We launched Narratives in Malaysian Art, Volume 2: Reactions - New Critical Strategies, and Naratif Seni Rupa Malaysia, Jilid 2: Reaksi - Strategi Kritikal Baru on 28 September 2013, at The Annexe Gallery at Central Market.
It's been just over year since we launched Volume 1, and it's been a long but exciting journey working on Volume 2. We were so happy that T.K. Sabapathy could join us for the launch - he gave a stirring speech, full of encouragement! Thank you so much to all who attended the event. Images will be posted up shortly.
Volume 2 is Edited by
Nur Hanim Khairuddin & Beverly Yong, with T.K. Sabapathy; with texts by
Redza Piyadasa, Sulaiman Esa, Nur Hanim Khairuddin, Simon Soon, Safrizal
Shahrir, Mark Teh, Tan Zi Hao, Ismail Zain, Sarena Abdullah, Michelle
Antoinette, Zhuang Wubin, Hasnul J. Saidon, Niranjan Rajah, Adeline Ooi,
Beverly Yong, Suzy Sulaiman, Rahmat Haron, Eva McGovern, Yap Sau Bin;
interviews with Anak Alam, Wong Hoy Cheong, Chong Kim Chiew, Yee I-Lann, Chai
Chang Hwang, Ponirin Amin, Liew Kungyu, Bayu Utomo Radjikin, Ahmad Fuad Osman,
Anurendra Jegadeva, Noor Azizan Rahman Paiman, Mark Teh, and others; and
selected excerpts from exhibition texts and reviews.
Recommended
Retail Price: RM 40
Soft cover,
404 pages (Eng.), 464 pages (BM), with colour and black-and-white illustrations
of over 100 artworks.
The books are distributed by Gerak Budaya and available in selected bookstores across Malaysia. Please go to our "Buy the Books" page for details.
As before, all profits from book
sales are re-channelled into development and promotion of the Narratives in
Malaysian Art project.
