Prepare yourself for the largest, most critical and prestigious international visual art feast in Malaysia – Art Expo Malaysia! The 10th edition with this yearly art fair features 60 established and reputable galleries and museums / groups from 30 countries, exhibiting 2,000 pieces of artworks (including paintings, sculptures, installation, photography) of varied style, expression and medium, in one place.
Currently the longest-running art fair in South-east Asia, art event malaysia has become the public-friendly art fair on the globe, because it doesn’t charge any entrance fee, Free Admission since its inception in 2007! (Entering art fair in Singapore would cost about RM 80; entering art fair in Hong Kong would cost about RM 135)
The Malaysia bandwagon, the most important delegation, will have a good number of reputable exhibitors as well as new players in the local art scene. These galleries will represent over 100 local artists, an excellent mixture of pioneer artists, superstars, established and emerging young artists. The Malaysian works usually receive well response and good remarks from your visitors. With a strong pool of local collectors specifically collecting Malaysian Art, it’s expected that the sales of Malaysian Art will be excellent.
Strong Singapore Representation
From our neighbouring country Singapore, possibly 9 galleries are participating, forming the second biggest exhibitor group, which include the esteemed Art Asia X, Art Xchange Gallery, ArtBlue Studio, Cape of Good Hope Gallery, Kato Art Duo, Maya Gallery, REDSEA Gallery, The Gallery of Gnani Arts, and White Space Art Asia. It’s quite common that galleries in Singapore represent artists of assorted nationalities. Art Xchange Gallery mainly represents Indonesian artists; ArtBlue Studio mainly represents Vietnamese artists; Kato Art Duo mainly represents Japanese artists; REDSEA Gallery utilized to showcase operates by French, Russian, and Spanish artists, and definitely will be debuting with Korean and Indonesian works this round.
Foreign Exhibitors
Off their elements of Southeast Asia, Myanmar is represented by Colour Cube Public, first-time participant; Thailand is presented by Number 1 Gallery; Vietnam is represented by Viet Art Space, debut appearance within this art fair; Indonesia is presented by REDBASE Contemporary Art, first-time participant, which will be showcasing an amazing interesting sculpture in the main entrance in the exhibition hall (you will end up impressed!)
Foreign Asian exhibitors include Hong Kong’s Chit Fung Art that represents top-notch level Chinese ink masters like Jia Youfu, Pan Gongkai etc; Korea’s Zoom Gallery, in collaboration with Nine Gallery, presents fascinating works of strong Korean identity. Meanwhile, from Japan, aside from the frequent exhibitor LSD Gallery, two other galleries namely Gallery UG and SHINSEIDO will likely be joining the very first time. From Taiwan, the 91-year-old Taiwanese Chinese ink Grandmaster Prof. Li Chi Mao will be exhibiting few pieces of recent works.
Spain’s ATR Gallery booth is visitors’ all-time-favourite booth. Be mesmerized through the latest works of Spanish sculptor Jesus Curia, bobs by Spanish master Joan Miro, and if lucky enough, if not sold yet, pieces by Picasso!
There will also be an Embassy Zone, which sees participation from 13 Embassies, i.e. Argentine, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, France, Iran, Italy, Mexico, Mongolia, Philippines, Romania, Russia (debut appearance). Each Embassy proudly represents one selected solo artist from its country.
Additionally, there will be the National Exhibition of China, presented from the Secretary of state for Culture China, that showcases Three or four Chinese contemporary ink artists, with a huge exhibition area of 420 sqm. On the other hand, the typical China Pavilion will shrink down in space, having 5 different groups participating only, so that the China representation isn’t too overwhelming.
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