{"id":6786,"date":"2015-10-02T13:37:25","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T05:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/?post_type=portfolio&amp;p=6786"},"modified":"2015-10-02T13:37:25","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T05:37:25","slug":"catch-artists-on-censorship","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/portfolio-item\/catch-artists-on-censorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Catch: Artists on censorship"},"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-6786'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_one_full-2a9015ff38129c418a3f2eafba3e9512 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  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><span style=\"font-family: open sans thin; font-size: 25px; line-height: 24px; letter-spacing: 1px; color: #333333;\">Catch: Artists on censorship<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; color: #666666; text-align: justify;\">\n<p>WEI-LING Gallery in Jalan Scott, Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, presents \u201cBlank Page\u201d from Sept 16 to Oct 4.<br \/>\n\u201cBlank Page\u201d showcases the works of four new artists with drive, talent and discipline. They are Gan Tee Sheng, Dhavinder Singh, Chong Ai Lei and Anabelle Ng.<\/p>\n<p>The four of them view this exhibition as \u201can essential component of the maturity process to find their own visual language\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In accordance with the gallery\u2019s objective of promoting contemporary Malaysian art, it is taking \u201cthe less travelled road\u201d of promoting a new generation of artists.<\/p>\n<p>It taps the steady growing number of graduates from local art colleges, aspiring start-ups who are full of vigour and who are passionate about taking art to better heights in the process of finding their footing in the art world.<\/p>\n<p>Gan, Chong, Ng and Dhavinder describe their works as \u201call-Malaysian\u201d and diverse.<br \/>\nThey have come together to engage in a common theme: censorship.<\/p>\n<p>It is a refreshing take of an oft-discussed issue by younger voices who are more exposed and inclined to visual and cyber culture.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition provides an opportunity to showcase visual productions of similar discourse alongside individualistic concerns.<\/p>\n<p>It may also be seen as an initiation to a new generation of emerging artists eager to carve a niche for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>The gallery opens from noon to 7pm, Mondays to Fridays; and 10am to 5pm on Saturdays.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"portfolio_entries":[5],"class_list":["post-6786","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","hentry","portfolio_entries-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/6786","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=6786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/6786\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6786"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_entries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_entries?post=6786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}