{"id":15543,"date":"2020-04-17T10:15:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T02:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/?post_type=portfolio&amp;p=15543"},"modified":"2020-04-17T10:15:06","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T02:15:06","slug":"ivan-lam-3-april-30-may-2020-press-release","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/portfolio-item\/ivan-lam-3-april-30-may-2020-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivan Lam &#8211; small works + drawings |   June &#8211; 7 July 2020 &#8211; Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='artists-title'  class='avia-section av-av_section-142ff43b7600746a6e970fde5cf91c57 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll  container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-15543'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_one_full-2a9015ff38129c418a3f2eafba3e9512 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div '   ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-a6de236e6c183bbbd700292deacd2b52\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-a6de236e6c183bbbd700292deacd2b52{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-a6de236e6c183bbbd700292deacd2b52 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 class=\"p1\" style=\"font-family: 'eb garamond'; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 2px; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Ivan Lam \u2013 small works + drawings| 17 April \u2013 20 June 2020  \u2013 Works.\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/ivan-lam-small-works-drawings-17-april-20-june-2020-works\/\">WORKs<\/a> <a title=\"Patriots: by Malaysians for Malaysians \u2013 Group show | 24 November 2018 \u2013 6 January 2019 \u2013 Works\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/patriots-for-malaysians-by-malaysians-group-show-23-november-2018-6-january-2019-works\/\">|<\/a><a title=\"Ivan Lam | 3 April \u2013 30 May 2020 \u2013 Press Release\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/ivan-lam-3-april-30-may-2020-press-release\/\">\u00a0PRESS RELEASE<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ivan-Lam-small-works-drawings1.pdf\">E-BOOKLET<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ivan-Lam-revised-20201.pdf\">CV<\/a>\u00a0|<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Y-nXcNJ3370\"> VIDEO<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-a07f7596b1fca85f6595a75d593069df\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-a07f7596b1fca85f6595a75d593069df{\nheight:40px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-a07f7596b1fca85f6595a75d593069df hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_one_full-2a9015ff38129c418a3f2eafba3e9512 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div '   ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '  style='font-size:14px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans thin'; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 25px; letter-spacing: 1px;\">small works + drawings<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe past is never dead, it\u2019s not even past\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a>. Despite the linearity of passing time, the lived experiences we face are often much less neat and cohesive than they might seem. Actions in the present, affected by those in the past move on to influence the future; all while what we may understand as the past or future is continuously shifting and changing. It is in this process of reflection and contemplation that Ivan Lam finds himself circling, feeling his way into the future of his practice through learning to let go of the past.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u2018small works + drawings\u2019 <\/em>represents a collection of experiments, sketches and thoughts-given-form that had manifested themselves in Lam\u2019s studio in the past decades, living evidence of his process that finally see themselves thrust in the spotlight, serving as both the content and inspiration for his new collection.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The small works on exhibition are a combination of past and new experiments that follow a similar vein of material exploration. Unlike many of the monumental works which he has produced in the past, these small pieces represent a reprise that is almost a form of play. There is a decided intimacy in these objects, from the earnest curiosity that that they embody, to their smaller than 2ft size, perfect for being held in the hand or on the lap. They are a representation of the thoughts and experiences that have lived and left his studio space, memories that still affect his practice today. Due to their origin as experiments, they are also by nature, un-monumental, objects with no real end-date, and no real stake or pressure to be perfect in any certain way; a trait that is perhaps, what Lam finds most charming about them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The past however, is never as dead as we think it is. In resurrecting these studies, their significance becomes all the more apparent, to the extent where their urgency takes them out of the studio and into the gallery. Much like unearthing a history redefining archaeological find, Lam invites us to rediscover these old and new experiences with him, shining a light on the so called \u2018supporting cast members\u2019 of his art practice. It is these studies that evolved into fully fledged works, that then go to inspire the creation of more studies; the past reviving itself, remaking itself and extending beyond itself into the present and future, again and again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As part of this reflection and introspection into the past, particularly when considering his focus on reviewing evidences of his past studio work, it is incredibly apt that Lam would also return to the simplest of mark making tools: the pencil. 12 black and white beetles carrying motifs of skulls all arranged in a giant circle is <em>\u2018death bug clock\u2019<\/em>, a piece which perfectly illustrates this concept of the indifference of passing time, using insects as the vehicle for announcing an impending doom of sorts. The symbolism is easy to follow here, with the beetles acting as a timer towards the end as, should insects actually begin to go extinct, humans are forecasted to follow soon after. The use of black pencil on white paper here also represents the binary nature of life and death, a reminder that time on earth is indeed limited.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With all this exploration into time, and the threads that bind our past, present, and future, Lam finds at the end of the day, that exact chronology does not truly matter. His reflections on the past, and future endings is ultimately a way to bid these reflections, and a period of time in his studio, farewell. \u201cI was a part of it, I am a part of it, but I am not going to be a part of it\u201d. While distance may give things \u2013 history, memory, an art practice \u2013 some linear shape, the reality of it is inevitably full of returns and re-awakenings, all leading to what may be, in some sort of way, a final end.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> William Faulkner, <em>Requiem for a Nun<\/em>, 1951, pp. 42.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u2018\u2018small\u00a0works +\u00a0drawings\u2019\u00a0<\/em>is featured at Wei-Ling\u00a0Gallery\u00a0until\u00a07 July 2020.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Wei-Ling Gallery is located at 8, Jalan Scott, Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur 50470, Malaysia.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Please call +60322828323\/ +60322601106 or email: noel.weilinggallery@gmail.com for more information.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-bad5bc90bcef2f12297bff634a297b07 hr-short  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  hr-center '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '  style='font-size:14px; 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