Earth Hour & H2O Color

Earth Hour>Zinc Gallery

Pameran "Earth Hour@Zinc" merupakan salah satu respon baik bagi kelompok seniman pelbagai aliran dalam menzahirkan 'intrinsic' dalaman mereka terhadap 'earth hour' yang disambut seluruh dunia.dari sudut kritisnya usaha melalui konsep memadamkan lampu selama sejam bukanlah satu formula yang cukup efektif(mungkin juga retorik bagi sesetengah individu), tetapi dari sudut kesedaran yang lain 'sekurang-kurangnya' ia adalah satu usahasama yang perlu manusia pada masa kni sumbangkan kepada bumi dalam mengurangkan masalah kepanasan global."Earth Hour @Zinc" menampilkan beberapa artis seni tampak (visual) dan golongan seni muzik atau seni persembahan.Seniman bukanlah hanya sekadar pelukis atau pemuzik yang hanya menampilkan karya cantik dan sedap ditatap sahaja,senian juga dalam erti kata lain adalah seorang pemikir yang peka terhadap persekitaran yang mempengaruhi mereka. Seniman juga menyumbangkan tenaga,jiwa dan nilai apresasi mereka terhadap sesuatu perkara termasuklah isu 'Global Warming" ini.

~Syafiq Aliam(Sebiji Padi/Sosound/Artist)

H20 Color>Artvillage Gallery

Budding artists showcase talent in H2O Colour exhibition

By JAYAGANDI JAYARAJ(The Star,May 2010)

WATER is a vital element for all living organisms. It is also an important component in art.

Colourless on its own, water creates lively images once it is mixed with colours, hence water-based medium is still very exciting to work with in the art world.To promote this type of artworks, the Art Village Bangsar South gallery in Kuala Lumpur is holding an exhibition entitled “H2O Colour”.It showcases the works of seven young artists — Siti Norhidayah, Haafiz Shahmi, Safiq Hariz, Radin Erus, Sukor Romat, Razlan Adnan and Faizal Suhif.

The exhibition is made up of various bodies of work, experimenting with different techniques and combination of techniques. The colours used are either water colour or acrylics.Gallery director Kenny Teng said the exhibition presented mixed medium works with water-based colour, reflecting the versatility of the mediums.

“These young artists were selected through careful interviews and by looking at their works.“One has straight-forward watercolour work, while some utilises watercolour to produce collages,” he said at the opening of the show on May 22.

Visitors to the exhibition may find interesting cement cut works by Faizal Suhif, who used cement and colour to create his works.Sukor Romat’s pieces on butterflies might interest some collectors.