{"id":5844,"date":"2015-08-05T15:11:07","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T07:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/?post_type=portfolio&amp;p=5844"},"modified":"2015-08-05T15:11:07","modified_gmt":"2015-08-05T07:11:07","slug":"anurendra-jegadeva-my-god-is-my-truck-press-release","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/portfolio-item\/anurendra-jegadeva-my-god-is-my-truck-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Anurendra Jegadeva &#8211; My God is my Truck &#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-5844'><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=\"Anurendra Jegadeva \u2013 My God is my Truck \u2013 Works\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/anurendra-jegadeva-my-god-is-my-truck-works\/\">works<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"selected\" title=\"Anurendra Jegadeva \u2013 My God is my Truck \u2013 Press Release\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/anurendra-jegadeva-my-god-is-my-truck-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;\">My God is my Truck &#8211; Heroic Portraiture from the Far Side of Paradise<br \/>\nAnurendra Jegadeva<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; color: #666666; text-align: justify;\">\n<p>In September 2010, Wei-ling Gallery is pleased to present a much awaited solo exhibition by Anurendra Jegadeva. The exhibition entitled \u2018MY GOD IS MY TRUCK &#8211; Heroic Portraiture from the Far Side of Paradise\u2019 has been in the making for the last two years and sees the artist presenting fifteen new painting installations.<\/p>\n<p>With this new body of work, Anurendra Jegadeva has continued to develop a range of narrative tools in his works \u2013 recurring motifs, text, color symbolism, the framing devices of temple carvers and stain-glass makers and comic book artists \u2013 which are the vocabulary of a multifarious existence.<\/p>\n<p>A Malaysian artist of Indian descent Anurendra Jegadeva has lived and worked in both Malaysia and Australia. With a broad perspective of home and the world beyond he deftly combine his views on the world with the autobiographical which stems from his own personal response to or experience of his subject\/s. He strongly believes in the enduring power of the painted image, and has worked consistently over the last twenty years to forge effective and fresh narrative approaches to contemporary and historical themes.<\/p>\n<p>As he aptly puts it:<br \/>\nAs an artist, I am interested in depicting moments of truth with equal measure of intensity and tenderness, of hope and despair. Whether dealing with the post-colonial realities of multi-cultural Malaysia, Asian immigrant life in Australia or the war in Iraq witnessed on my TV screen, these versions of the truth are also perceived through layers of satire that disarm the complex realities I seek to capture.<\/p>\n<p>In conjunction with this major exhibition,there will be the launch of a series of important publications documenting Anurendra Jegadeva\u2019s illustrious artistic journey to date.<\/p>\n<p>The main publication is a 160-page artist\u2019s monograph that brings together an expansive selection of significant works from 2000 \u2013 2010. The publication will also include substantial essays by local and international writers.<br \/>\nThe artist monograph will also be accompanied by a 60 page limited edition alphabet book \u2013 The ABC According to a Third World Malcontent \u2013 that attempts to construct illustrated parodies of the world since Enid Blyton.<br \/>\nThe contents of both these publications will have a crucial art historical value both as far as their aesthetic and academic merits are concerned.<\/p>\n<p>The monograph on Anurendra Jegadeva promises to be a compelling one as it will be rich with social commentary for the works contemplate many of the issues contemporary Malaysians are faced with on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8216;MY GOD IS MY TRUCK &#8211; Heroic Portraiture from the Far Side of Paradise\u2019 features at Wei-Ling Gallery from 13th September -13thOctober 2010.<br \/>\nWei-Ling Gallery is located at No.8 Jalan Scott, Brickfields,Kuala Lumpur,50470,Malaysia . Pls call 03-22601106\/07, 0178877216 or email weiling@weiling-gallery.com for more information.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-a04e9a999f2af535624a76d569713c2e hr-short  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_hr  hr-center '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><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-9  el_after_av_hr  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 title=\"My God is my Truck by Fadzly Esa\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/my-god-is-my-truck-by-fadzly-esa\/\"><strong>My God is my Truck by Fadzly Esa<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/story\/?file=%2F2010%2F9%2F19%2Flifearts%2F7038392&amp;sec=lifearts\"><strong>A painter of the times by Andrew Sia<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"Contemporary Arts at Wei-Ling Gallery by Willy Wilson\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/contemporary-arts-at-wei-ling-gallery-by-willy-wilson\/\"><strong>Contemporary Arts at Wei-Ling Gallery by Willy Wilson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/mgimt-divine.pdf\"><strong>Divine Invention by Dian Pasquinal Kaur<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"The Warrior Painter by Rachel Jenagaratnam\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/the-warrior-painter-by-rachel-jenagaratnam\/\"><strong>The Warrior Painter by Rachel Jenagaratnam<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/articles\/mygodismytruck.bfm.mp3\"><strong>BFM 89.9 The Business Station on My God is my truck : Heroic Portraiture from the far side of Paradise<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/mgimt-noor.jpg\"><strong>Read opening speech by Farish Noor<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"The Trials of a moving truck: Words for Anurendra Jegadeva by Eddin Khoo\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/the-trials-of-a-moving-truck-words-for-anurendra-jegadeva-by-eddin-khoo\/\"><strong>The Trials of a moving truck: Words for Anurendra Jegadeva by Eddin Khoo<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"The real search for the abstract. An atist\u2019s statement in conversation with Jolly Koh\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/the-real-search-for-the-abstract-an-atists-statement-in-conversation-with-jolly-koh\/\"><strong>The real search for the abstract. An atist&#8217;s statement in conversation with Jolly Koh<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RbCTTDx1q2A\"><strong>My God is my Truck on Malaysiakini TV\/Video<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mqcsyUyDkeM\"><strong>My God is my Truck &#8211; Staronline<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":5819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"portfolio_entries":[4],"class_list":["post-5844","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\/5844","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=5844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/5844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5844"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_entries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_entries?post=5844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}