{"id":3978,"date":"2015-07-10T13:03:10","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T05:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/?post_type=portfolio&amp;p=3978"},"modified":"2015-07-10T13:03:10","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T05:03:10","slug":"wong-chee-meng-the-urban-abyss-press-release","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/portfolio-item\/wong-chee-meng-the-urban-abyss-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Wong Chee Meng &#8211; The Urban Abyss &#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  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  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-3978'><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 '   ><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=\"EXHIBITIONS \u2013 CURRENT\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/exhibition-current\/\">CuRRENT<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"selected\" title=\"EXHIBITIONS \u2013 PAST\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/exhibition-current\/exhibition-past\/\">PAST<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\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-3  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  '><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=\"Wong Chee Meng \u2013 The Urban Abyss \u2013 Works\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/wong-chee-meng-the-urban-abyss-works\/\">works<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"selected\" title=\"Wong Chee Meng \u2013 The Urban Abyss \u2013 Press Release\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/wong-chee-meng-the-urban-abyss-press-release\/\">press release<\/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-5  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-6  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div '   ><p><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '  style='font-size:14px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-family: open sans thin; font-size: 25px; line-height: 24px; letter-spacing: 1px; color: #333333;\">The Urban Abyss<br \/>\nWong Chee Meng<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; color: #666666; text-align: justify;\">\n<p>We are pleased to share The Urban Abyss, an exhibition by Wong Chee Meng at Wei-Ling Contemporary, showing from 10th April to 8th May 2013. With his last solo Inward having taken place in 2008, this body of work promises to be a strong development from his previous solo exhibition. The artist\u2019s interests lie within the experimentation and discovery of different image-making techniques; through additive and subtractive transformations, weaving random subjects into imbricate creations. The artist believes that art has a place in all our lives and it is all just a matter of recognising its presence. His art is essentially image-play stimulated from the methods and styles of paper-cutting and stencil art, a great combination of such timeless crafts. Chee Meng chooses to refer to his works as fictional compositions, as taglines and storylines are conjured before proceeding with the actual design process. In turn, viewing them as fictitious formations. Within this particular series, his artworks are a response to current social, urban events. The artist finds that he gains inspiration from a myriad of sources such as advertisements, thought-out design (i.e. arrangements, colours and composition) along with different forms of existing urban art, comprising of photos, furniture, street art, dance, music, et al. With the intention to explore and develop the possibilities of the \u201cremixed cultures\u201d in his work, these layered paintings are composed of three visual surfaces through contemporary artistic execution. Chee Meng describes his works as, \u201ca mix of a hard-edged painting approach with a dramatic figurative reinterpretation to relay more complex meanings\u201d. Essentially, the artist\u2019s wish is to provide his audience with the chance to witness what he believes to be an exceptional combination of paper-cutting effects and encourages them to look beyond the materials and techniques to decipher the messages that lay beneath. Wong Chee Meng has shown his works in an impressive slew of exhibitions around Malaysia as well as Singapore, with the most recent one being at ION Art, Singapore for 18@8 KUL-SIN, presented by Wei-Ling Gallery.<\/p>\n<p>The Urban Abyss shall show from the 10th April to 8th May 2013 at Wei-Ling Contemporary. We very much look forward to seeing you there!<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Wei-Ling Contemporary is located at G212&amp;213A Ground Floor, The Gardens Mall, 59200, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<br \/>\nWei-Ling Contemporary is open Daily from 10am-9pm. Admission is free.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-9a4b51fdc01b8b13bd201ffe5054f031\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-9a4b51fdc01b8b13bd201ffe5054f031{\nheight:35px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-9a4b51fdc01b8b13bd201ffe5054f031 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  '><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\" ><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/tua-catalogue.pdf\"><strong>View online catalogue<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/The-Urban-Abyss-essay.pdf\"><strong>Read exhibition essay by Rachel Jegaratnam<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":3962,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"portfolio_entries":[4],"class_list":["post-3978","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_entries-exhibitions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/3978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/3978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3978"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_entries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_entries?post=3978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}