{"id":8928,"date":"2016-01-23T13:57:52","date_gmt":"2016-01-23T05:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=8928"},"modified":"2016-01-23T14:01:50","modified_gmt":"2016-01-23T06:01:50","slug":"wan-jamarul-imran-metaphors-press-release","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/wan-jamarul-imran-metaphors-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Wan Jamarul Imran &#8211; Metaphors &#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-8928'><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=\"Wan Jamarul Imran \u2013 Metaphors \u2013 Works\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/wan-jamarul-imran-metaphors-works\/\">works<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"selected\" title=\"Wan Jamarul Imran \u2013 Metaphors \u2013 Press Release\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/wan-jamarul-imran-metaphors-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;\">Metaphors<br \/>\nWan Jamarul Imran<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; color: #666666; text-align: justify;\">\n<p><em>Artist&#8217;s Statement<\/em><br \/>\nIt is my intention to create works that can provoke or make an impact on human perception. To me, human beings have a very complex and complicated determination when confronting the critical side of their minds, and most of my work deals with that inner situation. Ideally it is based on my concern towards establishing a complex relationship between art and human determination.<\/p>\n<p>At this point, I have come to perceive that in one\u2019s self is an entity that is often contradictory and internally incomplete. In response to this concept, I represent my critical perception through subjects such as lotus flowers, water lilies, fishes, and butterflies to describe this idea and concept. My chosen subject matter carries within it significant values\/meanings of their own, which are metaphors to convey my meanings\/intentions. They tend to have characteristics that contain an intrinsic<br \/>\nsignificance, mostly in a spiritual or symbolic context. From here, my artistic and aesthetic visual responses are constructed. When one looks at what has been depicted in the \u201cThe Garden Series\u201d, water lilies and lotus flowers represent symbols of divinity and purity. It carries within it a holistic and spiritualistic content. Domination of colour fields appearing in that painting suggests the balance between mankind\u2019s ability and inability to control their actions when conscious. This is my way of putting together imaginative and aesthetic elements, to form my artistic interpretation, however all this is impossible without the involvement of human interaction.<\/p>\n<p>In a strong desire to re-create the elements of contradiction, I veer towards the Ying and Yang in my works. As an artist who is also an academic, I am constantly exposed to and explore art from all around the world, having to understand the philosophy and psychology of art, it\u2019s artistic and aesthetic value as well as it\u2019s medium and the art making process. For that reason, it is undeniable that there are some artists who influence my works and whom I admire, amongst them the works of Robert Raushenberg, David Salle, R.B. Kitaj, Ismail Zain, and Jailani Abu Hassan. There are certain aspects from all these artists that I incorporate into my works such as ideas and concepts, mediums, techniques and processes, but I do not align myself with any specific artist or movement, idealism or style or any particular modern movement.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>\u201cMetaphors\u201d is Wan Jamarul\u2019s first solo exhibition.<\/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\" ><\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CuRRENT\u00a0|\u00a0PAST works\u00a0|\u00a0press release Metaphors Wan Jamarul Imran Artist's Statement It is my intention to create works that can provoke or make an impact on human perception. To me, human beings have a very complex and complicated determination when confronting the critical side of their minds, and most of my work deals with that inner situation. 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