{"id":8495,"date":"2015-12-24T14:22:49","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T06:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=8495"},"modified":"2015-12-24T14:31:08","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T06:31:08","slug":"ahmad-shukri-mohamed-umibaizurah-mahir-toys-press-release","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/ahmad-shukri-mohamed-umibaizurah-mahir-toys-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahmad Shukri Mohamed &#038; Umibaizurah Mahir &#8211; Toys &#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-8495'><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=\"Ahmad Shukri Mohamed &amp; Umibaizurah Mahir \u2013 Toys \u2013 Works\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/ahmad-shukri-mohamed-umibaizurah-mahir-toys-works\/\">works<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"selected\" title=\"Ahmad Shukri Mohamed &amp; Umibaizurah Mahir \u2013 Toys \u2013 Press Release\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/ahmad-shukri-mohamed-umibaizurah-mahir-toys-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;\">Toys<br \/>\nAhmad Shukri Mohamed &amp; Umibaizurah Mahir<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; color: #666666; text-align: justify;\">\n<p>What comes to mind when you think of \u201cTOYS\u201d? One instinctively thinks of the carefree days of our childhood, the light-hearted, fun times we spent as a child. However, as adults, we also have \u2018toys\u2018. These are the things we use to relax our bodies and close our minds from the \u2018real\u2019 world. Just as we, as children, fantasized about being soldiers when we played with tanks and guns, or princesses when we played with castles and dolls, adults use toys to take them away from their dull, humdrum lives. Toys are used by humans as a form of escapism.<\/p>\n<p>Conversely, as with anything within society, toys are used to shape and mold us to fit into that society. Parents use toys as tools to subconsciously brainwash children towards what they aspire for them to become. Ironically, toys, in all their innocence, actually have an agenda to fulfill!<\/p>\n<p>Umibaizurah Mahir and Ahmad Shukri Mohamed examine the multi-faceted functions of these seemingly innocent objects, from their role as objects of escapism, to their function as tools to shape the young mind. A husband and wife team, both artists bring to the board their own interpretations of the subject matter, one through ceramics and clay, the other through paint and canvas.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Kelantan in 1969, Ahmad Shukri was one of the co-founders of the non-conformist MATAHATI group, which has since become the voice of the future of Malaysian Art. Having obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts from MARA (UiTM) in 1992, Shukri is today one of the leaders in ground-breaking contemporary art in Malaysia, and has exhibited extensively world-wide. Not confined by style, material or subject matter, he revels in forming multi-layered collages with oil paint, industrial crate plank, aluminium foil, canvas, paint and paper. Shukri maintains that the only constant in his art is CHANGE.<\/p>\n<p>Ceramic artist Umibaizurah Mahir was born in Johor in 1975. She received a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Ceramics from MARA (UITM) in 2000. Umi\u2019s clay pieces, adorned with unusual objects found around the environment, seem simple. In fact, they penetrate deep beyond the superficial layer of experience and explore complicated issues that relate to human perceptions. Whatever the subject matter, they belie a feminine touch that conveys the message in it\u2019s own subtle manner.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Toys runs from 8th May 2006 until 31st May 2006 at Wei-Ling Gallery.<\/em><\/span><\/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=\"\u201cTaking a second look at childhood\u201d by Dennis Chua\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/taking-a-second-look-at-childhood-by-dennis-chua\/\"><strong>&#8220;Taking a second look at childhood&#8221; by Dennis Chua<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/story\/?file=%2F2006%2F5%2F21%2Flifearts%2F14285619\"><strong>&#8220;Serious Playthings&#8221; by Veronica Shunmugam<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CuRRENT\u00a0|\u00a0PAST works\u00a0|\u00a0press release Toys Ahmad Shukri Mohamed &amp; Umibaizurah Mahir What comes to mind when you think of \u201cTOYS\u201d? 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