As Covid Retreats, Malaysian Art Gets Ready to Flourish

By Ooi Kok Chuen

April 2022 PENANG PALETTE
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THE BAKAT MUDA Sezaman ’21 (Young Contemporary Artists, BMS), with its new format of satellite zoning and Art On Site (Seni Di Lokasi) nucleus, should be a game-changer in inspiring works that are more content-rich, better conceived and more boldly structured, and which have a broader nationwide outreach.Since its inception by the National Art Gallery (NAG) in 1974, the highly coveted competition –now for young artists under 35 years of age – has metamorphosed through various formats. Since 2000, it...

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Ooi Kok Chuen

is an art-writer and journalist, and the author of MAHSURI: A Legend Reborn (Ooi Peeps Publishing), an adult contemporary fantasy “movel” (a novel conceived as a mock movie) spun from a local legend.


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