Art Expo Malaysia 2018 prepares to surprise, with a more compact, edgier edition

Back in 2016, Indonesian artist Ichwan Noor exhibited his Beetle Sphere, a sculpture made from an actual VW Beetle 1953 compressed into a ball. Such contemporary art remains a huge part of Art Expo Malaysia’s primary content (85 of the works this year).

Accomplished Malaysian artist Chang Fee Ming, 59, is renowned for his watercolour works, painting ordinary life in rural and remote towns, mostly in his home state of Terengganu.

For the most part of his long career, he hasn’t been one for raw politics on canvas, but at the upcoming Art Expo Malaysia 2018, art enthusiasts will find a very different side of Chang.