National Art Gallery : The Visit

We had a visit to the National Gallery as part of the class activity last week and for me, it was the second visit with my lecturer, Mdm Forest. We had another visit together on 2009/2010 session for FYP class. Back then, it was sort of like an inspirational visit. Now it's for an assignment for New Media Technology class.

There was nothing much that attracted me in gallery, until I found this one installation by Lee Kian Seng, The Process of Poker Game.


Didn't have the chance to snap more from different angle because I was stopped by the guards there.

What interest me is that someone from our country back in the 1970s had already challenged art in 3D installations.

This conceptual art gives me the thought of having myself in a gambling casino. I know this sounds weird but in fact it was how I picture it. It shows that how 3D installation could also be part of an art, by putting the piece together and the arrangement into something that worth to catch someone's attention, especially mine.

"Even before the term "installation" became vogue, Lee Kian Seng was already and consistently challenging perceptions, paraphernalia and parameters of art in the 1970s like his 1975 winning effort, "Process in Poker Game". His career path since then has been marked by works that are the most avant garde and conceptually extraordinary imaginable."