Selamat Datang ke Malaysia
Review of the first survey of contemporary Malaysian art exhibited in Australia.
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Run, Malaysia, Run. 2007
Rotating single channel video projection, 5'
In Leong's video "Run Malaysia Run" his characters wear the costumes of race, defining ones place in the system of things. Mounted on a 360-degree rotating platform, the video's motion plays on the idea of society's 'tread-mill'. The character's jog in a kind of military march; their pack-mentality void of direction, reaffirmed by the video's loop. Even though clearly defined as Malay, Chinese, Indian, Iban, Kadazan or Nyongya, the individual is absorbed by the stronger element, the mass. Pared down it is an erudite picture of contemporary Malaysia.
© Photo: Vincent Leong
Courtesy: artist and Valentine Willie Fine Art
Review of the first survey of contemporary Malaysian art exhibited in Australia.