Galeri Petronas
PETRONAS ART COLLECTION: SERIES 3
NARRATIVE STRAINS
GALERI PETRONAS is pleased to present the third series of displays from the PETRONAS Art Collection
(PAC) titled "PETRONAS Art Collection Series 3 : Narrative Strains" .The exhibition which will be held
from 18 August 2005 until1 January 2006 features 34 artists through 90 artworks.
"Narrative Strains" is an attempt to decipher the multi-layered and multi-functional messages contained in theartworks. The layers are known as "texts" and together make up a textual narrative of what the author wants tosay through his/her manner of "telling". The importance of the "reader" adds to the many ways of the readingof the picture. The reader is the interpreter and how she interprets may add to the discussion of the work inquestion.
The exhibition is an acknowledgement of the need to continually discuss our visual arts heritage within acritical framework. As their counterparts elsewhere have done for centuries, Malaysian artists have used canvasto record past, existing and disappearing lifestyles, customs, traditions, identity and heritage.
The exhibits include simple drawings and paintings such as those by artist Tan Wei Khen which captures details of adornment accompanying the costumes worn by people of the different trib~s of his native Sarawak;Lucy Liew's and Awang Damit's narrations of rural life, such as farming community, in their abstract works;the batik paintings of Ismail Mat Husin which present the idealic lifestyle in a more romanticised manner; andIsmail Latirs paintings which are full of tales and legends. Visuals are also narrated in an entertaining way asLat did in his comic narration of the travelling Chinese opera performing at yet another small town stage
"Narrative Strains" is in itself a narrative of Malaysian concerns. Whether the narrative is real or imagined;provoked or imposed; political or social, they interwined to document the spirit and attributes of a nation andits people.
Duration: 18 August 2005 until1 January 2006
Venue: GALERI PETRONAS, Level 3 Sulia KLCC Kuala Lumpur City Centre, 50088 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-20517770/7773 Fax: 03-20512895
For further infonnation: About the exhibition or to arrange for interviews,
please contact Nonninshah Hamzah at 03-2331 4829 or nonninshah@petronas.com.my
Opening Hours: To the public from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.mevery day except Monday.Entrance is free.
NARRATIVE STRAINS
GALERI PETRONAS is pleased to present the third series of displays from the PETRONAS Art Collection
(PAC) titled "PETRONAS Art Collection Series 3 : Narrative Strains" .The exhibition which will be held
from 18 August 2005 until1 January 2006 features 34 artists through 90 artworks.
"Narrative Strains" is an attempt to decipher the multi-layered and multi-functional messages contained in theartworks. The layers are known as "texts" and together make up a textual narrative of what the author wants tosay through his/her manner of "telling". The importance of the "reader" adds to the many ways of the readingof the picture. The reader is the interpreter and how she interprets may add to the discussion of the work inquestion.
The exhibition is an acknowledgement of the need to continually discuss our visual arts heritage within acritical framework. As their counterparts elsewhere have done for centuries, Malaysian artists have used canvasto record past, existing and disappearing lifestyles, customs, traditions, identity and heritage.
The exhibits include simple drawings and paintings such as those by artist Tan Wei Khen which captures details of adornment accompanying the costumes worn by people of the different trib~s of his native Sarawak;Lucy Liew's and Awang Damit's narrations of rural life, such as farming community, in their abstract works;the batik paintings of Ismail Mat Husin which present the idealic lifestyle in a more romanticised manner; andIsmail Latirs paintings which are full of tales and legends. Visuals are also narrated in an entertaining way asLat did in his comic narration of the travelling Chinese opera performing at yet another small town stage
"Narrative Strains" is in itself a narrative of Malaysian concerns. Whether the narrative is real or imagined;provoked or imposed; political or social, they interwined to document the spirit and attributes of a nation andits people.
Duration: 18 August 2005 until1 January 2006
Venue: GALERI PETRONAS, Level 3 Sulia KLCC Kuala Lumpur City Centre, 50088 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-20517770/7773 Fax: 03-20512895
For further infonnation: About the exhibition or to arrange for interviews,
please contact Nonninshah Hamzah at 03-2331 4829 or nonninshah@petronas.com.my
Opening Hours: To the public from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.mevery day except Monday.Entrance is free.
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