ART IPOH 2019 IN DAYTIME

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ART IPOH 2019

Preserving Our Heritage and Recognising the Importance of Arts & Culture.

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Duration 17 August to 30 September 2019.

At Tin Alley, Lorong Bijeh Timah Ipoh Perak.

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The official grand opening of ART IPOH 2019 was held at Tin Alley on 17th August 2019, 7pm.

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ART IPOH 2019 organised by Tin Alley Curated Space, leaded by artistic director cum curator the artist Phillip Wong. Sponsored by Bukit Merah Wood Products, in collaboration with Artist-In-Residence Ipoh, The Happy 8-Pasir Putih, Sepetang & Ipoh, Perak and Yuk Choy High School Ipoh. Supported by National Art Gallery Malaysia.

ART IPOH 2019 with the objective, Preserving Our Heritage and Recognising the Importance of Arts & Culture, shall be the first & largest art exhibition in Ipoh majoring in installation art.

Featuring 18 Malaysian artists Aizat Amir, Azhar Kamaruddin, Cheong Min Zhe, Francis Jofeel Goh, Iron Loi, Kamil Shafie, Lydia Chew, Marcus Lim, Phillip Wong, Rorn Lew, Samuel Lim, Sharon Ong, Sivarajah Natarajan, Tan Vooi Yam, Tan Char Lyne, Tasha Ong, Ng Sook Peng & Zoe Wu are by invitation who come from Ipoh, Kuala Kangsar, Batu Gajah, Tambun, Taiping, Seremban, Johor, Sarawak and Kuala Lumpur. 

In different field of creative industry such as architect, interior design, graphic design, fashion design, illustration, performing art, plantation and fine art. They are renowned, awarded senior & young artists.

In collaboration with Yuk Choy High School Ipoh to have their students to be part of the ART IPOH as an art platform to spark the creativity mind for young generation. 

Art is for everyone and it is good for our future generation in art education and in life.

ART IPOH 2019 is part of the artist-in-residence program. Artists are working on their creation based on their own artistic theme by inspiration after visited old town in Ipoh, installation space & brainstorming. All materials are provided and artist will work from their own studio and at Bukit Merah Wood factory.

All creation will be showing at 30 locations indoor & outdoor along the area of Tin Alley (Lorong Bijeh Timah Ipoh). Sizes of location from 50sqf to 1100sqf for each installation. In conjunction of ART IPOH, Tin Alley will be setting up an art gallery as a platform of art for now & future.

For further information, please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Chok Yen hau-Chef Marketing Officer (016-6655080 or tinalley.my@gmail.com)

TIN ALLEY IS A ROW OF COLONIAL OLD SHOPHOUSES CONNECTED IN AN ENTIRE ROW WHICH IS NOW CONVERTED INTO THE VENUE FOR ART IPOH 2019 BUT A FEW LOTS ARE STILL CLOSED

LOVE THE PLANT BUT CAN IT CAUSE TIN ALLEY TO CRUMBLE OR HOLD IT UP LIKE THE VINES OF ANGKOR WAT

TIN ALLEY IS STATELY BUT LAS LOST SOME LUSTRE WHICH MAKES IT MORE AUTHENTIC

LEGEND

THIS TEA SHOP CONTINUES TO BE USED FOR SAME PURPOSE! TRULY CHARMING  AND WELCOMING

COOL DECOR AND AUTHENTIC

I LOVE IT WHEN  OLD SHOPLOTS ARE STILL USED AND NOT KEPT AS MUSEUM SHOWPIECES

LAST SHOP LEFT IN IPOH THAT STILL MAKES THE CONGRATULATORY OR SALUTARY PLAQUES TO BE HUNG PROMINENTLY ON WALLS

THESE SHOPS USED TO BE COMMON BUT WHO COMMISSIONS SUCH PLAQUES THESE DAYS

ART DIRECTORY

SEMI OUTDOOR INSTALLATIONS ON FIVE-FOOT WAY CORRIDOR

NO ENTRANCE FEE

GIGANTIC WAVE INSIDE BATH TUB SO CUTE

REMINDS ME OF THE FAMOUS 'WAVE ABOVE MOUNT FUJI' OR 'GREAT WAVE OFF KANAGAWA' BY HOKUSAI 

RAINBOW POWER

STRAW APPEAL

GIGANTIC CAT FURBALL?

AIZAT AMIR IS TALENTED HOT NEW ARTIST WHILE DATO KEE HUA CHEE IS FADED, SPENT ARTIST

POWER DUO---AIZAT AMIR AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE

XMAS WREATH OR WHAT

I LOVE THIS INSTALLATION UNTIL I REALISED IT WAS THE STAGE FOR OPENING CEREMONY, VERY KERWEI LAIPING 

INSTALLATION BY FAMOUS ARTIST/SCULPTOR AND NATIONAL ART MUSEUM CURATOR/TRUSTEE PHILIP WONG

DANGLING BABIES 

BAD BABY SITTING TO LEAVE THEM DANGLING LIKE THIS!

PHILIP WONG'S INSTALLATION, VERY THOUGHT PROVOKING

UPSIDE DOWN BABIES QUITE CUTE IN A BIZARRE WAY

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HANGING BABIES FROM EVERY ANGLE!

OK BACK TO THE DANGLING, HANGING BABIES! 

TAKEN IN CLOCKWISE DIRECTION

LAST LOOKEE AT PHILIP WONG'S INSTALLATION WHICH MANY CONSIDER IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF ART IPOH 2019

ON THE FIRST FLOOR 

WONDER IF THIS IS AN ART INSTALLATION OR A HINT NOT TO USE THIS TOILET BOWL

VIEW FROM TERRACE

CANNOT RESIST PEEKING INTO PHIILIP WONG'S WORK AGAIN BEFORE DESCENDING THE STAIRCASE

NOPE, THIS IS NOT AN ART INSTALLATION EITHER

OUTSTANING ART BY NATARAJAH

LOOK LIKE EGGS

DINOSAURIC EGGS? UP TO YOU TO DECIPHER

DATO KEE HUA CHEE

ANG ANG BO KIA LANG

LOVE THESE HAND PAINTED PORTRAITS OF PATRIARCHS AND MATRIARCHS ON BAMBOO BLINDS 

OUTDOOR INSTALLATIONS BY AIZAT AMIR

I DOUBT IF THIS IS AN ART INSTALLATION BUT AT LEAST IT IS FUNCTIONAL AND USEFUL

BACK TO INSTALLATION BY TALENTED YOUNG ARTIST AIZAT AMIR

LOVE THIS! SO UNIQUE