{"id":6800,"date":"2015-10-08T12:47:45","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T04:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/?post_type=portfolio&p=6800"},"modified":"2015-10-08T13:28:07","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T05:28:07","slug":"catch-photographic-art-showcase-by-dennis-chua","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/catch-photographic-art-showcase-by-dennis-chua\/","title":{"rendered":"Catch: Photographic Art Showcase by Dennis Chua"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New Straits Times, 5 September 2009
\nCatch: Photographic Art Showcase
\nby Dennis Chua<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cDIFFERENT But Same\u201d at Wei-Ling Gallery, from now until Sept 14, is a showcase by photographers-cum-artists Azril K. Ismail, Eiffel Chong, Alex Moh, Alex Wong, Azrul K Abdullah, Bernice Chauly, Ceacer Chong, Erna Dyanty, Lim Hock Seng, Pang Khee Teik, Tan Chee Hon and Yee I-Lann.
\nTheir recent works deal with the actual act of photographing. Some are experimental while others engage a disparate approach in using the medium.<\/p>\n

The techniques used are meticulous to photography and they embrace each subjectmatter with respect.<\/p>\n

The range of photographic processes, techniques and approaches used include archival retrieval, manipulated processes, long-ended films and straight photography in which the subject matter is regarded supreme.<\/p>\n

Azril looks at the \u201cun-photograph-able\u201d side of things. His works capture the \u201cnakedness\u201d of his subjects.<\/p>\n

The works of Eiffel and Pang include objects and spaces that are commonly ignored.<\/p>\n

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Alex Moh\u2019s \u201cLand\u201d.<\/p><\/div>\n

Their photographs include playgrounds, street lights in parks, abandoned rooms and buildings, which are conceptually altered and presented as \u201cart\u201d.<\/p>\n

Tan takes vague photographs that demand to be understood but resist easy explanation.<\/p>\n

Erna\u2019s photographs are a tribute to her hometown Kuala Lumpur which is facing accelerated and chaotic growth.<\/p>\n

Yee\u2019s computer-generated photographs focus on new media and computer imaging, and engage ideas of power, truth and social differences.<\/p>\n

Wong’s works are indistinct statements on emotions, alienation, human relationships and contemporary life.<\/p>\n

He also highlights banal events, suggesting that any single moment of our lives could be arresting.<\/p>\n

Lim takes large-scale black-and-white photographs to achieve detailed images that capture the way the world is \u201cdrawn\u201d.<\/p>\n

Seeing the world in black-and-white allows one to feel a step removed from reality, to blur fact and fiction.<\/p>\n

His works are printed meticulously and marked by strict self-discipline, overabundant details, amplified contrast between black and white and a cool keen astuteness.<\/p>\n

The gallery, in Jalan Scott, off Jalan Tun Sambanthan, Kuala Lumpur, is open from noon to 7pm, Mondays to Fridays and 10am to 5pm on Saturdays.<\/p>\n

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Eiffel Chong\u2019s \u201cThe Rise And Fall Of The Roman Empire\u201d.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Straits Times, 5 September 2009 Catch: Photographic Art Showcase by Dennis Chua \u201cDIFFERENT But Same\u201d at Wei-Ling Gallery, from now until Sept 14, is a showcase by photographers-cum-artists Azril K. Ismail, Eiffel Chong, Alex Moh, Alex Wong, Azrul K Abdullah, Bernice Chauly, Ceacer Chong, Erna Dyanty, Lim Hock Seng, Pang Khee Teik, Tan Chee [...]","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"portfolio_entries":[17],"class_list":["post-6800","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","hentry","portfolio_entries-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/6800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/6800\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6800"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_entries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_entries?post=6800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}