{"id":9749,"date":"2016-06-18T16:38:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T08:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/?post_type=portfolio&amp;p=9749"},"modified":"2016-06-18T16:38:21","modified_gmt":"2016-06-18T08:38:21","slug":"chen-wei-meng-sekinchan-land-of-fertility-press-release","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/portfolio-item\/chen-wei-meng-sekinchan-land-of-fertility-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Chen Wei Meng &#8211; Sekinchan: Land of Fertility &#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-9749'><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 Sekinchan: Land of Fertility \u2013 Works\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/chen-wei-meng-sekinchan-land-of-fertility-works\/\">works<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"selected\" title=\"Chen Wei Meng \u2013 Sekinchan: Land of Fertility \u2013 Press Release\" href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/chen-wei-meng-sekinchan-land-of-fertility-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;\">Sekinchan: Land of Fertility<br \/>\nChen Wei Meng<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; color: #666666; text-align: justify;\">\n<p>Wei-Ling Gallery is pleased to present <em>Sekinchan: Land of Fertility<\/em>, a solo exhibition by Chen Wei Meng, an artist principally known for his hyper-real landscape depictions.<\/p>\n<p>As a visual artist, Chen views the medium as merely a tool in portraying the authenticity of a subject along with the pure elements which can easily go unnoticed. In an aesthetic sense, complete visual purity is what he strives to showcase.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, Chen Wei Meng has drawn inspiration from his love for his homeland of Malaysia with renditions of landscapes of the terrain of Ulu Selangor and the coast of Terengganu. The artist\u2019s previous series delivered a slight shift focusing on the landforms of Northwest China and with this new body of work, he has once again returned to his place of origin with the source of inspiration being the town of Sekinchan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>The first time I stood on the land of Sekinchan was in 2007, during my months journeying around the peninsula. I reached Sekinchan on 31st December, 2007, after having travelled almost everywhere in Terengganu, Pahang, Penang, Perak and along the coastal towns of Selangor. It was after this long journey, having arrived in complete exhaustion, but immediately after finding myself rid of any weariness, and feeling fully rejuvenated. That morning I drove from Sungai Besar along \u2018route 5\u2019 (the west coast coastal road) and going by the road signage, I knew that Sekinchan was at close range. I simply decided on a left turn. As you are driving from the north, when approaching the Sekinchan area, every left turn is a path that leads to the paddy field. I remember it being a sunny and windy evening, and when I entered into that zone I saw the open spaces of the paddy field in front of my eyes, they occupied a mass area of the land and immediately that brought me back to the feeling of being by the sea in my home town. From then on, whenever I feel \u201csea-sick\u201d in the metropolis, Sekinchan will be the place I think of to breakaway.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em> &#8211; Chen Wei Meng<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Chen Wei Meng (b. 1965) lives and works in Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sekinchan: Land of Fertility will begin showing at Wei-Ling Gallery on the 1st of July and will continue until the 30th of July 2016.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> Wei-Ling Gallery is located at No. 8, Jalan Scott, Brickfields, 50470, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> Please call 0322601106 or email weiling.shaz@gmail.com for more information.<\/span><\/em><\/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\/2016\/07\/lof-catalogue.pdf\">Online catalogue<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Chen-Wei-Meng.pdf\">Artist&#8217;s CV<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/metro\/focus\/2016\/07\/22\/drawing-the-true-beauty-of-sekinchan-artist-features-highly-realistic-paintings-of-towns-landscapes\/\">&#8220;Drawing the true beauty of Sekinchan&#8221; by Noel Foo<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"Landscape%20ho!:%20A chat with Terengganu-born landscape artist Chen Wei Meng  Read More : http:\/\/www.nst.com.my\/news\/2016\/10\/180670\/landscape-ho-chat-terengganu-born-landscape-artist-chen-wei-meng\">Landscpae Ho! by Aneeta Sundaraj<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visionkl.com\/article\/stunning-landscape-paintings-wei-ling\">Stunning Landscape Paintings At Wei-Ling<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":9741,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"portfolio_entries":[4],"class_list":["post-9749","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\/9749","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=9749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/9749\/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=9749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9749"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_entries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev08.mm-sb.com\/web04\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_entries?post=9749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}