Contemporary exhibit 'Banana Leaf' pushes boundaries for Malaysian Indian arts

Mogan's 'Skeletons Of Empire' (2019) documentary photography project is about rubber, colonialism and identity in Malaysia. Photo: Mogan Selvakannu

An art exhibition in Kuala Lumpur is celebrating Deepavali in a very different way.

The Banana Leaf: A Celebration Of Malaysian Indian Arts & Culture (Banana Leaf) exhibition, now showing at the GMBB mall in Kuala Lumpur, features more than 20 Malaysian Indian artists, writers, photographers, filmmakers and performance makers. This show also includes works by Goodkids Malaysia and the children of the community-based Sivananda Ashram in Batu Caves, Selangor.