15th January 2023 (Public Days), <\/span><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">1PM &#8211; 8PM<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ABOUT THE ARTIST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cheong Kiet Cheng\u2019s paintings have consistently highlighted the relationship between humans and nature, and although the situations she creates seem to convey over-riding feelings of beauty and love, the underlying elements of tension between human and animal figures emphasise that imperfection is unavoidable. Yet, one is still likely to find a tranquility within each of her works \u2013 an effect she achieves through a unique method of meditative and repetitive forms. As an artist, she is most interested in sharing positive energy through her work, rather than conforming to the conventional aesthetics in art.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The artist is unrestricted by any particular medium, choosing instead to experiment with materials from acrylic paints in earlier bodies of work to black ink in her latest series, which allows her to evolve into new discoveries. The romantic quality of her work is a direct result of her own personal feelings towards nature, drawing much of her inspiration from philosophy, literature, poetry, music and theatrical drama.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She has won several major awards and prizes over the years, including the main prize at the 2018 UOB Painting of the Year (Malaysia) competition; Creative M50 Awards in Shanghai, China (2016); Nanjing International Art Festival Competition in China (2015); Water Color Category at Tanjong Public Limited Company, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2006). Cheong Kiet Cheng was also the recipient of the esteemed UOB-Fukuoka Asian Art Museum\u2019s Artists Residency Programme in 2018, where she spent two months expanding on her practice in Japan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kiet Cheng has participated in a number of solo and group exhibitions both within Asia and in Malaysia. 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