Sape musician tells her story through art


Alena standing in front of ‘The Storyteller’, a double portrait piece accompanied by an audio recording representing different generations passing down oral traditions of the Kelabit. — ZULAZHAR SHEBlEE / The Star

KOTA SAMARAHAN: Alena Murang is a famous sape musician, but the Sarawak-born performer’s hands are not just for plucking the strings. She is also a talented artist.

Fifty of her paintings are currently on show in her first solo exhibition, Colours of the Highlands, from March 18 to April 30 at Hoan Gallery in La Promenade Mall here.

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