Selamat Datang ke Malaysia
Review of the first survey of contemporary Malaysian art exhibited in Australia.
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I Bestow upon you No. 1. 2006
Digital print on photographic paper
74.5 x 114.5 cm
Bouncing back to the freeway arch 'introducing' Malaysian identity, Bamadhaj uses this same icon and transposes it to the remote surreal landscape of the Faroe Islands (the furthest northwest point in Malaysia) in her digital print, "I Bestow Upon You No. 1" (2006). She asks us to consider its translation: how does the meaning of a symbol shift when placed out of context or time?
© Photo: Nadia Bamadhaj
Courtesy: artist and Valentine Willie Fine Art
Review of the first survey of contemporary Malaysian art exhibited in Australia.