The ‘Melawati - This Place: Displays: Displace’ tour session, curated by Mark Teh, paraded artworks from the collection of the late Rahime Harun around Taman Melawati in Kuala Lumpur on Jan 29. Photo: A.P. Art Gallery
If you happened to be in Taman Melawati in Kuala Lumpur late last month, you might have seen a lorry carrying artworks from the collection of the late Rahime Harun (1954-2008), former National Art Gallery director-general, art administrator, collector and artist/writer.
If you had lingered, you would have seen this same truck making its rounds around the neighbourhood several times, but with a different set of paintings each time, including Ahmad Zakii Anwar’s The Dancers (1994), Ismail Zain’s My Friend Vincent (1988), Bhanu Achan’s Alam (1992) and Lim Joo Sun's Chinese Wedding (1988).
Rahime Harun archive project
The ‘Melawati - This Place: Displays: Displace’ tour session, curated by Mark Teh, paraded artworks from the collection of the late Rahime Harun around Taman Melawati in Kuala Lumpur on Jan 29. Photo: A.P. Art Gallery
Rahime, then National Art Gallery Malaysia director-general, posing at the front of the national art institution in 2005. Photo: Filepic
In an online session, curator Roopesh Sitharan (right) chats with Nazura Rahime, A.P. Art Gallery director and custodian of the Rahime Harun Collection. She is the daughter of the late Rahime. Photo: A.P. Art Gallery
On Jan 29, artworks from Rahime's collection were displayed on either side of the lorry, with two cameras affixed to livestream the event. A route of around 3.7km was mapped out. Photo: A.P. Art Gallery
A.P. Art Gallery's 'Object Matters' exhibition can be viewed online, giving viewers a tour of Rahime's collection and personal artefacts.
Mark Teh (second from left) and curator Roopesh Sitharan (far left) with the rest of the team behind the 'Object Matters' exhibition. Standing (in pink top): Nazura Rahime, A.P. Art Gallery director and custodian of the Rahime Harun Collection. She is the daughter of the late Rahime. Photo: A.P. Art Gallery
Teh browsing through the works from the Rahime Harun art collection. Photo: A.P. Art Gallery
