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| Posted: 06 Dec 2012 06:03 AM PST CHARITY WALK Online registration for the HSBC Charity Partner Walk 2012 closes at 5pm tomorrow. The 3.5km charity walk and mini carnival held at Padang Merbok, Kuala Lumpur on Dec 9 from 6am to 7.30am is in aid of the Children's Wish Society of Malaysia. To register and for further details, visit www.hooha.asia. Participants can also register on the day of the walk. PUBLIC TALK Montessori Association of Malaysia is holding free public talks on Special Educational Needs, Classroom Management, Parenting, Corporate Practices and the National Preschool Standard Curriculum at Residensi HELP, Jalan Damanlela, KL on Dec 8 and 9, 9am - 5pm. For registration and details, call Daniel (016-2290300) or Aisha (016-2831002). ART EXHIBITION Shalini Ganendra Fine Art @ Gallery Residence (SGFA) is presenting the artworks of five award-winning Malaysian artists namely Bibi Chew, Eiffel Chong, Jasmine Kok, Kim Peow Ng and Suhaimi Fadzir at its place at 8 Lorong 16/7B, Section 16, PJ from Jan 15 to March 15. Opening hours are 11am - 7pm. For details, call 03 79604740 or visit www.shaliniganendra.com. HOLIDAY CARNIVAL Central Market Kuala Lumpur is having a Year End Sale and School Holiday Carnival with Upin and Ipin event on Dec 8 and 9 from 11am to 6pm. Colouring Contests, Shopping Bag Designing Contests and Family Fun Tele-matches are available. For details, visit www.centralmarket.com.my. TEXTILE TALK A Natural Fibres And Identification talk will be held at Saindera Gallery, National Textile Museum on Dec 6 while the 'Sahabat Tekstil' public talk will be held at the same place on Dec 7. Both talks start at 10am and free admission. For registration and details, email asmah@jmm.gov.my or call 03-26943457/3461. OPEN DAY Eduwis kindergarten and nursery in Bukit Antarabangsa, Ampang will be holding its open day on Dec 8 and 9 from 9am - 3pm for 2013 enrolments and to showcase its current holiday programmes. There will be hands-on arts and craft activities for children. For details call 0123787218 (Woong). XMAS OPEN HOUSE The Selangor state government is organising a Christmas open house at Sunway Resort Hotel and Spa open car park, Bandar Sunway on Dec 8 from 6pm to 11pm. Guests will be entertained by sketches, dances and choir performances. For details, call 03-8026 3131. MEDITATION COURSE Brahma Kumaris Malaysia is organising a free Raja Yoga Meditation Course at Harmony House, 10, Lorong Maarof, Bangsar Park on Dec 8 (9.30am-3.30pm) and Dec 9 (9.30am-4pm). For details, call 012-6986053 (Susan) or 017-2910928 (Celia). |
| Artist takes an abstract view at life as he tries to stay relevant Posted: 06 Dec 2012 06:02 AM PST IN A sense, the Nuntius 12.12.12 series marks the end of a creative journey that artist Indra Ramanathan began four years ago in order to stay relevant to the creative process that is very much part and parcel of his life as an architect and designer. Having hit the big 4-0 in 2009, he declared that he was going to create 42 pieces of art outside the realm of his day job to keep his creative juices flowing. His journey will end on Dec 12, when he will celebrate the culmination of that process by unveiling his fourth solo exhibition at Taksu Gallery. The final collection of 12 six-by-six abstract pieces named after the 12 disciples of Jesus, carries its own underlying messages to him personally as according to him, they each represented people who led normal lives thousands of years ago, yet had died horrible deaths. "People can look at it, gauge and have their own perception of the pieces and take away what they each perceive it to be," he said, adding that it was a personal thing. "And if you look closer, there is an underlying meaning in each piece. Take the one on Judas, for example, if you look closely you will see the motive of the coins on the painting which represents the pieces of silver that were given to him to betray Jesus," he said. Indra, however, stressed that the emotive connection is different to different people as there are layers of meaning to be perceived in the paintings. "It is all about everyone's individual journey," he said. His style in Nuntius is abstract minimalistic and there are multiple layers and textures which represent different emotions that he has experienced while working on the pieces. "None of it looks anything like what it did when I first worked on them. Each piece has gone through at least five reversals," he said. He added that the collection was a major effort as it involved ripping the canvas and stitching them together again to create the layered and textured effects and re-painting it over and over on a platform, which was no easy feat. Indra began his journey with the 09.09.09 installation which featured the nine cities that had a great impact on his life. For his second solo exhibition entitled Decalogue, he created 10 paintings with a word each on the canvas. Some of the words were — Respect, Renewal, Family, Justice, Faith, Truth and Generosity. 10.10.10 highlighted words of wisdom from the 10 Commandments, words which became Indra's guiding principles in life. The third exhibition, 11.11.11, explored his patriotic side. Themed Unum, it featured 11 pieces of mixed-medium artworks, which use the Malaysian flag's four colours — blue, white, red and yellow. So what is next? "Who knows, all I know is that in order to be relevant, I need to be challenged to keep on producing creative works and I guess that I will continue to paint just not in a public way any more," he said. Nuntius will be on display from Dec 12 to 19 at Taksu Gallery, No 17, Jalan Pinang, KL. Tel: 03-42514396. |
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