Malaysian Artists Gaining World Fame…and Maybe Fortune

By Ooi Kok Chuen

July 2022 PENANG PALETTE
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Azizan Paiman with his work, Power Generator Station, in Venice Biennale.
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AS INTERNATIONAL BORDERS begin opening up, Malaysian artists are receiving gilt-edged invitations to major international showcases such as the Venice Biennale (collateral event), the Documenta 15 in Kassel, Germany and Art Basel in Switzerland, not to mention residencies in Sharjah (United Arab Emirates), Helsinki (Finland) and Leipzig (Germany).This is phenomenal indeed.For the second consecutive series, Malaysia is taking part in the Venice Biennale (again collateral) through Port Perak’s vehicle called Pera + Flora + Fauna, at the Archivi della Misericordia...

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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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