{"id":6883,"date":"2015-10-08T16:28:44","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T08:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/?post_type=portfolio&amp;p=6883"},"modified":"2015-10-08T16:28:44","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T08:28:44","slug":"chen-wei-meng-two-three-six-press-release","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/portfolio-item\/chen-wei-meng-two-three-six-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Chen Wei Meng &#8211; Two Three Six &#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-6883'><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=\"Chen Wei Meng \u2013 Two Three Six \u2013 Works\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/chen-wei-meng-two-three-six-works\/\">works<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"selected\" title=\"Chen Wei Meng \u2013 Two Three Six \u2013 Press Release\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/chen-wei-meng-two-three-six-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;\">Two Three Six<br \/>\nChen Wei Meng<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; color: #666666; text-align: justify;\">\n<p>Two Three Six features 10 sublime paintings of the Terengganu coast by the artist Chen Wei Meng.This exhibition being the culmination of more than two years of work and saw the artist spending 8 months travelling by car living, eating, and breathing his magnificent homestate. Armed with over 30 sketch books filled with pages of drawings, over a thousand photographs and a mindful of memories from his hiatus in paradise, it is not surprising that works that he has made for this exhibition are overflowing with the spirit and essence of the splendor of Terengganu.<\/p>\n<p>Chen Wei-Meng\u2019s \u2018muse\u2019 is Terengganu.<\/p>\n<p>The title of the exhibition, Two, Three, Six (236) being the approximate measure of the coastal line of Terengganu, from Kuala Besut to Kemaman in kilometers.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Dungun in 1965,Chen Wei-Meng spent his formative years living and growing up in and around the small towns of Terengganu. His love affair with Terengganu began as a child as he grew up living and playing on the beaches and throughout his life he has always felt a need to document its everchanging character, moods and vistas.<\/p>\n<p>The beauty of Chen Wei Ming\u2019s works have to be seen up close and personal as he painstakingly paints each blade of grass and every grain of sand, in a bid to take us to that place, to show-off to us the absolute purity of this glorious land. His emotional connection with this land is evident as seen in his breath-taking canveses which manage to capture the dramatic weather changes of the east coast, but at the same time also emanate with a pervasive sense of solitude and serenity.<\/p>\n<p>As the artist aptly says, &#8220;as a native of Terengganu, I have an absolute sentimental attachment to this land. I am grateful to have the ability to paint, so that I can interpret what I see and feel in my paintings.My paintings are truly my statement. Nature always gives as it only needs a little effort to be aware of it. I have an acute sense of the observation of nature and I believe once our heart is quiet and calm, everyone can see the beauty in nature. I don\u2019t use knowledge to paint &#8211; I use my eyes to judge and my instinct to lead. The painting process involves seeing and instinct, as it is an interaction of paints to create an illusion of space on a plane surface.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Two Three Six features at Wei-Ling Gallery from 3rd June -24th June 2009.<\/em><\/span><\/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 href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/pubpdf-tts1.pdf\"><strong>Online catalogue 1<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/pubpdf-tts2.pdf\"><strong> Online catalogue 2<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/artnotes.ASIA_.220.pdf\"><strong>Art Monthly Australia June Issue #220<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"Read catalogue essay by Kelvin Chuah\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/read-catalogue-essay-by-kelvin-chuah-3\/\"><strong>Read catalogue essay by Kelvin Chuah<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"Traversing Terengganu through paintings\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/traversing-terengganu-through-paintings\/\"><strong>Traversing Terengganu through paintings<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/Story\/?file=%2F2009%2F6%2F17%2Fcentral%2F4074621&amp;sec=central\"><strong>Artist paints vivid pictures of his home state<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/arteri.search-art.asia\/2009\/06\/17\/review-two-three-six-by-chen-wei-meng-at-wei-ling-gallery\/\"><strong>Review: Two Three Six, by Chen Wei Meng at Wei-Ling Gallery<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"Terengganu Immortalised by Viimala Seneviratne\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/terengganu-immortalised-by-viimala-seneviratne\/\"><strong>Terengganu Immortalised by Viimala Seneviratne<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":6876,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"portfolio_entries":[4],"class_list":["post-6883","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\/6883","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=6883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/6883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6883"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_entries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_entries?post=6883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}