The Freedom Young Artists Can Enjoy
By Ooi Kok Chuen
May 2017 PENANG PALETTE
The pieces on display at BMS 2016 may be challenging, but do they allude to the punitive political climate?Mohd Al-Khuzairie Ali’s Follow The Leader.Gauze sheets hung indoor over a “clothesline” with little wind, little shadows; “moody” aluminium cans with earphones; a wall block with an additional steel cage in front (Trump’s?); an arcade-like game that’s hard to play; crate-boxes in iron casing leaning against the wall; a trapped Ultraman, in cryonics perhaps; and a jamban (OK, changing room)! What do...
Ooi Kok Chuen
is an art-writer and journalist, and the author of MAHSURI: A Legend Reborn (Ooi Peeps Publishing), an adult contemporary fantasy “movel” (a novel conceived as a mock movie) spun from a local legend.
