{"id":9538,"date":"2016-04-26T14:03:49","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T06:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/?post_type=portfolio&amp;p=9538"},"modified":"2016-04-26T14:03:49","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T06:03:49","slug":"yau-bee-ling-by-hands-press-release","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/portfolio-item\/yau-bee-ling-by-hands-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Yau Bee Ling &#8211; By Hands &#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-9538'><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 By Hands \u2013 Works\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/yau-bee-ling-by-hands-works\/\">works<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"selected\" title=\"Yau Bee Ling \u2013 By Hands \u2013 Press Release\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/yau-bee-ling-by-hands-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;\">By Hands<br \/>\nYau Bee Ling<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; color: #666666; text-align: justify;\">\n<p>Wei-Ling Contemporary is pleased to present By Hands, a solo exhibition by one of Malaysia&#8217;s leading contemporary artists, Yau Bee Ling this May 2016. This marks the artist&#8217;s third solo exhibition with the gallery following the showing of <em>The Women<\/em> in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>With our contemporary lifestyles increasingly influenced by the presence of mass media communication, our more intimate forms of communication seem to be getting increasingly obscure. With this show, Yau Bee Ling has carved out a new artistic approach as a means of addressing this rapid change.<\/p>\n<p>It is with this new fusion of approaches that the artist has developed a more liberated visual expression. At this point, the artist has approached the canvas through forms of mixed media to best expound the slowly diminishing wisdom of \u201cwill forces\u201d, deriving from her own reflection of hand imagery. Hands are natural extensions that project outwards from self which enables the human to connect with each other and the surrounding physical world. In her paintings, Bee Ling seeks to illuminate further the spiritual aspect of hands. These new paintings also mirror her spiritual journey, narrating her new found relationship between daily physical activities and the abstract thoughts related to acquiring divine wisdom. These narrative representations are not complete but serve as healing \u201cconversations\u201d, in search of a stronger connection with her creator.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, through working with her son Zachary, Bee Ling rediscovered the importance of working with our hands. Guiding him through his art and craft lessons, she has been able to see how \u201cwill forces\u201d through his working hands could nourish his spiritual well-being and in his formation of relationships with other beings. In addition to this, the tragedy of the artist&#8217;s sister\u2019s recent sudden death has also played an influence in the direction her work has taken. The grief experienced sent the artist into a period of deep spiritual healing through working and carrying out life&#8217;s daily activities.<\/p>\n<p>Yau Bee Ling\u2019s works have attracted attention overseas and in the past has been invited to exhibit her works in Japan, Singapore, Pakistan, China, Hong Kong, Sweden 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 amongst others.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">By Hands will begin showing at Wei-Ling Contemporary on the 12th of May 2016 and will continue until the 30th of June 2016. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Wei-Ling Contemporary is located at RT01 Sixth Floor, The Gardens Mall, 59200, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Admission hours are Tuesday-Sunday 11am-7pm. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Please call 0322828323\/ 0322601106 or email weiling.shaz@gmail.com for more information.<\/span><\/em><\/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\/2016\/05\/bh-cataloguepreview.pdf\">E-catalogue<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Yau-Bee-Ling.pdf\">Artist&#8217;s CV<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nst.com.my\/news\/2016\/06\/155101\/show-hands\">&#8220;Show of Hands&#8221; by Sarah NH Vogeler<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/my.asiatatler.com\/arts-culture\/art-focus-contemporary-artist-yau-bee-ling-takes-matters-into-her-own-hands\">&#8220;Art Focus: Contemporary artist Yau Bee Ling takes matters into her own hands&#8221; by Dian Pasquinal Kaur<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bfm.my\/yau-bee-ling-by-hands.html\">BFM: Hands Full of Inspiration<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.star2.com\/culture\/arts\/2016\/06\/22\/by-hands-is-a-show-about-spirituality-in-art\/\">Star2: By Hands is a show about spirituality in art<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"Read essay \u201cBy Hands. On motifs and meanings\u201d by Dr. Hanni Geiger\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/read-essay-by-hands-on-motifs-and-meanings-by-dr-hanni-geiger\/\">Read essay &#8220;By Hands. 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