{"id":4775,"date":"2015-07-17T12:54:08","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T04:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=4775"},"modified":"2020-08-29T15:24:55","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T07:24:55","slug":"anurendra-jegadeva-finding-graceland-press-release","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/anurendra-jegadeva-finding-graceland-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Anurendra Jegadeva &#8211; Finding Graceland &#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-4775'><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=\"Anurendra Jegadeva \u2013 Finding Graceland \u2013 Works\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/anurendra-jegadeva-finding-graceland-works\/\">works<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"selected\" title=\"Anurendra Jegadeva \u2013 Finding Graceland \u2013 Press Release\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/anurendra-jegadeva-finding-graceland-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;\">Finding Graceland<br \/>\nAnurendra Jegadeva<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; color: #666666; text-align: justify;\">\n<p>In August 2011, Anurendra Jegadeva, one of the country\u2019s leading contemporary artists presents \u2018Finding Graceland\u2019 a poignant series of 20 Malaysian landscapes which document places, people and events which resonate with all of us, yet possess a strong autobiographical undertone. Finding Graceland is the result of numerous road-trips and train rides with his father through their family\u2019s home state of Perak. With this latest exhibition, the artist presents the traditional landscape as contemporary art objects, drawing inspiration from family stories, familiar myths, official histories, current events and of course, the iconic settings that define the Land of Grace.<\/p>\n<p>It has been a year since his blockbuster exhibition \u2018My God is my Truck\u2019 and this body of smaller, poetic works were born of a car journey that Anurendra Jegadeva took with his father to the provincial towns in the North of Malaysia, where his father grew up. Although he has labeled them landscape paintings, the works are born of a strong juxtaposition of stories and events which have affected or touched all our lives. Each piece has been made in a small format and all 20 artworks will be the same size. This is a deliberate attempt by the artist to take us all closer to the canvas to look at the artwork.<\/p>\n<p>Anurendra Jegadeva is a narrative artist, a painter of stories. He believes in the enduring power of the painted image, and has worked consistently to forge an effective narrative approach to contemporary and historical themes. His works stem from a personal response to or experience of his subject \u2013 whether the post-colonial realities of multi-cultural Malaysia, Asian immigrant life in Australia or the war in Iraq on his TV screen, weaving an autobiographical layer into the complex reality he seeks to capture.<\/p>\n<p>In the process Anurendra employs a panoply of narrative tools \u2013 recurring motifs, colour symbolism, the framing devices of temple carvers and stain-glass makers and comic book artists \u2013 the vocabulary of a multifarious existence.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dedication<\/span><br \/>\n&#8220;Finding Graceland&#8221; is a collaborative work with my father&#8221;&#8230;&#8230;..J.Anu<br \/>\nOver the last three months, my father and I drove or took the train through our family\u2019s home state of Perak on a weekly basis. He regaled me with many stories about his childhood, his family, his courtship with my mother, early working life and later \u2013 while working in Kuala Lumpur \u2013 described his anticipation when coming home to Perak for the holidays, with his own family in tow.<\/p>\n<p>His stories awakened in me my own memories of weddings, funerals, school holidays inevitably set against the constant backdrop of an iconic Perak, resplendent with her rich histories, big traffic lights, quirky legends and peculiar landscape<\/p>\n<p>Finding Graceland \u2013 22 precious rectangles of Perak in exaggerated technicolor miniature scale and ridiculous detail \u2013 is me and my father talking and listening with Elvis playing in the background.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">About Wei-Ling Contemporary<\/span><br \/>\nWei-Ling Contemporary is Wei-Ling Gallery\u2019s new space at The Gardens Mall, Kuala Lumpur.<br \/>\nOpened in April 2011, the gallery has already been busy with an exhibition calendar that has seen solo exhibitions like Ivan Lam\u2019s Together Alone, Stewart MacFarlane\u2019s Inheritance, and The Garden of Hidden Desires.<\/p>\n<p>Wei-Ling Contemporary enriches the main gallery\u2019s committed goal of reaching a wider public with contemporary art.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">About Wei-Ling Gallery<\/span><br \/>\nWei-Ling Gallery is housed in an award-winning building in the historic area of Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur. Formerly known as Townhouse Gallery, it was set up by Lim Wei-Ling and Yohan Rajan in 2002 to showcase the best of contemporary Malaysian art.<br \/>\nSince its inception, the gallery has mounted exciting exhibitions including solos by Malaysia\u2019s leading contemporary artists and the gallery\u2019s steadfast commitment to promoting contemporary Malaysia art to the wider public is shown in the numerous publications it has produced, as well as its participation in international art events such as Art Stage Singapore and the China International Gallery Exposition (CIGE).<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Finding Graceland by Anurendra Jegadeva features at Wei-Ling Contemporary from the 9th August-30th August 2011.<br \/>\nFor media inquiries, contact +603 2260 1106 or weilingart@gmail.com<br \/>\nwww.weiling-gallery.com<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-a04e9a999f2af535624a76d569713c2e 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\/fg-artmonthlyaustralia.pdf\">Art Monthly Australia<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"Painting the past\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/painting-the-past\/\">Painting the past<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Finding-Graceland-2011-Anurendra-Jegadeva.pdf\">&#8216;Finding Graceland&#8217; by Rahel Joseph<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenutgraph.com\/j-anu-nowhere-else-to-go\/\">The Nutgraph &#8211; J Anu: \u201cNowhere else to go\u201d by Jacqueline Ann Surin<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Watch interview with Anurendra Jegadeva:-<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LSwXWEhQIH0\">Finding Graceland Part I<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kkDWS8yGsCs\">Finding Graceland Part II<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bfm.my\/finding-graceland.html\">Listen to Anurendra jegadeva on BFM89.9<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/pubpdf-findinggraceland.pdf\">View online catalogue<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CuRRENT\u00a0|\u00a0PAST works\u00a0|\u00a0press release Finding Graceland Anurendra Jegadeva In August 2011, Anurendra Jegadeva, one of the country\u2019s leading contemporary artists presents \u2018Finding Graceland\u2019 a poignant series of 20 Malaysian landscapes which document places, people and events which resonate with all of us, yet possess a strong autobiographical undertone. 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