Just Another Show In Town

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18th - 26th September 2019 by ARTO Movement The Incubator, Subang

T The Artists Involved

he Incubator, Subang, 18 SEPTEMBER — Just Another Show In Town,
is just another show in town literally. You know what’s coming. Several
artists will be exhibiting their artworks; opening night will be held; we
socialize; we view the exhibited artworks and take a good deal of selfie and/or In Just Another
Show?
group photos. Then we get ourselves some refreshments and finally, go home.
These are the usual, and frequent courses of actions that happen in most art

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exhibitions. Well, Just Another Show in Town is no exception. hmad Hakym – Born in Penang in
Two points of view can be the year of 1990, Ahmad Hakym
manoeuvre of glorifying the culture or better known as Kymio among
perceived from this impression. First,
of ‘click bait’, a cheap attempt to create his peers is an architect by profession and
people can simply assume that this
attraction and entice the attention from currently pursuing his doctoral study
exhibition has no clear direction to
the people, playing reverse psychology in architecture, relating to cognitive
begin with. There is no obvious theme
to tempt people so that they would give psychology and the act of sketching in a
highlighted, and the artists are only
a visit instead of conveniently speculate built environment.
Ink on canvas | 60 cm x 90 cm | 2019 |

the contents of the show. He founded KL Sketchnation in 2014;

Just Another Show in Town a non-profit Non-Governmental
Ahmad Hakym – Gravity 01

displays 18 artworks from 7 local artists; Organization (NGO)

Ahmad Hakym, Amir Amin, Fatah that runs sketching
Taib, Naz Imagine, Nizar Sulaiman, activities around Klang
Nurul Fyka, and Zalwana Jay. Hakym Valley to promote
will show you how gravity works in sketching as a means
a painting, while Amir scribbles Jawi of communication.
script on a nude mannequin. Fatah Kymio’s style of

Acrylic & pigment ink on mannequin & plywood

makes people drown in colors and Naz artworks revolves
Imagine plays with his mum’s kitchen around the idea of
doing what they have always been
utensils. Nizar is proud of his handler/ recording time and
doing. It is named Just Another Show

| 125 cm x 62 cm | 2018 | MYR 2,500

antler thing, Nurul Fyka tells about spaces.
in Town because of the fact that there’s
the unfortunate ones and Zalwana Jay

Amir Amin – Terubat Rindu

nothing about this exhibition that is In 2016, Kymio
recites poetry to her paintings. co-organized the World
worth talking about. It’s just another
Nevertheless, what seems to be the Sketching Symposium
common art exhibition. People might
unknown is the aftermath. Is it really in Manchester that
just brush-off this exhibition from
going to be ‘ just another show’ for these had garnered more
their mind after visiting. There is
artists? Or maybe this exhibition could than 450 participation
nothing inspiring nor interesting about
open to another door for these artists to by sketcher from 44
it. Another point of view is that Just
further their career, or in other words countries all over the
Another Show in Town is a tactical
open up towards any opportunity in the world. He was also
future? No one knows and perhaps no featured as one of the contributors

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mir Amin – A Perakian who born one cares. in the internationally published book
in 1991, Muhammad Amir Amin Archisketcher: A Guide of Spotting and
or commonly known as Tuk Kura He founded ARTO Movement; a Sketching an Urban Landscape by Simone
graduated from Universiti Teknologi multidisciplinary art collective in 2010 Riyard. To date Kymio had exhibited in
MARA (UiTM) with B.A (Hons) in Fine with his fellow friends. Art curatorial several art galleries including National
Art, majoring in painting. He is a part- and management are what Amir is very Art Gallery (Balai Seni Negara).
time artist, a part-time student, a part- passionate about. This can be seen by his
time curator and a full-time father. involvement in several art exhibitions as
curator or manager. Among his previous

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atah Taib – an artist turned involvement were MEA Awards (2014),
lecturer graduated in 2016 from Endevour (2014), Four Corners (2015),
Universiti Teknologi MARA Platform 2: Artist, Time and Space
(UiTM) with a Master Degree in Fine
Arts. His artworks usually a mixture
of figurative and abstraction that
| 122 cm x 122 cm | 2019 | MYR 3, 500

Cyanotype print on 200gsm watercolour paper

is created by the use of marbling

Acrylic & industrial paint on canvas

Naz Imagine – Romancing Banality #3

technique. Fatah’s artworks are inspired

by his life experiences and dreams.
| 41.5cm x 29.5cm | 2019 | MYR 350
Fatah Taib – Off Tempo

To date, Fatah has exhibited in

a number of exhibitions among others
Art Expo 2017 (2017), Bintang 5 (2018),
Progredi: Moving Forward (2018) and
Takde Sape Suroh (2016). Under his
belt, Fatah had won the Merit Prize for
Painting of the Year that was organized
by Younie Gallery in 2018. (2015), DIA:SPORA (2015), Takde Sape
Fatah Taib is a part-time lecturer, Suroh (2016), Canvas (2017), Inception
a part-time drummer and a full-time (2017), Progredi (2018) and Bakat Muda
artist. Currently he is working on his Sezaman (2018/2019).
latest masterpiece in his studio in Old Tuk Kura is currently pursuing his master Next page>>>
Town Petaling Jaya. degree in Master in Art & Design at UiTM.
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az Imagine – Hails from Kuala
Lumpur, Naz Imagine is an
art enthusiast and an artist,
whose works mainly focusing onthe
engagement with everyday objects

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and how these objects could unveil izar Sulaiman – or Nizar for art exhibitions locally.
new meaning when it comes to art- short is a Fine Art graduate. He Apart from exhibiting, Nizar
making. More of a ‘discipline juggler’, graduated his B.A (Hons) in Fine also involved in community art
he is interested in experimenting with Art from Universiti Teknologi MARA projects. It is by doing so, he found
different discipline in art, ranging from (UiTM) in 2013. He is intrigued by the the experience of connecting people
painting to installation. ready-made art in Malaysia art scene. via art interesting. To date Nizar had
Graduated with B.A (Hons) in Fine The pursuit of this particular art form involved in two community art projects
Art from Universiti Teknologi MARA started in the studies in 2012, which which were Padang Jawa Art Street and
(UiTM) in 2014, Naz has involved in was influenced by Marchell Duchamp, Dolphin Habitat Ecosystem in Malaysia
several art projects including curating Jasper John, and even Martin Heidegger. Maritime. In 2010, he organized an
and managing art exhibition apart from Nizar’s artworks ranges from paintings, interactive art project which involved
being in one. He had the chance to sculptures to ready-made objects. To the color blind community.
undergo a date Nizar had exhibited more than 20
recidency

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urul Fyka – A Kuala Lumpur girl who graduated from Universiti
Teknologi MARA (UiTM) with a Bachelor of Creative Industry
Management (Arts Management) is a full-time artists. Nurul Fyka started
her artistic endeavor a while back with her art collective named Artviolences.
| 30 cm x 20 cm | 2019 | MYR150

She started to paint manually and

Used handlebars on a wooden plate

| 61 cm x 30.5 cm | 2015 | MYR 800
digitally during her free time but

Nizar Sulaiman – Handantler

the hobby turned into a serious
body of works. Since then, she
Acrylic on canvas
Nurul Fyka – A

never looked back again.

Nurul Fyka’s artworks are
internally driven– inspired by
her emotions and passions. She
has always been fascinated with
programme held by Kedai. Co in 2015 how the world is represented
and was awarded a three-men show through the eyes of the beholders.
titled ‘How To: Live Your Life According According to her, an artwork is a connecting line that connected dots–
to Someone Else’. He is also a part emotions, surroundings, soul and dreams.
of Bukan Seni-Man; a collective that Currently Fyka is sharing her arts with the world and her students.
encompasses the idea of mundanity.

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He and his collective debut exhibition;

JASIT:
BendAsing was held at alwana Jay – an avid gig goer who
Kapallorek Artspace in Perak back in is also an artist. This 23 years old
2016. artis who recently graduated from
Just Another
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) with

They
Naz in currently pursuing his Show In Town,
master degree in Master of Visual Arts a B.A (Hons) in Fine Art enjoys writing
here people don’t
in University Malaya (UM). poetry, performing and gi. She had
really give a shit
published two zine with two publisher
of what they are
namely Fagiyu and Penerbitan Rumah
bringing forth

Say...
AQL. Her loves for poetry can be seen
through their
in her recent body of works where
life, blood and
Zalwana incorporate both poetry and
tears into their
painting in a form.
arts. There is
Apart from making artworks
nothing much they are talking about (poetry and paintings), Zalwana also
and most people think they are just delves into industry management. She
petty whine of these artists that have had co-managed two exhibitions and co-
Bitumen, emulsion paint & farric acid on canvas

no place in the “perfect art society”. organized an art fest during her stint at
Zalwana Jay – Behind The Sin (Series II)

UiTM.

J Wanted:
ASIT: Just Another Show In Town
is a show with no clear direction.
| 65 cm x 95 cm | 2019 | MYR 1000

One may assume that we don’t

have any direction to begin with. No
theme to bind all the seven (7) artists Rewards can be claim, they said.
together but who cares? No direction
The list goes on and on, and on, and on...
is still a direction in a way. Besides,
like the name imply, it is ‘Just Another 1. Ahmad Hakym (Kymio)
Show In Town’. 2. Amir Amin (Tuk Kura)

Don’t miss
3. Fatah Taib
Happening at The Incubator, 4. Nazrul Hamzah (Naz Imagine)
5. Nizar Sulaiman
Subang from 18th to 26th
6. Nurul Fyka
September 2019.

it...
7. Zalwana Jay