A break-in at her grandmother’s house inspired Ain’s second solo exhibition, 'Atas Pagar', now showing at The Back Room gallery in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: The Star/Muhamad Shahril Rosli
When her grandmother’s home in Kuantan was broken into at the end of last year, 25-year-old artist Nurul Ain Nor Halim, who goes by Ain, was as dismayed as the rest of her family.
But there was a part of her that was transfixed – the image of the burglar’s clean and tidy cut through the metal grille covering a window in the kitchen, where they had gained entry into the home, remained stuck in her mind and imagination.
