CURATOR NOTES: Today, coloring and desaturating of photograph can be done digitally on the computer, making this work, after the fact uniquely resemble two period of time within the past. Alex Moh exploration regarding photography began as early as 1997, throughout his career, Alex is an avid researcher, critic, curator and also photographer. Over the […]
CURATOR NOTES: This colored photograph portrays the late king, Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah who is standing in front of a car with its own intricate design similar to a Cadillac with white wall tires closely toned to the roof of the car, showcasing a design trend unique to cars in Malaya in the 1940s. In […]
CURATOR NOTES: At the forefront of the exhibition, the artwork can be viewed as a visually correlative introductory piece to an exhibition that aims to study the relativity of photography, art and the collection. Such essence and context are closely tied to the subject matter of this piece. There is only one collection of Loke […]
CURATOR NOTES: Tenaya Lake Clouds by Ansel Adam is the first work of photography that was donated and registered into the national collection courtesy of the late Dato Loke Wan Tho. It is among the earliest works by American photographer that is put under the care of the National Art Development Board of Malaysia since […]
ARTIST STATEMENT: In this work my engagement is of reflective and also a kind of criticism towards what is happening within the ‘Islamic World’ today-especially in what is happening in the Middle East conflict. As we know in any combatant situation within the Islamic tradition there is not only a tactical consideration but at most […]
ARTIST STATEMENT: ‘’In this work my engagement is of reflective and also a kind of criticism towards what is happening within the ‘Islamic World’ today-especially in what is happening in the Middle East conflict. As we know in any combatant situation within the Islamic tradition there is not only a tactical consideration but at most […]
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