21/06/2024
We are thrilled to announce that Not Just in Black and White: Works from the Steve Wong Art Collection is open to public from this Sunday, 23 June 2024 🎉
Not Just in Black and White: Works from the Steve Wong Art Collection begins as a visual proposition — what and how do we see in black and white? In picture-making, “black-and-white” evokes the bare bones of visual form. Without the comfort and distraction of colour, an image is somehow naked, either especially vulnerable or especially audacious. In our minds we may associate “black and white” with a theory of opposites — positive and negative, substance and absence, darkness and light. We may see these in tension with, or in complement to one another. In the English language, something presented “in black and white” is to be taken as clear, plain, fixed, incontrovertible. An exhibition in black and white prompts a shift in viewers’ aesthetic register, and invites a special way of looking at and thinking about the artworks it brings together, and how they may relate.
The exhibition features 76 artworks by 71 artists from Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines, selected by Steve Wong. Curated by and supported by , the exhibition offers viewers a chance to discover a range of contemporary painting and other art practices across different regions and generations.
Exhibition dates: 23 June - 11 August 2024
Venue: GDP Campus, Level 4, No. 79 Jalan Setiabakti, Bukit Damansara 50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Opening hours: 12:00 - 18:00 (Wednesday - Friday), 11:00 - 18:00 (Saturday & Sunday)
Closed on Monday & Tuesday
Free admission