Valley of art

By Ooi Kok Chuen

June 2014 PENANG PALETTE
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In bad times, good art flourishes. Is this what we are seeing in the Klang Valley?The Klang Valley is experiencing an unmitigated art boom. No day passes without an exhibition or two taking place, and on weekends the tally can go up to four or five!Although the galleries have not yet reached a level of specialisation that exhibits its own marquee of artists, the changing profile of both new and old establishments towards the contemporary is grist enough for a...

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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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