Sunday, April 17, 2016

NMA3 Launch at Segaris Art Centre


The official launch of Narratives in Malaysian Art Volume 3: Infrastructures and Naratif Seni Rupa Malaysia Jilid 3: Infrastruktur, together with the Malaysia Art Map was held at Segaris Art Centre at Publika on 15 March 2016. We had a great turnout – it was wonderful to see so many of the project's supporters and contributors come together, from corporate sponsors to gallery owners, collectors, writers, art educators and artists, especially in light of the volume's theme. Thanks so much to Segaris for being such enthusiastic co-hosts!

The books are now out in the shops at a recommended price of RM45 per copy. You can find them at:

BORDERS - All Stores
Book Zone PENANG
Kinokuniya Bookstores, KL
MPH Bookstores - All Stores
Silverfishbooks Sdn Bhd
Times The Bookshop - All stores

You can also order online all three volumes (to date) of the NMA series from
bookshop.gerakbudaya.com and www.rogueish.asia.






Janes, Krystie & Race on reception
The eds team posing for the media

Tan Koon Hui & Dr Choong Kam Kow

Nur Hanim giving her welcoming remarks
Ramlan Abdullah speaking on behalf of Segaris

Kyoko Kugai of JFKL with Yap Sau Bin

S. Jamal Al-Idrus & Jalaini Abu Hassan

Sharmiza Abu Hassan and Suzy Sulaiman

Tengku Sabri with Art Friends U-Wei Saari, Dr Steve Wong & Pakhruddin Sulaiman,
 & Yusof Othman of Anak Alam 


Eiffel Chong & Simon Soon

The NMA3 editorial team: Nur Hanim Khairuddin, Yap Sau Bin,
Tengku Sabri Ibrahim, Beverly Yong, Rahel Joseph & Rachel Ng

Sunday, March 6, 2016

AT LONG LAST - NMA3 IS OUT!



After a series of delays, we are very happy to announce that Narratives in Malaysian Art Volume 3: Infrastructures and Naratif Seni Rupa Malaysia Jilid 3: Infrastruktur are in distribution and available at leading bookstores around Malaysia. 

Volume 3 weighs in at 444 pages in the English edition and 512 pages in the BM edition, and retails at RM45. The volume's editors are Beverly Yong, Nur Hanim Khairuddin, Rahel Joseph and Tengku Sabri Ibrahim, with Yap Sau Bin and Rachel Ng. 

We look forward to the official launch on 15 March at Segaris Art Centre, where we will also be launching the Malaysia Art Map published in conjunction with Volume 3. 

We would like to thank our corporate supporter, sponsors and friends of the book who have made the project possible. We are very grateful that CIMB Foundation, Lembaga Pembangunan Seni Visual Negara, Ekuiti Nasional Berhad, Yayasan Sime Darby and 30 Art Friends, together with new friends of the book - Lee Khai, and Laurent and Daphne Yong-D'Herve, have recently come in to give their generous support to Volumes 3 and 4 of the project.

Volume 3: Infrastructures/Jilid 3: Infrastruktur is really about the Malaysian art scene - how it has changed over the decades, what it looks like now, and how we may make things better as we move forward. Thank you to the many, many people who contributed to the content of Volume 3, as editors, writers, interviewers, interviewees, participants in the roundtables held, roundtable hosts, survey respondents, helpful fact-checkers, rapporteurs and assistants. We hope you will all enjoy the volume.

Watch this space for launch pics and further updates.

(NMA3 editors)