{"id":3066,"date":"2015-07-03T12:47:26","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T04:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=3066"},"modified":"2015-07-29T14:12:16","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T06:12:16","slug":"amin-gulgee-cosmic-mambo-press-release","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/amin-gulgee-cosmic-mambo-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Amin Gulgee &#8211; Cosmic Mambo &#8211; Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='artists-title'  class='avia-section av-av_section-142ff43b7600746a6e970fde5cf91c57 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-3066'><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=\"EXHIBITIONS \u2013 CURRENT\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/exhibition-current\/\">CuRRENT<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"selected\" title=\"EXHIBITIONS \u2013 PAST\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/exhibition-current\/exhibition-past\/\">PAST<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-a6de236e6c183bbbd700292deacd2b52\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-a6de236e6c183bbbd700292deacd2b52{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-a6de236e6c183bbbd700292deacd2b52 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  '><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 title=\"Amin Gulgee \u2013 Cosmic Mambo \u2013 Works\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/amin-gulgee-cosmic-mambo-works\/\">works<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"selected\" title=\"Amin Gulgee \u2013 Cosmic Mambo \u2013 Press Release\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/amin-gulgee-cosmic-mambo-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-a07f7596b1fca85f6595a75d593069df\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-a07f7596b1fca85f6595a75d593069df{\nheight:40px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-a07f7596b1fca85f6595a75d593069df hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_one_full-2a9015ff38129c418a3f2eafba3e9512 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div '   ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '  style='font-size:14px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-family: open sans thin; font-size: 25px; line-height: 24px; letter-spacing: 1px; color: #333333;\">Cosmic Mambo<br \/>\nAmin Gulgee<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; color: #666666; text-align: justify;\">\n<p>Amin Gulgee &#8211; son of legendary Pakistani artist Ismail Gulgee &#8211; has never been under his father\u2019s shadow; his name is associated with ingenuity and originality in Pakistan and the world over. One of the most prominent artists of Pakistan, he has exhibited extensively in the USA, UK, UAE, Portugal, Turkey, and Japan. He will be holding his fourth exhibition entitled \u201cCosmic Mambo\u201d in Malaysia this year at Wei-Ling Contemporary, which promises to be a landmark event in the art calendar of Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\n<p>Armed with a Bachelor of Art in Economics and Art History from the prestigious Yale University, USA, Amin Gulgee began his career as an artist in 1990 from his native city of Karachi in Pakistan. Using this ancient land and its rich, diverse history as his muse, his creations synergise Hindu mythology, Buddhist asceticism and Islamic calligraphy to explore the underlying spirituality of man. An aesthetic patron of Sufism &#8211; a unique manifestation of the spiritual side of Islam &#8211; his works mirror his individual struggle to perceive himself and to substantiate his essence through an immediate and pure union of the soul with the Divine. The elemental forms and simple scripts in his work, he believes, will help crystalise this connection.<\/p>\n<p>As Amin Gulgee the artist has evolved, so has his work, ranging from abstract sculpture to wearable jewellery, from autobiographical forms depicting himself and his family to his groundbreaking three-dimensional calligraphy. To bridge the gap between the viewer and art, he encouraged that sculpture should be touched and jewellery should be worn close. His medium of choice therefore: malleable metals like bronze and copper.<\/p>\n<p>Other than numerous exhibitions all over the world, Amin Gulgee has also made several public artworks in Pakistan including sculptures called \u201cThe Message\u201d for the Presidency in Islamabad and \u201cMinar\u201d at the Quaid-e-Azam International Airport in Karachi. Highly decorated, he has been awarded, apart from numerous other awards, the President\u2019s Pride of Performance &#8211; the highest award a civilian can receive by the Government of Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCosmic Mambo\u201d promises to be one of Amin Gulgee\u2019s most ground-breaking and comprehensive exhibits, consisting of the largest volume of work ever shown by him outside Pakistan. It includes a series of work that has sprung from two works \u201cCosmic Chapatti I\u201d and \u201cSpider I\u201d both of which were first exhibited at the Petronas Gallery in Malaysia in 2009. Amin Gulgee explores the source of pattern and its relationship to geometry in the controlled and meditative \u201cCosmic Chappatis\u201d series and unleashes bronze spiders to dance and move across the space in his organic \u201cSpiders\u201d series. This exhibition also includes work that is inspired by the Islamic tradition of architecture and metal work, including an installation comprising 64 copper leaves, created in collaboration with Malaysian architect, Lim Cho-Wei. Amin Gulgee challenges himself by stepping out of his comfort zone to explore new ground in this dialogue with Cho-Wei,which is inspired by the four-garden plan of traditional Mughal Gardens of the sub-continent. The artist is also planning a performance as part of this exhibition.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Cosmic Mambo features at Wei-Ling Contemporary at The Gardens Mall from 12th Sept 2011- 10th October 2011<br \/>\nWei-Ling Contemporary is located at G212&amp;213A Ground Floor, The Gardens Mall, Kuala Lumpur 59200, Malaysia.<br \/>\nWei-Ling Contemporary is open Daily from 11am-9pm.<br \/>\nAdmission is free<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-bad5bc90bcef2f12297bff634a297b07 hr-short  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_hr  hr-center '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-9a4b51fdc01b8b13bd201ffe5054f031\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-9a4b51fdc01b8b13bd201ffe5054f031{\nheight:35px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-9a4b51fdc01b8b13bd201ffe5054f031 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_textblock  '><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\" ><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/cosmicmambocatalogueessay.pdf\"><strong>Read catalogues essay<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b3oSp_37pQA\"><strong>View video of Cosmic Mambo at the gallery<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"Cosmic Mambo article in PEAK magazine\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/cosmic-mambo-article-in-peak-magazine\/\"><strong>Cosmic Mambo article in PEAK magazine<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/prestige_in.jpg\"><strong>Cosmic Mambo article in PRESTIGE magazine<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/cosmicmambocatalog.pdf\"><strong>View online catalogue<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CuRRENT\u00a0|\u00a0PAST works\u00a0|\u00a0press release Cosmic Mambo Amin Gulgee Amin Gulgee - son of legendary Pakistani artist Ismail Gulgee - has never been under his father\u2019s shadow; his name is associated with ingenuity and originality in Pakistan and the world over. 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