22.2.12 - Japan Kingdom of Characters Exhibition

We went over to Balai Seni Lukis Negara now renamed Balai Seni Visual Negara with the boys first art lesson with Uncle Fathul. It is a 12-session art class / workshop.

Before we started Uncle Fathul brought everyone to see the exhibition - Japan Kingdom of Characters inside the venue. 

Before we started Uncle Fathul brought everyone to see the exhibition - Japan Kingdom of Characters inside the venue. The children just love running on this 'ramp'.   

Below are some pictures of the exhibition:

Ultraman

 

12.2.12 - Art Exhibition at Rimbun Dahan

After having heard so much about Rimbun Dahan we decided to make a trip there. It was just a 15 minutes drive away from where we live. According to Rimbun Dahan's website: "The compound of Rimbun Dahan is a centre for developing traditional and contemporary art forms. It features buildings designed by Hijjas Kasturi, as well as a 19th century traditional Malay house, in an indigenous garden environment."

Rimbun Dahan is a private property and was opened in conjunction with their 17th Rimbun Dahan Residency Exhibition from 12 - 26 February 2012. There was artwork by Malaysian artist Haslin Ismail and Australian artist Rob Gutteridge being showcased there.

It was a very large place and a very nice place in nature. We could here the insect sounds the moment that we alighted out from the car. The mosquitoes were quite persistent though. 

Creative work with books

There was a nice herb garden there. I was told that there was a treehouse, but we didn't manage to find it, it was such a large place. 

He calls this the "helicopter flower"

Any idea what is the name of this flower?

Location: 

Rimbun Dahan, 

Km. 27 Jalan Kuang,
Kuang,
Selangor, 48050,
Malaysia.

1.11.11 Art Expo at Matrade

We went to the Art Expo at Matrade on its last day. My boys had just read about “Babar’s Art Gallery” which we borrowed from the National Library and were excited to visit an art gallery. Parking at Matrade was RM5 per entry per car. Entrance to the Art Expo was free. We were not allowed to take any photos inside the expo.

It was an interesting exhibition though and my kids loved to look at the artwork in the art gallery. They were most fascinated by pictures and sculptures of the Bucket Men – small men which had black buckets on their heads and strange looking sculptures.

Later on, a group of schoolchildren from an international primary school came along and started interviewing the artists / exhibitors. We spent less than an hour there and went off as my boys got restless and wanted to go for lunch.