Celebrating Ten Years of Art Writing
By Ooi Kok Chen
November 2019 PENANG PALETTE
TEN years ago, Penang was still a backwater in the national art narrative. There were signs of little titillations, though, that signaled a potential resurgence, as Penang is after all, the cradle of Malaysian art – with at least eight pioneers in the halcyon days.Good tidings followed one after another: the Penang Sculpture Trail; the revival of the Penang Retrospective into a major annual event like a much-awaited James Bond film; the inscription of George Town as a Unesco World...
Ooi Kok Chen
