EXHIBITION: 'INVENTORY OF INTIMACIES' Venue: The Backroom Gallery, Zhongshan building, KL Date: ends June 23 In The Back Room's latest group exhibition, Inventory Of Intimacies, three emerging Malaysian artists, Ang Xia Yi, Cheong See Min, and Nia Khalisa, take centre stage. The exhibition showcases a variety of textile and fibre mediums, including pictorial patchwork quilting, weaving, and batik drawings. It also highlights the artists' unique talents and perspectives, drawing viewers into a nuanced exploration of personal and collective experiences set against the backdrop of grander societal narratives.
Inventory Of Intimacies explores how these three practices harness textiles' ability to capture the fluid and indistinct quality of memory. Unlike photography or language, which fix memory in precise representations, textiles convey impressions that appeal to the sensual side of human nature and evoke the soft comfort of nostalgia. More info here.
This Saturday at 3pm, visitors to Ilham Gallery's Level 5 can watch Jalaini create large-scale drawings in-situ and share insights into his work. Photo: The Star/Art Chen ACT OF DRAWING WITH JALAINI ABU HASSAN Venue: Ilham Gallery, Kuala Lumpur Date: June 15, 3pm In conjunction with Ilham Gallery's current exhibition, Titik Garis Bentuk: Drawing As Practice, artist-academic Jalaini Abu Hassan will make a public appearance to share his insights on art and demonstrate his skills live. In his decades-long practice, he is constantly i.
