Solo exhibition of works by Mella Jaarsma, held at the Valentine Willie Fine Art, 11-13 March 2004, Kuala Lumpur. Jaarsma's mixed media drawings in various combinations of gouache, pencil, acrylic, conte and ink, and costume installations/performances are challenging and political commentaries addressing the controversial wearing of the veil. Says Adeline Ooi, "They are loaded metaphors of race, sexuality, authenticity and origins. They deconstruct identities; unearth deeper underlying issues of cultural representations, questioning humanity, individualism, religious beliefs, taboos, displacement and migration." (p.6)
Onsite
English
painting,  mixed media,  performance art,  political art,  feminism,  sexuality,  diaspora,  identity,  solo exhibition
2004
2
artist monograph, 
catalogue
Foreword - Mella JAARSMA
Taking Cover - Adeline OOI
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