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Malaysian artist Yau Bee Ling returns with Portrait of Paradox, her first solo show at Wei-Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur. Since graduating from the Malaysian Institute of Art in 1995, Bee Ling has had her works exhibited both locally and abroad. Known for combining expressive imagery with unique methods of creating texture and depth, she has garnered a repuation as one of the artists to look out for on the Malaysian arts scene.

Portaits of Paradox sees Bee Ling exploring new themes and issues, as she became a mother in 2006 and is currently juggling life as an artist, wife and mother. The works express her feelings on the superficiality of human relationships, where on a surface level people communicate well with each other, but underneath it all lies deceit, jealousy and other negative issues.

Portraits of paradox will run from 14th July - 5th august 2008 at Wei-Ling Gallery, No. 8, Jalan Scott, Brickfields, 50470 Kuala Lumpur (+603 2260 1106/7).

For these Air Classic BWs, Nike have used several shades of brown, whilst applying suede, leather and a textured mesh-like material, to create additional depth. An interesting aspect are the references to minority baseball associations from the past printed on the insoles. Interesting not because we find them particularly engaging, but because we’re surprised that Nike didn’t go all out and slap pictures on the uppers, logos on the heels and random details on the tongues. Nonetheless, a rather nice release from one of the unsung heroes of the AIr Max era.

Available at selected Nike Stockists across South East Asia around September 2008.

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The Bombay Sapphire Art Project is looking for creative indivisuals to participate in the South East Asian Video Art and Experimental Film Screening at the Valentine Willie Fine Art Project Room this September. If you think you have what it takes, compile a piece that is no longer than 15 minutes, burn it to CD/DVD and send it along with a description and your contact details to:

Attn: Erna Dyanty

Bombay Sapphire Art Project

Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur

1st Floor, 17 Jalan Telawi 3, Bangsar Baru

59100 Kuala Lumpur

and if you have to ask - no, a video of you kicking your mate in the nuts after a night out isn’t considered art or experimental.

For further enquiries, contact erna at erna@vwfa.net.

This month, Galeri Petronas, Kuala Lumpur, will be exhibiting Disclosure, an art exhibition by Johorean artist Ahmad Zakii Anwar. One of Malaysia’s leading figurative painters, the upcoming collection of works will showcase his development, as well as future direction as an artist.

Disclosure runs from 10th July - 24th August, 2008, at Galeri Petronas, Lot 341-343, Level 3, Suria KLCC, PETRONAS Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur City Centre, 50088, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (+603 2051 7770).

Malaysian artist Jalaini Abu Hassan aka Jai will be holding Chanang, his first solo art exhibition in Jakarata, courtesy of Valentine Willie Fine Art. Jai’s graphic collection of works is his take on the current sociopolitical situation in Malaysia; what do you interpret the above piece, titled Pig Project, to be?

Chanang runs from 14th - 24th June, 2008, at Borobudor Auction Building, Jl. Tanah Abang II no. 25, Jakarta Pusat 10160, Indonesia (+6221 345 9977).

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Father’s Day is around the corner and Lipstick Tracez, a woman fashion online magazine is profiling some of the coolest dads in the industry such as Hiroki of Visvim, Karl Taro Greenfeld, Neville Wakefield, and Liam Gillick. Click HERE to see the feature.

Info via Any One Girl

This month, Valentine Wille Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, will be hosting two artists in their main gallery and Project Room; Susie Wong (Singapore) will be exhibiting Trace, an art installation comprising of children’s portraits, reinterpreted under Western conventions; whilst Elaine Roberto-Navas (Philippines) will present Standing Room Only, a collection of still life oil paintings that feature the use of heavy texturing.

Trace runs from 14th June - 5th July, 2008, whilst Standing Room Only will run from 18th June - 5th July, 2008 at Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, 1st Floor, 17 Jalan Telawi 3, Bangsar Baru, 59100 Kuala Lumpur (+603 2284 2348).

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French artists duo of Fabien Giraud and Raphael Siboni have put on their first solo art show together with an installation that made up of 324 glazed black helmets of Darth Vaders. Each helmet is equipped with a powerful microprocessor, these microchips are connected to each other while being all connected to a central computer. Throughout the exhibition, these Darth Vaders will attempt to recompose this song of darkness by working through a system of analysis and synthetic production based on a huge music library that consists of everything from punk to techno to Faure’s Requiem. This is an Artistic Artificial Intelligence on a whole new level.

Fabien Giraud and Raphaël Siboni “Last Manoeuvres in the Dark”

29 May 2008 - 24 August 2008 @ SUPERDOME

Info via Sarah via Palais De Tokyo