This document discusses four mural artworks and their artists. It provides background on each artist and analyzes the concepts communicated in their murals. The murals depicted are:
1. "Melting" by Cloakwork, addressing global warming.
2. "Single Mother" by Kenji Chai, depicting a mother's love.
3. "Rotan" by Tang Mun Kian, depicting punishment with a rattan cane.
4. "Jimmy Choo" by Baba Chuah, commemorating the origins of the shoe designer.
For each mural the document discusses themes, artistic styles, and communication concepts used by the artists to convey their messages.
4. ALIASES:
LOO LOK CHERN
A.K.A. CLOAKWORK
BIRTHPLACE:
KUALA LUMPUR
EDUCATION:
DASEIN ACADEMY OF ART
WORKS LOCALLY &
INTERNATIONALLY
ARTIST’S BACKGROUND
21. CHARACTERISED BY
A TENSE AND DYNAMIC IMAGE
THE ORANG UTAN SWINGING IN FROZEN MOTION
THE JUXTAPOSITION OF THE ORANG UTAN AGAINST AN URBAN SETTING
THROUGH HARMONY WITH IMMEDIATE SETTING
AN IMPOSITION THAT IS “LARGER THAN LIFE”
30. ARTIST’S BACKGROUND
ALIASES:
TANG MUN KIAN
EDUCATED
MALAYSIAN INSTITUTE OF ART
WAS AN ART DIRECTOR IN
SINGAPORE FOR 10 YEARS
CURRENTLY BASED IN KUALA
LUMPUR
33. ROTAN SCULPTURE
● Chulia Street
● 11 May 2013
● Lee Soo Kee Rotan
● Thickness
● Punishment
A RATTAN SHOP
34. CHARACTERISED BY
A JOVIAL COMIC-LIKE DEPICTION
A WIRY FRAME TYPICAL OF STEEL ART
DESCRIBES A SCENE IN WHICH A MOTHER HOLDS A REPORT CARD,
PRESUMABLY BELONGING TO THE STUDENT ON THE LEFT, ASKING HIM
WHICH TYPE OF CANE HE WOULD LIKE TO BE CANED WITH.
43. ARTIST’S BACKGROUND
ALIASES:
BABA CHUAH
FIRST DEBUT INTO COMIC SCENE
WAS IN 1991 IN THE PUBLICATION,
“FALSAFAH BATU”
INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED,
AND HAS PRODUCED WORKS IN
THE U.S.A.
VERY LOW PROFILE ARTIST
47. -
CHARACTERISED BY
EXAGGERATED PROPORTIONS
A DEPICTIVE SCENE SHOWING TWO PROUD
PARENTS IN ADMIRATION OF A YOUNG JIMMY CHOO.
A COMMEMORATIVE SCULPTURE IN HONOUR OF JIMMY CHOO’S HUMBLE
BEGINNINGS AT HONG KONG SHOE STORE, WHERE HE BEGAN HIS TRADE
55. REFERENCES
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