Group exhibition mixes imaginary realities and cautionary warnings about Malaysia

Muadz Abd Rahim's 'Simple Meals Come With Complaint' (oil and acrylic on canvas, 2019), which is part of the 'Sama-Sama: Same-Same' group exhibition. Photo: The Star/Azhar Mahfof

Often, when extreme voices get louder and divisive forces pose a sinister threat to pluralism in Malaysia, it is the artists, poets, writers and philosophers of the nation who urgently remind us of who we really are.

Art, in so many ways, is the conscience of a nation.