Field Trip - National Art Gallery

Rolled over to the National Art Gallery earlier this month- no photos though (no picture-taking in a gallery, after all =P )

First thing that happened? Lots and lots of rain. We really should send some water over to drought-suffering countries or something, might as well..

All in all I think we walked about 3 floors worth of art- pretty lovely really. Plenty of contemporary pieces, sculptures (even one using a Doraemon head. surreal indeed). There might be a bit of everything for everyone.

Some pieces that stood out to me were:

• Johan Marjonid - Cool Afternoon At Jeriau River

                The way the painting was set up and lit in certain areas really added to the illusion of depth and        
                makes you feel like you really are in the painting. That and its sheer size and detail. You'd think it
                was a photograph if you weren't standing up close.

• Patrick Lasak - Senja Di Padang Kota

               He uses some pretty heavy impasto to depict the people in the foreground of the painting- it really
               makes them pop and adds some cool detail.

• Mohd Fadli bin Mokhtar - As Soon As Tradition Has Come To Be Recognizes As Tradition, It Is Dead

              Well..that's a mouthful of a title. A skull gilded with gold leaf and a tengkolok/tanjak on it
              (traditional Malay headgear). Nifty use of metaphor, looked cool too..really got my brain's gears
              turning.

• Raja Azhar Idris - Gelombang Gelombang

             Sculpture piece made of glass and metal. The transparent blue glass layered to depict water tones
             and the metal added gives texture that depicts foam and stuff. It was supergorgeous (or maybe I"m
             just biased because it's blue...)

• Fong Kim Sing - Lotus Series

            Lots of cool colors and a soft, dreamy style.The loose, soft art style really gives off the impression of
            the lotuses being underwater.

Plenty more in the art gallery, but these are some that resonated most in my head for now..
All in all, I probably should pay it more of a visit sometime. It's got some lovely stuff.