Defiant artists cry foul over censorship, vow not to be silenced

Gan Pei Ling Gan Pei Ling Updated 5 years ago · Published on 4 Dec 2017 7:37PM · 1 Comments

Visitors walking past the covered installation by Pusat Sekitar Seni prior to Kuala Lumpur Biennale 2017 on November 23. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Nazir Sufari, December 4, 2017.

A GROUP of young Malaysian and Indonesian artists say they will not back down on their right to express themselves after their works were censored and allegedly tampered with at a major arts exhibition in Kuala Lumpur recently.

The artists from Pusat Sekitar Seni (PSS) withdrew its participation in the Kuala Lumpur Biennale 2017 exhibition at the National Art Gallery a day before its official opening on November 23 after they claimed the show’s curator informed them that several elements in their exhibit had to be taken down.

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  • Don't call it art exhibition, just rename it Muslim exhibition. And add art depicting acceptance of narrow mindedness, cronyism, nepotism, corruption are welcome. Restrict it to umno viewers only.

    Posted 5 years ago by Alphonz Jayaraman