A visitor examining French sculptor Quentin Garel's 'The Orangutan Mask' (bronze, 2019). Photo: The Star/Shaari Chemat
If you believe that first impressions count, then the first exhibit that greets you at this year’s Art Expo Malaysia (AEM) in Kuala Lumpur suggests that you are in for an interesting, albeit slightly off-kilter, experience at the fair.
How else would you describe looking into someone’s eyes while his limbs stretch out from under a pile of leather handbags? This is Dutch-Indonesian artist Mella Jaarsma’s wearable sculpture The Carrier, and it is just a little bit strange (in a good way) despite its commentary on consumerist culture.
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