Sarawakian Penans highlighted in 'Language Of The Jungle'

By DINESH KUMAR MAGANATHAN

Malaysian artist Tan Wei Kheng showcases the effects of modernisation in his exhibition.

1 ‘She is a lovely woman (from Ulu Limbang, Sarawak). She is very kind. Every time I visit her house, she comes to shake my hand and give me a hug,’ says artist Tan Wei Kheng about Sigang Kesei (oil on canvas, 2013), who has been immortalised as one of his paintings in the Language Of The Jungle exhibition in Kuala Lumpur.2 Tan Wei Kheng painted young Penan brothers Jesua and Ruan Gasi in Another Jungle (oil on canvas, 2014), a poignant piece about the future and survival of this indigenous minority group.
Sigang Kesei (oil on canvas, 2013) by the artist. 

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