{"id":23520,"date":"2024-08-06T11:39:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T03:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=23520"},"modified":"2024-08-24T13:24:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T05:24:58","slug":"rajinder-singh-saffron-surrender-17-august-19-september-2024-press-release","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/rajinder-singh-saffron-surrender-17-august-19-september-2024-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Rajinder Singh &#8211; Saffron Surrender | 17 August &#8211; 14 September 2024 &#8211; Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='artists-title'  class='avia-section av-2e4d5pc-af5d609bcdae23d03c4c813e1252c53f 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-23520'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class='flex_column av-2729cps-89b79dd157f8244f7224bdc3b2c2f799 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-1h9cuow-df7a79c001059518880f49368363088c\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-1h9cuow-df7a79c001059518880f49368363088c{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-1h9cuow-df7a79c001059518880f49368363088c 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\/rajinder-singh-saffron-surrender-17-august-19-september-2024-works\/\">WORKS<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/rajinder-singh-saffron-surrender-17-august-19-september-2024-press-release\/\">PRESS RELEASE<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/rajinder-singh-saffron-surrender-17-august-19-september-2024-insitu\/\">INSITU<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Rajinder-Singh-revised-2024.pdf\">CV<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/rajinder-singh-saffron-surrender-17-august-19-september-2024-news\/\">NEWS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Rajinder-Singh-Saffron-Surrender-e-booklet.pdf\">E-BOOKLET<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div class='flex_column av-123ecyo-9daa067b2ab7c820b141023437591f16 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;\">Saffron Surrender<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wei-Ling Gallery is pleased to announce \u2018<em>Saffron Surrender<\/em>\u2019 by renowned London-based Malaysian artist Rajinder Singh. The exhibition will showcase a new series of large paintings and sculptures. The artist will also be presenting his volume of poetry titled \u2018<em>Pale in Saffron<\/em>\u2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In \u2018Saffron Surrender\u2019, Rajinder returns to wrestle with the inheritances of coloniality through three stories from his childhood growing up in Ipoh, Malaysia, passed on through generations and shared by the Sikh diaspora in Malaysia and around the world. These stories of objectification and humiliation by the British colonial forces of the Sikh body form the powerful underlying narrative behind his poetry, paintings, and sculptures. He contemplates what decolonisation could mean in the Malaysian-Sikh context as a basis for transitioning from acknowledged embodied colonial inheritances to being otherwise.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the artist, a historical surrender within a modern body recalls a shared memory of both extreme loss and submission as well as resiliency and resistance. It acts as a reminder of the fortitude needed to uphold one&#8217;s identity and dignity in the face of injustice. Not only is a surrender remembered for the act of giving in, but also for the subsequent fight to regain control, honour, and self-worth. It is evidence of the perseverance of the human spirit and the ongoing quest for cultural preservation and self-determination.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;<em>Saffron Surrender<\/em>&#8216; is featured at Wei-Ling Gallery from 17 August &#8211; 14 September 2024.<\/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. For appointments and further assistance, please contact +60322601106 or e-mail siewboon@weiling-gallery.com<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The exhibition is supported by<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23522\" src=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kansai_Paint-primary_grad_rgb-300x94.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"63\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kansai_Paint-primary_grad_rgb-300x94.png 300w, https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kansai_Paint-primary_grad_rgb-1030x321.png 1030w, https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kansai_Paint-primary_grad_rgb-768x240.png 768w, https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kansai_Paint-primary_grad_rgb-705x220.png 705w, https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kansai_Paint-primary_grad_rgb.png 1199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ABOUT THE ARTIST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rajinder Singh (b. Ipoh, Malaysia) is an artist and researcher working from his studios in Dublin and London. Rajinder\u2019s paintings, installations, photography, video, and performance work explore ideas around the vulnerable body and its pain, interrogating the economies of power that deny it space and shape. Often focused on the power of ritual action in the construction of the social body, his practice explores the ways the human body unfolds around various topographic and symbolic borders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rajinder Singh\u2019s last solo exhibition in Wei-Ling Gallery, \u2018<em>Saffron Songs\u2019<\/em>, took place in 2022. It featured a series of vibrant and dynamic paintings that the artist referred to as \u2018large scores\u2019, based on a set of sounds that held particular meaning to him, connecting him to his community, culture, and history. \u2018<em>Cage of Deliverance<\/em>&#8216;, held in 2016, was a body of work deeply rooted in the artist\u2019s intrigue with the gestures, movements, and rhythms of ritual practices in South Asia and the scarred, fragmented bodies as well as the healing, embracing unities they produce. Much like his first solo exhibition with the Gallery, \u201c<em>\u2026the ceiling floats away with a sigh..<\/em>\u201d in 2014, Rajinder based his works on the notion of spaces that distend from apertures and portals. Spaces such as the shrine, the temple, and the prayer mat are all located in the real world but are, in some inexplicable manner, connected to another distant and unmapped sphere.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rajinder graduated with a PhD in Engineering (UK) in 1993 and a Master&#8217;s in Fine Arts (Singapore) in 2010. In 2023, he was invited to show a series of sculptures at the Royal Academy in Dublin as part of his solo presentation \u2018Pale in Saffron\u2019. In the same year he worked with dancers across the globe as an invited choreographer at the Irish Museum of Modern ( IMMA) as well as The Festival of Irish Choreographers. He was also recently shortlisted for both the Golden Fleece Award and EVA International Biennale 2022. He was part of the Tulca Festival of Arts in 2020 as well as Tulca 2019 and is the recipient of several awards for his sculptures and movement-based work. His sculptures were shown as part of the year-long exhibition \u2018Narrow Gate\u2019 at IMMA in 2021\/22 and recently in \u2018Bodywork\u2019 at Crawford Art Gallery. Rajinder is a recipient of substantial bursaries for his body-based, movement-oriented work from the Arts Council of Ireland. He has been commissioned for new work by various museums and art festivals in Ireland. Rajinder has taught as a guest artist\/choreographer at the Irish World Academy, Maynooth University, and University College Dublin. His work is part of the national arts collections in IMMA, The Glucksman Museum, and the Arts Council of Ireland. Rajinder is the founder of the contemporary art review magazine Drenched Reviews (www.soaked.space).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kecjog-bf10fd584dde64dc10a80cb2a4a2cc35\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-kecjog-bf10fd584dde64dc10a80cb2a4a2cc35{\nheight:40px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-kecjog-bf10fd584dde64dc10a80cb2a4a2cc35 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WORKS&nbsp;|&nbsp;PRESS RELEASE | INSITU | CV | NEWS | E-BOOKLET Saffron Surrender Wei-Ling Gallery is pleased to announce \u2018Saffron Surrender\u2019 by renowned London-based Malaysian artist Rajinder Singh. The exhibition will showcase a new series of large paintings and sculptures. 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