Longing Memories Trio by Chok Yue Zan, Nik Husyaidie & Viko Zhijune


Longing Memories is an exhibition of paintings involving three young contemporary talents namely Chok Yue Zan, Viko Zhijune and Nik Husyaidie. Still in their early 20s, these three young artists graduated from the local art universities, Dasein Academy of Art and UiTM. These young talents have been actively taking part in exhibitions and gradually making their marks in the art scene.

Longing Memories represents the artists’ thoughts that are strongly infatuated by their childhood memories. For this exhibition, the three artists focus on their reminiscences and experiences during their youth, collection of images from their travels and channels of emotions. The works talk about stories that surfaced in their life and all of them choose images of nature to represent their emotions, stories and hopes.

Yue Zan’s paintings, combining figures from old photographs with the nature’s scenes, project the sadness and changes he experienced throughout his childhood. Nik Husyaidie is very much playing with compositions and colourful outcomes as a result of his study on textures, colours and shapes in nature, apart from incorporating some of the inspirations he received from his travels. Meanwhile, the theme in Viko’s works projects her inner struggles. She uses images of plants, leaves and grass to represent her unstable, fretful and sad feelings.


Artworks

Chok Yue Zan b. 1994

This Day, That Year
Image transfer, acrylic, painting medium & oil on canvas
114 x 128 cm
2017
RM 4,600

  Happiness Moment
Image transfer, acrylic, painting medium & oil on canvas
142 x 122 cm

2017
RM 4,200

 Memorable Past II
Image transfer, acrylic, painting medium & oil on canvas
114 x 162 cm

2017
RM 4,400

Memorable Past I
Image transfer, acrylic, painting medium & oil on canvas
114 x 162 cm

2017
RM 4,400

Together
Image transfer, acrylic, painting medium & oil on canvas
112 x 193 cm
2017
RM 5,400

Nik Husyaidie b. 1990

Usia Alam III
Mixed media on canvas
122 x 91 cm

2017
RM 2,600

 Usia Alam II
Mixed media on canvas
122 x 91 cm

2017
RM 2,600

 Usia Alam VI
Mixed media on canvas
122 x 91 cm

2017
RM 2,600

 Usia Alam V
Mixed media on canvas
122 x 91 cm

2017
RM 2,600

Usia Alam VI
Mixed media on canvas
122 x 91 cm

2017
RM 2,600

Viko Zhijune b. 1993

 Story of the chapter –  Stay
Mix media on canvas
186 x 139 cm
2017
RM 4,300

Story of the Chapter – Leaving
Mix media on canvas
128 x 86 cm
2017
RM 3,000

 Story of the chapter- Hiding
Mix media on canvas
156 x 119 cm
2017
RM 4,000

Story of the Chapter - Growing
Mix media on canvas
80 x 49 cm
2017
RM 1,800

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