Saturday, February 9, 2019

Art Gallery - Penang Art Showdown @ China House

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Penang Art Showdown @ China House
George Town, Penang, Malaysia - February 2019
"Candy Crush Time" - 14.96"x22.04" watercolour painting by Evonne Tan.
Penang Island these days has become quite an artsy place, its street art has become a culture by itself, one that has drawn many tourists to the island. It all started when Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic did some wall murals around the streets of George Town during the George Town Festival 2012 depicting the simple life-style of the locals. Street art then bloomed with Ernest doing more pieces, other artists doing metal rod artwork (which depicted scenes from the city's colonial past) and then there is even a series on cats.
Up in Balik Pulau on the other end of the island, several artists including Siberian-born Russian artist Julia Volchkova have painted beautiful pieces, pieces which also portrays the local culture. The Balik Pulau literally mean "back of the island" in Malay, a very apt name for a quiet town at the back of the island. A few of us did a cycling tour of the place to enjoy it's rural setting ending with a stint to view these wall murals.
On a recent trip to Penang, we dropped into China House, it's a nice, cozy place that serves very good coffee and also very good cakes and pastries.
But other than the good eats, artwork on display there attracted me - and it's a good thing to as the place can get rather crowded and often there's a long wait for a table. Viewing the artwork there was a pleasant way to pass away the time while waiting for a table.
It started with me viewing simple artwork like this snoozing cat dreaming of the good cakes here...
... to these stenciled art of local ladies wearing Hibiscus flowers. And this was in the rest room!
The trail led me to a "Mer-dog" chasing a red bone up some stairs; like the dog, I chased not a bone but the trail of artwork and climbed the stairs up to the first floor.
The first floor covered two shop-lots, one side sold souvenirs but it's some paintings (like the one above of a psychedelic maze) by anonymous painters that tempt me onwards to the other side.
As I crossed over to the other side, another anonymous painting (this one of a lady in Elizbethan period costume) drew me further in.

 Here there was an art exhibition called the Art Showdown lasting from 1st February 2019. It displayed paintings by local Penang artists or visiting artists, many of which are up for sale (prices indicated in brackets are at the time of this blog). Below art the painting listed in alphabetical order of the artists names. Due to photography angle, and for presentation purposes, many of photos have been cropped and edited to compensate for low lighting. It is better to go there and see these artwork for yourself. Enjoy!
"Traces" - 30"x30" oil on canvas painting by Payal Pihu Bhatia (price on request).
"Tulsi" - 30"x30" oil and paint on stretch canvas painting by Payal Pihu Bhatia (price on request).
"Voices" - 32"x48" charcoal on Canson matt board painting by Payal Pihu Bhatia (price on request).
"Freckles" - 24"x32" pastel & charcoal on Canson paper painting by Payal Pihu Bhatia (price on request).
"Nube (Clouds)" - oil on canvas painting by June Chong (RM600).
"Sirens" - watercolour on paper painting by June Chong (RM400).
"Mu-as (to cry)" - 36"x36"x0.6" oil & acrylic on canvas painting by Iona Donalds (RM900).

"Mageh (to hold)" - 20"x30"x0.6" oil on canvas painting by Iona Donalds (RM900).




"Evolution Characteristic Of Successive Generation No 1" - ink & soft pastel painting by Fatihah Yusof (2019) (RM800).




"Evolution Characteristic Of Successive Generation No 2" - ink & soft pastel painting by Fatihah Yusof (2019) (RM800).




"Evolution Characteristic Of Successive Generation No 3" - ink & soft pastel painting by Fatihah Yusof (2019) (RM800). (please excuse some reflections in this photo)




Untitled - 11.8"x11.8" mixed media, micron ink pens on 200gsm watercolour paper cutouts by Ivan Alexander Francis Gabriel (2017) (RM800).

"L!s+eN" - 18.1"x14.2" micron ink pens, watercolour & gold golding paint on 200gsm paper by Ivan Alexander Francis Gabriel (2017) (RM800).
"Trypophobia" - 13.8"x17.7" mixed media on MDF board by Ivan Alexander Francis Gabriel (2017) (price on request).
"Portrait of a Dane" - oil on board by a German painter with gilt wood period frame (c. 1908) (RM1,800).
"Still Life With Fruits & Vases" - German Expressionist painting with gold leaf frame(c. late 1950s) (RM3,300).

"Wings" - 2 canvas as 1 painting by Lee Jia Wen (RM300).

"Wings" - Close up view of the green butterfly of the 2 canvas as 1 painting by Lee Jia Wen (RM300).

"Wings" - Close up view of the blue butterfly of the 2 canvas as 1 painting by Lee Jia Wen (RM300).
"The Beauty Of a Peacock" - 15.7"x22.8" Chinese ink painting by Sally Lee (RM800).
"Peace" - 13.4"x18.1" Chinese ink painting by Sally Lee.

"Little Girl in an Adult World" - 47.24"x35.43" acrylic on canvas painting by Lian Kim Keong (2018) (RM800).

"Reborn (Come Out from the Dark)" - 23.6"x35.43" acrylic on canvas painting by Lian Kim Keong (2018) (RM760).

"Horses (Don't Look Back)" - 23.6"x35.43" acrylic on canvas painting by Lian Kim Keong (RM680).

"Love and Caring" - 47.24"x47.24" acrylic on canvas painting by Lian Kim Keong (RM880).
"Descendant of the Dragon" - ink & marker painting by Loi We Wern (RM300).

Untitled #1 - mixed media painting by Barbara Moore (RM750).

Untitled - painting by Eugene Nandakumar.

"Walls" - 27.56"x35.43" painting by Alice Ng & Peter Witzigmann (RM900).
"Amazement" - 27.56"x35.43" painting by Alice Ng & Peter Witzigmann (Price upon request).
"Before the Dawn" - 16.5"x59.4" painting by Ng Chee Ying (RM500).
"Reflecting Times" - 16.5"x59.4" painting by Ng Chee Ying (RM300).
"On Melancholy" - 16.5"x23.3" Chinese ink, twig pencil & poster colours painting by Ryan Ng (RM900).
"Incubated: Wonder" - 11.7"x16.4" pen on 260gsm paper painting by Izzardzafli Padzil (RM900).
"Incubated: Alone" - 11.7"x16.4" pen on 260gsm paper painting by Izzardzafli Padzil (RM900).
"Dr M" - 24"x36" acrylic on canvas painting by Putri Amrizal (RM500).
"Vibrant Suns" - 11.8"x11.8" acrylic on canvas painting by Joelle Saint-Arnoult (RM480).
"Exultation" - 11.8"x24" acrylic on canvas painting by Joelle Saint-Arnoult (RM600).
"Reflecting Times" - 11.8"x24" acrylic on canvas painting by Joelle Saint-Arnoult (RM600).
"Sleeping Raccoon" - pastel on canvas painting by Oliver Sim (RM550).
"Hokkian's Ritual" - mixed media painting by Evonne Tan (RM550).
This Hokkien ritual is probably the Pai Ti Kong (Jade Emperor God) festival celebrated on the 9th day of the Chinese New Year by Hokkiens communities.
"The Four Symbols" - 11.2"x11.2" ink, poster colour & gold paint painting by Sheryn Tanya (RM350).
The Four Symbols (Chinese: 四象; pinyin: Sì Xiàng, literally meaning "four images") are four mythological creatures in the Chinese constellations. They are the Azure Dragon of the East, the Vermilion Bird of the South, the White Tiger of the West, and the Black Turtle of the North. Each one of them represents a direction and a season, and each has its own individual characteristics and origins.
Untitled - 27.5"x13.4" ink, poster colour & gold paint Chinese Style painting by Teoh Kooi Pei (RM688).
"Dewi" - Malaysian Batik-style painting by Emily Wee (Not for sale).
"De Luna" - Malaysian Batik-style painting by Emily Wee (Not for sale).
"Reflection" - 10"x10" & 10"x10" Two canvases as one painting by Zahidah Noor Ghazali (RM500).
"Reflection" - 10"x10" Black star in bright blue sky panel of the two canvases as one painting by Zahidah Noor Ghazali.



"Reflection" - 10"x10" White star in darkblue sky panel of the two canvases as one painting by Zahidah Noor Ghazali.

"Centre of One's Galaxy" - 12"x12" painting by Zahidah Noor Ghazali.

"Hunter" - 8.27"x11.7" watercolour on Kent paper painting by Zhao Hong (2018).
Near the bar counter are small canvas bags painted with cute drawings of cats....
nearby the "AhPek Biker" has put up one of his stickers.
As I walked towards another part of town, there was a new large wall mural; this one depicting a young lad eating a bowl of Penang Cendol. It's on a wall near the two renown cendol stalls; now tourists will definitely locate them easily!

CHINA HOUSE
153, Beach Street, 10300 George Town, Penang, Malaysia
Tel: +604-263 7299
Hours: 9:00am – 1:00am
Website: http://www.chinahouse.com.my/
GPS & Direction Map : 5.41482, 100.33881



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Balik Pulau Street Art Wall Murals : March 2016
Interesting pieces of beautiful street art murals found at the rural town of Balik Pulau located at the other side of Penang Island.

Street Art @ Hin Bus Art Depot, George Town, Penang : February 2014
An exhibition of interesting art by Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic


Pai Ti Kong - Jade Emperor God Festival : February 2014
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celebrate the birthday of the Jade Emperor God at George Town, Penang.


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