{"id":6818,"date":"2015-10-08T13:20:14","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T05:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/?post_type=portfolio&amp;p=6818"},"modified":"2015-10-08T13:20:14","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T05:20:14","slug":"ivan-lam-panorama-press-release","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/portfolio-item\/ivan-lam-panorama-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivan Lam &#8211; Panorama &#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-6818'><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=\"Ivan Lam \u2013 Panorama \u2013 Works\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/ivan-lam-panorama-works\/\">works<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"selected\" title=\"Ivan Lam \u2013 Panorama \u2013 Press Release\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/ivan-lam-panorama-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;\">Panorama<br \/>\nIvan Lam<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; color: #666666; text-align: justify;\">\n<p>The dictionary definition of <em>Panorama<\/em> reads as, \u201cAn unbroken view of surrounding region, picture or photograph containing wide view (Waite 1994 456)(*1). In Ivan Lam\u2019s hands, the aforesaid is elevated to a more complex and sophisticated level.<\/p>\n<p><em>Panorama<\/em> is Ivan Lam\u2019s second solo exhibition at Wei-Ling Gallery. Continuing from where he left off in I<em>van Lam: after all these years\u2026<\/em>, the current exhibition is the much awaited sequel to his highly innovative paintings on carefully selected imagery. Ivan\u2019s distinctive style of painting has resulted in him being labelled with different terminologies such as figurative abstractionist and colourist. Derived from a personal visual language, his narration on contemporary issues and popular icons is marked by a reinvention of painting based on meticulous application of a spectrum of colours.<\/p>\n<p><em>Panorama<\/em> marks a journey started in 2005, when Ivan started experimenting with synthetic polymer paint. Nippon (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd has played an integral part to support the artist for the past two and a half years. It should be noted that Ivan Lam is the only artist in Malaysia who demonstrates the versatility of Nippon paint in the production of his art works. Since then, he has produced highly enticing and thought provoking images. As a continuation of this genre of painting, Ivan has ventured beyond the confines of experimentation. With subject matter closer to his heart, the new found confidence and familiarity of medium resulted in a diorama-like setting of pictures with maturity abundant.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ivan Lam: after all these years\u2026<\/em> featured 12 lyrical paintings, ending with a work entitled <em>Preview<\/em>, tickling our senses of what is to come. <em>Preview<\/em> is one half of a panoramic image which is completed in the current show. In popular culture today, many movies are produced as trilogies. In Ivan\u2019s exhibitions, there would yet be another \u2018preview\u2019 piece of what is to come in his exhibition at a later date to complete the trilogy.<\/p>\n<p>This thinking artist would be presenting 7 Machiavellian paintings and 1 teaser for the enjoyment of viewers in this exciting exhibition. For those who are inclined towards the artist\u2019s theme of \u2018love\u2019, the high quality aesthetic paintings are infused with a shift to a more nostalgic repertoire this time round. A self-labelled contemporary artist, Ivan is well on his way to the annals of Malaysian art history with his cutting edge works that push the boundaries of what we know as painting.<\/p>\n<p>Artist and lecturer Ivan has exhibited widely in the local and international arena. This highly regarded artist garnered multiple awards in a 12-year career laden with solo and group exhibitions. Notably, his painting <em>Three Buses<\/em> received a final bid of HKD120,000 three times the higher estimate from Christie\u2019s Hong Kong Southeast Asian Modern and Contemporary Art May 2008 auction.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the art exhibition, Wei-Ling Gallery will be collaborating with Nippon Paint (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd to bring you a series of exciting events to highlight Panorama by Ivan Lam. Look out for details in the near future.<\/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\/pubpdf-panorama.pdf\">Click to view online catalogue<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Panorama-Ivan-Lam.pdf\">Click to view essay<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/story\/?file=%2F2009%2F8%2F16%2Flifearts%2F4521586&amp;sec=lifearts\">Fine Strokes of Realism by Andrew Sia<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"Art: Not mere paint by Vimala Seneviratne\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/art-not-mere-paint-by-vimala-seneviratne\/\">Art: Not mere paint by Vimala Seneviratne<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":6820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"portfolio_entries":[4],"class_list":["post-6818","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\/6818","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=6818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/6818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6818"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_entries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_entries?post=6818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}