September Happenings

TILL SEPT 7, MERDEKA PHOTO EXHIBITION Featuring pictures from the past and present that highlights the country’s 51 years of independence. Venue: Ground Floor, 1 Utama Shopping Centre, Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya Details: Call 03-7710 8118 Time: Sun - Thu : 10am - 10pm / Fri and Sat : 10am - 10.30pm SEPT 8-30, ICONS A solo exhibition and re-launch of the iconic contemporary Malaysian artist Zulkifli Yusoff. It has been eight years since Zulkifli Yusoff held a solo exhibition of his works in Malaysia and this exhibition promises to deliver some of his most provocative artworks to date. Using a combination of media in a layered format, including a blend of silk-screen, painting, photographic transfers, drawings, embossing and fibreglass, Zulkifli’s new works draw direct reference to historical and current events that have made a mark on Malaysian society. He was particularly inspired by the book written by Frank Swettenham in the 19th century entitled ‘Malay Sketches’, and has expanded on a number of the themes in the book in his new paintings. Venue: Wei Ling Gallery, No. 8 Jalan Scott, Brickfields Time: Mon-Fri 12pm-7pm; Sat:10am-5pm (Sun : By Appointment) Details: Call 03-2260 1106/7 SEPT 12 - OCT 5, HARI RAYA PROMOTION Sale and promotion of stuff related to the festive occasion Venue: Ground Floor, 1 Utama Shopping Centre, Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya Details: Call 03-7710 8118 Time: Sun - Thu : 10am - 10pm / Fri and Sat : 10am - 10.30pm TILL SEPT 14, MOONCAKE FESTIVAL Promotion of mooncakes and things related to the Mid-Autumn Festival. Time: 10am to 10pm Venue: Berjaya Times Square, 1 Jalan Imbi, Kuala Lumpur Details: Call 03-2144 9821 TILL SEPT 15, INDONESIAN MODERN ARTS Indonesian artist Wayan Gede Susana features his work. Venue: Art House Gallery, Desa Sri Hartamas, 20-1, Jalan 24/70A, Kuala Lumpur Time: 10:30am - 7:00pm (Mon - Sat)/ 1:00pm - 6:00pm (Sunday and Public Holidays) Details: Call 03-2300 1343 SEPT 18-28, BROADWAY PARODIES LAGI LAH! Comedy by local group. Time: 8.30pm (Tuesdays - Saturdays) / 3pm (Sundays) / NO SHOWS ON MONDAY Venue: Pentas 1, KLPac, Sentul Park, Jalan Strachan, off Jalan Ipoh Admission: Tickets at RM60 / RM40 / RM20 (students) Details: 03-4047 9000/2094 9400 SEPT 19-21, AIDIL FITRI CARNIVAL Sales promotion related to the Hari Raya Puasa or Aidil Fitri celebrations. Venue: Putra Concourse, Putra World Trade Centre, Jalan Putra Time: 10am to 10pm Details: Call 019 358 0890/014-638 0090 (Melissa) SEPT 21-28, BACK TO NATURE Exhibition by artists from Tieling China and Malaysian Artists. This exhibition will display more than a hundred pieces of exquisite artworks by 14 artists from China and 11 artists from Malaysia. Venue: Ground Floor Exhibition Hall, Wisma Kebudayaan SGM, Bukit Bintang Time: 11.00am to 6.00pm Admission : Free Details: 03-9075 6876 (Ms. Chan Yin Kwan) TILL SEPT 27, DREAMS, HOPE AND PERFECTION This is the third solo by Bangkok artist Natee Utarit in Kuala Lumpur. The artist here conjures the birth of Thai democracy and so modern Thai political history as a means of commenting on actual and pressing political issues. Time: 12 - 8pm Monday to Friday, and 12 - 6 pm Saturday. Closed on Sundays and Public Holidays. Details: Call 03-2284 2348 TILL SEPT 28, SWEET FLAVOUR BY MOHD FAUZI SEDON After completing his PhD in Hobart, art lecturer and printmaker Mohd Fauzi Sedon, returns for his second solo exhibition. Venue: NN GALLERY, 53A - 56 Jalan Sulaiman 1, Taman Ampang Hilir, Time: Mon-Sat (9am-6am); Sun & Public Holiday (Closed) Details: Call 03-42706588 TILL OCT 25, BEYOND ORIENTALISM: HOW THE WEST WAS WON OVER BY ISLAMIC ART The exhibition looks further than Orientalist art. Instead of being about how European and American artists depicted the Islamic world, it shows how the Islamic world changed aesthetics in the West. This is most visible in the decorative arts, especially glass and ceramics, but it also applies to architecture and ‘fine’ art. Venue: Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, Jalan Lembah Perdana Time: 10am - 6pm Details: Call 03-2274 2020

June Happenings in Kuala Lumpur

JUNE 1, SHIFTING BOUNDARIES This is an annual charity art exhibition under the Art for Nature theme. It explores how the boundaries that we have extended for short-term gains are at the expense not just of other species, but of our own long term survival. Venue : Rimbun Dahan Gallery, Kilometer 27, Jalan Kuang, Selangor Time: Sat and Sun: 10am - 6pm (Weekdays: By appointment) Admission: Free TILL JUNE 2, LIVE ANIMALS INSIDE! Exhibition by photographer Azril Ismail. Azril sees his photographs as being very much ‘alive’ as they are so much a part of his life that they ‘co-exist’ within his life, and thus have to be handled/treated with care and love. Venue: Wei-ling Gallery 8 Jalan Scott, Brickfields Time: Mon-Fri,12-7pm, Sat 10-5pm. Closed Sundays. Details: 03-22601106/07, 012-3025302 JUNE 7-28, ESTON TAN, THOUGHTS OF LIFE II The exhibition will showcase new works of oils and charcoal on canvas. Painting scenes close to his heart, such as fishing villages and idyllic landscapes, Tan conjures up dreamy and atmospheric impressions of places that have remained untouched over the years. Venue: NN GALLERY, 53A - 56 Jalan Sulaiman 1, Taman Ampang Hilir, Time: Mon-Sat (9am-6am); Sun & Public Holiday (Closed) Details: Call 03-42706588 TILL JUNE 14, IDYLLE: NEW PAINTINGS BY CHONG SIEW YING Features the work of one of the Southeast Asian region's most powerful portrayers of the human face and figure (above). Chong's work has been described as profoundly emotive, and she is able to capture the expressive qualities of the human form. Venue: Valentine Willie Fine Art, 1st Floor, 17 Jalan Telawi 3, Bangsar Baru Time: Monday to Friday (12 - 8pm) and Saturday (12 - 6 pm). Closed on Sundays and Public Holidays. Admission is free. Details: Call 03-22842348 TILL JUNE 15, RAMLEE THE MUSICAL A musical about the life of the late Tan Sri P. Ramlee, musician extraordinaire. Time: 3 pm, 8:30pm Venue: Panggung Sari, National Theatre Details: Call 03-40265558 TILL JUNE 30, REFRESHING JOURNEY This is a solo exhibition by artist Yeoh Eng Peng featuring the artist's debut into the art scene. Venue: Dong Zen Gallery, FoGuang temple, Jenjarom, Selangor Time: From 10am daily Admission: Free TILL JULY 4, WOMEN IN ISLAM Muslim women have occupied positions of power for as long as Islam has existed. This ranges from the trading might of the Prophet Muhammad’s first wife, Khatija, to the more formal position of the 12th century Yemeni ruler, Malika Arwa. The Qur’an alludes to women of power from as long ago as the Queen of Sheba. In more recent times, the political leadership of Islamic states such as Pakistan and Bangladesh has drawn heavily on the female half of the population. The exhibition Faith & Power: Women in Islam explores a rich history that has often been overlooked. Examining the lives of these women, and attitudes to them, the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia is also able to provide a physical dimension with artefacts from distant times and places. Jewellery, clothing and the accoutrements of power bring new vigour to the lives of forgotten queens, consorts and wielders of influence from behind the throne. Venue: Islamic Arts Museum, Jalan Lembah Perdana (next to National Mosque) Time: Mondays to Sundays and Public Holidays: 10am - 6pm Entrance: By tickets, purchasable at the museum entrance/ Details: Call 03-22742020 JUNE 6–22, JACK TING - DRIFTED GLIMPSESThis is a solo exhibition of recent paintings by Sarawakian born artist Jack Ting, featuring 24 paintings of variable sizes done in oil. Venue: The Gallery @ Star Hill, FF03, Muse Floor, Starhill Gallery Admission: Free Details: Call 03-2143 3323

HAPPY WESAK

WE at KLTHISMONTH.COM wishes all our visitors a Happy Wesak. May you all be well and happy. These are the images taken at the Buddhist Vihara in Brickfields on the eve of Wesak. As usual, the crowd is big but orderly. The whole temple ground has been turned into a carnival of sorts, with stalls selling anything from sweetmeats to vegetarian foods. Times are bad and donations boxes have been set up almost at every corner. As it is annually, the disabled and the less fortunate, including the able-bodied have thronged the temple grounds to seek alms, from the road leading into the temple as well as on both sides of its entrance. Give generously to these pitiful peole if you can afford to. The price to light an oil lamp has been raised to RM20 per person. The increase was from last year - previously it was RM10. If you wish to light one, there is a counter catering to this within the temple ground. Check out the festivities if you are around. The whole KL city is abuzz with activities this Wesak. Tonight, there will be a procession from the Buddhist Vihara to the city centre from 7pm.

May Happenings In Kuala Lumpur

MAY 4-11, SINGAPORE-MALAYSIA CHINESE SEAL CARVING AND CALLIGRAPHY AND PAINTING EXHANGE EXHIBITION Time: 11am - 6pm Venue: Wisma SGM, Jalan Bukit Bintang Details: Call 03-21412003 MAY 9-18, RANDAI KASIH MENANTI - THE MUSICAL A post modern approach to a Minangkabau classic. Randai Kasih Menanti reveals the dark secret of an island and a mothers hopes for her sons return. A spectacular performance combining the elements of song, dance, music, martial arts and acting. Randai Kasih Menanti the Mu. Time: 3 pm, 8:30pm Venue: Panggung Sari, National Theatre Details: Call 03-40265558 MAY 11-31, ANTHONY CHAN SAI WENG - LANGKAWI GEOPARK Solo exhibition by established abstract painter Anthony Chan Sai Weng showcasing 30 new paintings in oils on linen from 2007/8 Time: Open:9am-6m Mon-Sat/Closed: Sun and Public Holiday Venue: NN Gallery, 53A & 56 Jalan Sulaiman 1, Taman Ampang Hilir, Details: Call 03-42706588 MAY 13-JUNE 2, LIVE ANIMALS INSIDE! Exhibition by photographer Azril Ismail. Azril sees his photographs as being very much ‘alive’ as they are so much a part of his life that they ‘co-exist’ within his life, and thus have to be handled/treated with care and love. Venue: Wei-ling Gallery 8 Jalan Scott, Brickfields Time: Mon-Fri,12-7pm, Sat 10-5pm. Closed Sundays. Details: 03-22601106/07, 0123025302 MAY 18-JUNE 1, SHIFTING BOUNDARIES This is an annual charity art exhibition under the Art for Nature theme. It explores how the boundaries that we have extended for short-term gains are at the expense not just of other species, but of our own long term survival. Venue : Rimbun Dahan Gallery, Kilometer 27, Jalan Kuang, Selangor Time: Sat and Sun: 10am - 6pm (Weekdays: By appointment) Admission: Free MAY 19 - JUNE 30, REFRESHING JOURNEY This is a solo exhibition by artist Yeoh Eng Peng featuring the artist's debut into the art scene. Venue: Dong Zen Gallery, FoGuang temple, Jenjarom, Selangor Time: From 10am daily Admission: Free MAY 28-JUNE 15, RAMLEE THE MUSICAL A musical about the life of the late Tan Sri P. Ramlee, musician extraordinaire. Time: 3 pm, 8:30pm Venue: Panggung Sari, National Theatre Details: Call 03-40265558 TILL JULY 4, WOMEN IN ISLAM Muslim women have occupied positions of power for as long as Islam has existed. This ranges from the trading might of the Prophet Muhammad’s first wife, Khatija, to the more formal position of the 12th century Yemeni ruler, Malika Arwa. The Qur’an alludes to women of power from as long ago as the Queen of Sheba. In more recent times, the political leadership of Islamic states such as Pakistan and Bangladesh has drawn heavily on the female half of the population. The exhibition Faith & Power: Women in Islam explores a rich history that has often been overlooked. Examining the lives of these women, and attitudes to them, the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia is also able to provide a physical dimension with artefacts from distant times and places. Jewellery, clothing and the accoutrements of power bring new vigour to the lives of forgotten queens, consorts and wielders of influence from behind the throne. Venue: Islamic Arts Museum, Jalan Lembah Perdana (next to National Mosque) Time: Mondays to Sundays and Public Holidays: 10am - 6pm Entrance: By tickets, purchasable at the museum entrance/ Details: Call 03-22742020 To have your events listed, contact us. Listing is FREE

KL-Happenings

There are plenty of things happening in Kuala Lumpur right from sunrise to sunset.Exhibitions, conventions, meetings, shows and such take place at easily accessible venues comprising major hotels and shopping complexes, not forgetting the Kuala Lumpur International Convention Centre at the KLCC, as well as the grand dame of convention and exhibitions - the Putra World Trade Centre. Below are some of the events happening in Kuala Lumpur this month. (NOTE: All events are listed in good faith that they are correct at time of print. Kindly confirm with the organisers or venue handlers the exact dates, time and availability by calling the respective contacts - ed.)