A broken and beautiful world of shards, symbols and memories


‘I wanted to tell my story first-hand through these pieces, rather than having other people tell my stories about me or on my behalf,’ says Fitton. Photo: The Star/Azlina Abdullah

What are memories but stories that take shape in our minds and evolve over time? And are they truly accurate depictions of what happened, or do we tend to fill in the gaps with our own imaginings?

In Kuala Lumpur-based fashion designer-visual artist Joshua Fitton’s second solo exhibition, Shadows In Time, now showing at The Back Room gallery until July 28, his personal memories take the form of broken ceramic plates that are made anew with intricately detailed ink drawings filling the spaces in between.

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