Malaysian artists join one of Singapore’s many shows
By Ooi Kok Chuen
March 2015 PENANG PALETTE
Becoming the region’s art hub takes decades of conscious effort, as was obvious at the fifth edition of Art Stage Singapore.Malaysia’s strong presence at Art Stage Singapore 2015 would have passed relatively unnoticed if not for Vincent Leong’s Kenapamu Malaysia (II), an ironic jibe at the popular tourism jingle, Keranamu Malaysia. The work, under a unified South-East Asian showcase component, had the officious pictures of what looked like the constitutional monarchs and the Prime Minister, so ubiquitous in business premises,...
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.
