The National Gallery in Kuala Lumpur . . . handicap accessible, high-end café on premises, Malaysian (or colonial) artists only and better quality than expected. I have a limited attention span for nostalgia and political pedagogy, and (unlike a few other SE Asian National Art Museums) this place didn’t offend. Here are my favorites:
Masa Penerimaan - Entry Points/Redza Piyadasa/1978
Nyonya Cakes/Sylvia Lee Goh/1990
Nyonya Secret Recipe/Sylvia Lee Goh/1998
Awet Sampadan/Haris Abadi Abdul Rahim/2023
Awet Sampadan/Haris Abadi Abdul Rahim/2023
Market/Norma Balleza/1989
Sulap Tokou/Pangrok Sulep/2024
I Don’t Know About You Guys, But I Don’t Take Life Too Seriously/Syahrulfikri Razin Salleh/2024
What A Time to Be Alive/Syahrulfikri Razin Salleh/2024
Hell Yeah/Syahrulfikri Razin Salleh/2024
Let’s Be Honest/Syahrulfikri Razin Salleh/2024
Raft Boatman on Pahang River/George Giles/1885
Cape Lim Chong Pra/Island Along the Coast Covering the Entrance to Sau Wee Bay/Koh Taluhay Samuie Group/Wlliam Samwell/1893/1893/1890
Market Place Telubing & Fish Market/William Samwell/1893
Portrait of Rajah of Telubing/William Samwell/1890
Dyak Campong Kapan Landak River/William Samwell/1890
Prospecting for Gold & Diamonds In a Creek on the Landak River/William Samwell/1893
George Giles sketches, early 1890s
A Malay Mosque from a Malay Window, Ulu Bernam/Frank Swettenham/1884
April 13- Breakfast/George Giles/1885
Reflection on Sir Stamford Raffles/Akandar Unghert/1986
Chang Yoong Chia
Rambutan and Mangosteens/Georgette Chen/1950
Towards the Monastery/Min Wae Aung/2003
Di Belakang/Imanordin Mohd Shah/1994
Someone Forgotten (Dream and Reality)/Wong Woan Lee/1999
The Map of Jalan Petaling and Jalan Sultan/Gan Sze Hooi/2013
When the boat has sailed, Waves will surely be overcome, When faith has taken root, Trials will come and his heart will be strong/Mastura Abdul Rahman/2019
Woven Rusila Mats/Dahlan Sulaiman/1994
Chicken Catcher/Dahlan Sulaiman/1994
Persuasion/Cheong Laitong/1957
old screen from the Heritage Station Hotel at the Kuala Lumpur train station
Memory Signs/Samsudin Wahab/2019
Fruit Season/Chuah Thean Teng/1978
Shadow Play 1/Nik Zainal Abidin Nik Salleh/1961
Heaven and Earth/Koay Soo Kau/1987
Traditional Bajau Horsemen/Muslim Mattajim/2004
Homage to the Vanishing World/Shia Yih Ying/1996
Hurry Up, Mamat, We’re Late/Kiehan Chao Kok Leong/1995
Cabinet IV/Ahmad Shukri Mohamed/1994
Kenyah Women/Tan Wei Kheng/2003
Father/Adult Urinates Standing, Child/Teenager Urinates Running/Inauk S. Gullah/2000
Sabah My Homeland/Pangkrok Sulap