{"id":6997,"date":"2015-10-16T18:08:08","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T10:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/?post_type=portfolio&amp;p=6997"},"modified":"2015-10-16T18:08:08","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T10:08:08","slug":"kim-ng-an-idyllic-space-press-release","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/portfolio-item\/kim-ng-an-idyllic-space-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Ng &#8211; An Idyllic Space &#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-6997'><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'; 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'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-family: open sans thin; font-size: 25px; line-height: 24px; letter-spacing: 1px; color: #333333;\">An Idyllic Space<br \/>\nKim Ng<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; color: #666666; text-align: justify;\">\n<p>Kim Ng, one of the country\u2019s leading printmakers holds his 5th solo exhibition at Wei-Ling Gallery in March 2009.The exhibition entitled \u201cAn Idyllic Space\u201d explores modern living and investigates how we as human beings interact with our environment.In this body of works Kim continues on his voyage of self-discovery, imbuing his works with nostalgic references which reflect his idyllic childhood and his time growing up in a small town in Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018An Idyllic Space\u2019 explores the notion of the existence of place and space, where he has recorded events and activities which have happened during his time spent there, and has then juxtaposed these images to construct a \u2018new place\u2019 in his artworks.<\/p>\n<p>In his words he says &#8220;in an attempt to construct an idealized place\/space through the images taken from the surroundings in my work, I destruct the true identity of the actual place, and in its place have created my own visual form&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This desire to find utopia in his works has given Kim the ability to see the world through his own rose-tinted glasses and in so doing his pieces allow us to escape into the beauty of this perfect place.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>\u2018An Idyllic Space\u2019 features at Wei-Ling Gallery, from 9th March -3rd April 2009.<\/em><\/span><\/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 title=\"Read catalogue essay by Izan Tahir\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/read-catalogue-essay-by-izan-tahir\/\"><strong>Read catalogue\u00a0essay by Izan Tahir<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"Ng\u2019s Idyllic World by Dennis Chua\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/ngs-idyllic-world-by-dennis-chua\/\"><strong>Ng&#8217;s Idyllic World by Dennis Chua<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"Ng\u2019s Idyllic Surroundings\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/ngs-idyllic-surroundings\/\"><strong>Ng&#8217;s Idyllic Surroundings<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":6990,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"portfolio_entries":[4],"class_list":["post-6997","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\/6997","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=6997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/6997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6997"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_entries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_entries?post=6997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}