{"id":4288,"date":"2015-07-12T17:21:11","date_gmt":"2015-07-12T09:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=4288"},"modified":"2015-07-12T17:43:33","modified_gmt":"2015-07-12T09:43:33","slug":"chen-wei-meng-silent-monsoon-press-release","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/chen-wei-meng-silent-monsoon-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Chen Wei Meng &#8211; Silent Monsoon &#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-4288'><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=\"Chen Wei Meng \u2013 Silent Monsoon \u2013 Works\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/chen-wei-meng-silent-monsoon-works\/\">works<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"selected\" title=\"Chen Wei Meng \u2013 Silent Monsoon \u2013 Press Release\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/chen-wei-meng-silent-monsoon-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;\">Silent Monsoon<br \/>\nChen Wei Meng<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; color: #666666; text-align: justify;\">\n<p>The title Silent Monsoon suggests some irony as the monsoon is normally associated with fierce winds and raging storms and are far from silent!<\/p>\n<p>For the artist Chen Wei Meng, the monsoon season is one of his favourite times of the year. Having grown up in Terengganu which faces the strong easterly winds which sweep across the South China Sea during the monsoon, he was always mesmerized and gripped by the power and strength of nature during the season of storms.<\/p>\n<p>This stored consciousness and memories of the monsoon season over the course of his life inspired the artist to dedicate this body of work to the monsoon.<\/p>\n<p>The artist humbly describes his new series as &#8216;simple, straightforward &#8216;descriptions&#8217; of the monsoon which are very close to my heart and are the essence of my life&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>He has managed to transport us back to how he experienced and viewed the monsoon as it approached &#8211; dark clouds looming, a strong gust of wind sweeping across the beach, the seas roaring, salt in ones eyes- bringing it to life with dexterity and skill, where every minute detail of the landscape is captured.<\/p>\n<p>To him, his monsoon is beautiful and brings with it serenity and peace. This is what he wants to share with the audience through these works.<\/p>\n<p>Silent Monsoon features at Wei-ling Contemporary, The Gardens Mall from 6th August 2012 &#8211; 4th September 2012<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Wei-Ling Contemporary is located at<br \/>\nG212 Ground Floor,The Gardens Mall,Kuala Lumpur 59200,Malaysia.<br \/>\nPls call 03-22828323 or email weilingart@gmail.com for more information.<br \/>\nWei-Ling Contemporary is open Daily from 10am-9pm.<br \/>\nPlease visit www.weiling-gallery.com for more details<br \/>\nAdmission is Free.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><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-8  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\" ><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"Read catalogue essay by Christine Rohani Longuet\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/read-catalogue-essay-by-christine-rohani-longuet\/\"><strong>Read catalogue essay by Christine Rohani Longuet<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CuRRENT\u00a0|\u00a0PAST works\u00a0|\u00a0press release Silent Monsoon Chen Wei Meng The title Silent Monsoon suggests some irony as the monsoon is normally associated with fierce winds and raging storms and are far from silent! 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