Fugue and Palimpsest: A Malaysian Culture of Diaspora

MING SUN & AVA SIH

Friday 10 January – Saturday 8 February

Exhibition Launch Event: 5.30pm, Thursday 9 January. Free event, all welcome.

Fugue and Plimpsest: A Malaysian Culture of Diaspora brings together two emerging artists, Ming Sun and Ava Sih, whose work reflects their deep connections to Malaysian Chinese cultural heritage. Both artists explore themes of identity, memory and the fusion of traditional and contemporary practices through a range of media.

Fugue means a loss of awareness of one’s identity often due to a flight from one’s usual environment, and Palimpsest is something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form. This title speaks to the Chinese culture that immigrated to Malaysia, developed, reformed, and spread across the world through the Nanyang diaspora communities. This illustrates the dilemmas and struggles of a culture far from its origin yet partially native to its new homeland.

Public Program: Ink Painting & Calligraphy Workshop
Saturday 11 January, 12pm-1.30pm
 

Image: Ava Sih, From the series Gūi Chù, 2015-present