{"id":7361,"date":"2015-10-28T17:16:11","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T09:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/?post_type=portfolio&amp;p=7361"},"modified":"2015-10-28T17:16:11","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T09:16:11","slug":"yau-bee-ling-portraits-of-paradox-press-release","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/portfolio-item\/yau-bee-ling-portraits-of-paradox-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Yau Bee Ling &#8211; Portraits of Paradox &#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-7361'><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=\"Yau Bee Ling \u2013 Portraits of Paradox \u2013 Works\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/yau-bee-ling-portraits-of-paradox-works\/\">works<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"selected\" title=\"Yau Bee Ling \u2013 Portraits of Paradox \u2013 Press Release\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/yau-bee-ling-portraits-of-paradox-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;\">Portraits of Paradox<br \/>\nYau Bee Ling<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; color: #666666; text-align: justify;\">\n<p>Yau Bee Ling holds her first solo exhibition \u2018Portraits of Paradox\u2019at Wei-Ling Gallery, after an illustrious career spanning nearly thirteen years. Born in Klang in 1972, she studied painting at the Malaysian Institute of Art(MIA),graduating in 1995.Since then she has exhibited her works extensively both locally and abroad, and is a well-known artist on the Malaysian art scene.<\/p>\n<p>Yau Bee Ling is well-known for her vibrant, expressive works that revolve around the subject of family issues, which are executed in a colourful, layering on\/scrapping back, oil paint process which has now become synonymous with her. Over the years, Bee Ling has constantly remained dedicated to the development of her artistic journey and this exhibition displays just one aspect of the many important phases that her work has gone through over the years.<\/p>\n<p>The new paintings reveal a new level of maturity in the way Bee Ling approaches her works-which in part has to do with the changes she experienced on a personal level. In 2006 she became a mother for the first time and had to learn how to juggle life as an artist, wife and mother. \u2018Portraits of Paradox\u2019 revolve around the artist\u2019s struggle with the superficiality of human relationships and communication, where sincerity and honesty are non-existent values. The paintings are multi-layered in more ways than one, with the portraits of people emulating that of a photograph, where everyone appears at ease with one another, yet beneath that calm fa\u00e7ade lies a web of unresolved issues, deceit, and jealousy. In her bid to avoid co-existing within this hypocritical grouping she finds herself alone, yet when caught up in it she finds herself bound and claustrophobic. This series of works seek to express her real feelings and thoughts, for in her struggle to communicate effectively to those around her, the only way for her \u2018voice\u2019 to be heard is through these paintings.<\/p>\n<p>Yau Bee Ling\u2019s works have attracted attention overseas and she has been invited to exhibit her works in Japan, Singapore and Bangladesh. Her works were included in the 2nd Fukuoka Triennale in 2002 and were exhibited at the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan. In 2004, her paintings travelled to the Hokkaido Museum of Contemporary Art as part of the \u201cSoul of Asia: Fukuoka Asian Art Museum Collection\u201d exhibition and in 2005, she was awarded the Rimbun Dahan, Malaysian \u2013 Australian Artist-in-Residence programme. Her works have been collected by the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan and Galeri Petronas, Malaysia.<\/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;\"><strong>Read catalogue essays:-<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"\u201cAbout Face\u201d by Nadiah Bamadhaj\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/about-face-by-nadiah-bamadhaj\/\"><strong>&#8220;About Face&#8221; by Nadiah Bamadhaj<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"\u201cTherapy and Paradox in Yau Bee Ling\u2019s Painting\u201d by Anurendra Jegadeva\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/therapy-and-paradox-in-yau-bee-lings-painting-by-anurendra-jegadeva\/\"><strong>&#8220;Therapy and Paradox in Yau Bee Ling\u2019s Painting&#8221; by Anurendra Jegadeva<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"Bee Ling\u2019s Web of Paradox by Dennis Chua\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/bee-lings-web-of-paradox-by-dennis-chua\/\"><strong>Bee Ling&#8217;s Web of Paradox by Dennis Chua<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/story\/?file=%2F2008%2F8%2F3%2Flifearts%2F1669854&amp;sec=lifearts\"><strong>Life in all its complexity by Mas Zetti Atan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"Portraits of Paradox by Intan Maizura Ahmad Kamal\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/portraits-of-paradox-by-intan-maizura-ahmad-kamal\/\"><strong>Portraits of Paradox by Intan Maizura Ahmad Kamal<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kllife_000.pdf\"><strong>Musing Over Human Nature<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"Yau Bee Ling at Wei-Ling Gallery by Gina Fairley\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/yau-bee-ling-at-wei-ling-gallery-by-gina-fairley\/\"><strong>Yau Bee Ling at Wei-Ling Gallery by Gina Fairley<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"Cover Story: Yau Bee Ling\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/cover-story-yau-bee-ling\/\"><strong>Cover Story: Yau Bee Ling<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":7346,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"portfolio_entries":[4],"class_list":["post-7361","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\/7361","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=7361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/7361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7361"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_entries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_entries?post=7361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}