{"id":5712,"date":"2015-08-04T14:41:52","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T06:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=5712"},"modified":"2020-08-29T15:59:31","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T07:59:31","slug":"sean-lean-motherland-press-release","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/sean-lean-motherland-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Lean &#8211; Motherland &#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-5712'><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=\"Sean Lean \u2013 Motherland \u2013 Works\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/sean-lean-motherland-works\/\">works<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"selected\" title=\"Sean Lean \u2013 Motherland \u2013 Press Release\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/sean-lean-motherland-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;\">Motherland<br \/>\nSean Lean<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; color: #666666; text-align: justify;\">\n<p>Wei-Ling Contemporary is pleased to present Motherland, a solo exhibition of new works by emerging Malaysian contemporary artist, Sean Lean.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring large paintings on canvas, this exhibition marks the artist\u2019s second solo exhibition \u2013 both in the artist\u2019s career and with the gallery.<\/p>\n<p>Sean Lean\u2019s work often deals with the issues of fragmented identities and the contradictions between our traditionally Eastern values and the lure of Western popular culture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been working on a series of paintings about my personal cultural identity since 2008 (titled Motherland), of my Chineseness; examining the core of what is to be Chinese, questioning the shifting definitions\/criterion of what it takes to be a Chinese person, and the generational loss and gains of a culture inherited and gradually diluted. In terms of the process of painting making, I am moving towards more &#8220;industrial&#8221; methods, whereby these paintings are done in a large part akin to the methods used in automotive painting. Exploring methods that are more &#8220;mechanized&#8221; to me feels more relevant and reflective of the time we live in.\u201d &#8211; Sean Lean<\/p>\n<p>Sean Lean (b. 1981) lives and works in Klang. His works have been exhibited in Malaysia, Singapore and China.<br \/>\nMotherland will begin showing on 24th August and will continue until 17th September 2015.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Wei-Ling Contemporary is located at RT01 Sixth Floor,<br \/>\nThe Gardens Mall, 59200, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<br \/>\nPlease call 0322601106 \/ 0322828323 or email weiling.shaz@gmail.com for more information.<\/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 href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Motherland-Sean-Lean.pdf\">&#8216;Motherland&#8217; by Rachel Jenagaratnam<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/motherland-pubpdf.pdf\">Click to view online catalogue<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.star2.com\/culture\/arts\/2015\/09\/13\/sean-leans-motherland-paintings-are-magnetic\/\">&#8220;Sean Lean\u2019s Motherland paintings are magnetic&#8221; by Dinesh Kumar Maganathan<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CuRRENT\u00a0|\u00a0PAST works\u00a0|\u00a0press release Motherland Sean Lean Wei-Ling Contemporary is pleased to present Motherland, a solo exhibition of new works by emerging Malaysian contemporary artist, Sean Lean. 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