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Arty business
By ANDREW SIA
A university that has produced some of Malaysia’s most famous artists has now set up a commercial gallery.
THE biggest art school in Malaysia must be Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM). After 45 years of educating thousands of artists and designers, it decided to start a commercial art gallery. Welcome to the Segaris Art Center in Publika shopping mall, at Solaris Dutamas, Kuala Lumpur. The industrial chic setting of Segaris Art Center fits Bayu Utomo’s Menjalar, a charcoal work. “Several generations of some of the top talents from UiTM’s Art and Design Faculty are represented at our inaugural exhibition,” says Jamil Mat Isa, artist and gallery manager. “The university’s alumni has the skill and the products for an art gallery.” The works of 14 artists can be seen at the current Suarasa exhibition. Read more
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