Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Expressionism
In 2020, i started exploring abstract portraits and expressionism as a way to express how covid-19 pandemic affected people. the series explores mental health, depression, economic fragility, politics and more. The series is my way of documenting this time we live in. each piece is reactive to the current pandemic and economic crisis, focusing on two main characters – politicians and the people.
 
 






 




 



 









Monday, July 1, 2019
Women - Art Exhibition



Few months back I was in Yogyakarta for an exhibition and was amazed by how artists there worked together to help each other grow. The more prominent artist opened their galleries and regularly had group exhibitions that included artists not only from Indonesia but elsewhere as well.

They used their popularity to get these artists opportunities, exhibitions and media coverage. Not only that, they invited their collectors and anyone they thought would be interested to see and purchase art to join them at these exhibitions. I really loved the collaborative culture I saw there.



Which was why after I came back I decided to try and bring that culture here and started this open call exhibition. I would like to thank One Utama’s team and management for starting this gallery and making it accessible to all. It is important that such art spaces are available for artists to use to share their art.


“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.” 
― Maya Angelou

How do artist visualise women? Women come in different shapes, colours and play different roles in our everyday lives. All the artists today have shown different interpretation of women in their own artistic styles and mediums.


10 artists exhibited 53 paintins from various genres on the theme of women. 
The exhibiting artists were 

Elliza Hashim,
Gerald Mohan Constantine,
Lee Phaik Kee
Lim Anuar,
Lim Chin Han,
Sandru,
Sharini Yogi
Tamaka,
Tebambigai MohannaVisithra Manikam

    

Organised and curated by Visithra Manikam

The exhibition took place at the Ledge Gallery, One Utama, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia from 22 - 30 June 2019.