Hearing the Painting Before Seeing it

By Ooi Kok Hin

September 2016 FEATURE
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Three poets and an artist explore the connection between visual arts and the written word through an unusual exhibition.“Can art be read?”That is the question that “Reading Art”, a month-long exhibition held in conjunction with George Town Festival, is trying to answer.The exhibition is a collaboration between Ch’ng Kiah Kiean, a full-time artist based in Penang, and three local poets: Skypie Chew, Koay Su Lyn and the writer of this article. Ch’ng is the founder of Urban Sketchers Penang, and...

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