SOLO EXHIBITION BY SHAMSUL BAHARI

SOLO EXHIBITION BY SHAMSUL BAHARI
26 July-5 August 2011

ARTIST'S STATEMENT-
An individual would appear in one's life whose personality and passion, creative energy and enthusiasm acts like a spark that lights up one's own, Najjar Musawwir has this effect on me.
His presence, his loud African American gregarious personality, his no holds barred attitude has challenged my own waring interest in art and creativity in general. I felt awakened from my slumber, my creative energy was given a jumpstart and I accepted the challenge to hold this impromptu exhibition alongside his as a compliment and a honour for his being here.

ADMISSION IS FREE
(All are invited to the exhibition)

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SOLO EXHIBITION BY NAJJAR MUSAWWIR

SOLO EXHIBITION BY NAJJAR MUSAWWIR
Title: MUHAMMAD SPEAKS: Preserving an American Voice
26 July - 5 August 2011

ARTIST'S STATEMENT-
The connection between art and science in Muzium & Galeri Tuanku Fauziah, Universiti Sains Malaysia in Penang has been more than an intellectual pursue, it has been a personal one. Twenty years ago at Southern Illinois University, I approached a young passionate and inspiring Malaysian fine art student, Hasnul Jamal Saidon, and inquired about his life and creative interest. This relation become a pivotal period in my creative journey as an art student. You see, as a young African-American Muslim student of art, I was excited by the opportunity to share both my creative and Islamic experiences in America. Twenty years later, I've been given an opportunity again to share my creative and Islamic experiences.

In this exhibit I am experimenting with preserving African-American Islamic history in a new body of work titled MUHAMMAD SPEAKS: Preserving an American Voice. This exhibition reflect images from the Muhammad Speaks newspaper (1964-1975) founded by the late Nation of Islam national spokeman Al Hajj Malik Shabazz, better known as Malcolm X. I have come to realizes that an artists should be commited to the creative process of experimenting with art making and thinking, because it is the foundation of everything within the human existence. Therefore, the art can and will become timeless. In light of this, these pieces were created to preserve a certain historical aspect of the African-American Islamic cultural experience in America. It is my hope, that this exhibition will be embraced by viewers as a doorway back into one of America's historical realities living today - African American Muslim.

Project Dinding Bercakap by Anderson Ee

Project Dinding Bercakap: What u can do for Malaysia?

Taken a leaf out from the fields of cultural studies, Dinding Bercakap is an interactive and user generated content exhibition at it's basic form. Exploring the unstable and subjective meanings of language, this project function as a platform of discussion, enquiries and most importantly listening to what u want or can do to our 54 year old country.

our upcoming event.....

Come & Join Us! MGTF "Creative Link" AT SK ST GEORGE BALIK PULAU, PENANG

'Creative Link' held by the Muzium & Galeri Tuanku Fauziah, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) is a series of programmes for visitors and communities. It offers interactive, exciting, fun and entertaining forms of scientific knowledge enrichment, as well as heritage and cultural appreciation. Amongst the packages are Astronomy, Science-Arts Smart Camp, Young Curators Workshop and Museum Into Village. It also offers several art-related workshops and short courses such as drawing, painting, print and batik.





MGTF 'CREATIVE LINK'




Tittle: USMCares (Creative Art Embraces Sustainability)
Where: SK St George Balik Pulau, Penang

When: 8 July 2011 (Friday)
Time: 8.30am - 5.30pm

Activities: Lattalilat Games, "Mommee is Coming", Improvisation Design & Sculpture from Industrial Waste, Musical Performance an open jamming by "Kebun Bunyi" .





All are welcomed...Come and join us!









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MGTF Notice & Announcement: Our New Operation ScheduleFriday, July 1, 2011 3:36 AM

To: Our far-sighted founders, past curators, advisors, committee members; our kind-hearted and generous donours and benefactors; our ever-supportive partners in USM; our hard-working and passionate local and international friends in the arts, academic and scientific communities, our collaborators in the foreign embassies, consulates, government agencies, NGOs, corporations, private and commercial institutions, local and international museums and art galleries, our supporters in the media; and most importantly, to our family members, relatives, all USM students, staff members, and our repeated visitors, especially kindergarten and school children and their teachers.







MGTF Notice & Announcement



Muzium & Galeri Tuanku Fauziah (MGTF), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has changed it's operation hours for visitors starting 1st July 2011.



Our new operation schedule;

Day of Operation : Monday - Saturday

Operation Hours : 9.00 am - 6.00 pm

Close : Sunday & Public Holiday







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