Having launched the final and fourth volume of the Narratives in Malaysian Art series, Perspectives in September, we’ve been on the road, “Walking the Talk” at HOM Art Trans, Universiti Malaya, UNIMAS in Kuching, PORT in Ipoh, and the Sabah Art Gallery and KOTA-K Studio in Kota Kinabalu. The project was also featured in Options, The Edge.
There have been some great conversations and we’ve learnt a lot. Thanks so much to our hosts and collaborators and the participants involved for making it all happen. We’re in the process of putting up the footage on YouTube. In the new year, we’ll be at Hin Bus Depot in Penang with discussions at Ilham Gallery and UiTM Shah Alam in the pipeline as well.
We tied up our short introductory course to art writing for Penang Art District’s Art Writing Programme, spending a fruitful three weekends in George Town with a great group of artists, writers and facilitators.
And we’ve just sent off to print No Boundaries: A Collector’s Process, the third volume of the Helu-Trans Collectors Series of books, which should be making an appearance during SEA Focus in January.
Next year, we look forward to getting our teeth into a couple of exhibitions. Slated for June, Phantasmagoria at the National Art Gallery brings together works by Jalaini Abu Hassan from across his practice, “narrating” the changing Malaysian context. A little later in the year, we will be co-curating a collector’s exhibition in Singapore, and we’re also plotting projects with old and new friends in Sabah. Details of these and other plans soon…
Wishing all a magnificent 2020 ahead.
Rachel and Beverly, RogueArt
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