Hello!

[ezelthecheezel]

G'morning.

Some of you might know, or some of you might not, but I currently freelance for an art magazine named ArtMalaysia.

As of now, we're running a section named "Voices", where the public can have a chance to voice out their opinion to all readers about the Question of the Issue. I would love it if you all can contribute. Just your thoughts and

Comments

[mistressnaoko]

You want me to email you or post it here?

Or can I just post it in my blog and you copy paste from there? :P

[ezelthecheezel]

anything will do ! 8D asap yea

[dmjewelle]

Local art is very local.

*getshot*

I'll try to elaborate later or somesuch.

[ezelthecheezel]

please do. not toooo long. just a short summary.

[dmjewelle]

Speaking as a person who isn't in the art industry, local art tends to come off as very...localized. It's the same themes, the same traditional prints, the same edgy manga-type art, the same themes with the same traditional prints with edgy manga-type art, etc. The lack of variety fails to stand out and make a statement, instead echoing the same sentiments everyone else does and coming off as uncreative as a whole.

For what it's worth the ones who stand out do so amazingly, though.

[sapphire_1010]

There's definitely potential around and there's plenty of passion going along, I'd say it's still pretty unstable but there's always a bright future ahead.

.....OTL

[dekongmeishizuo]

I think the creative talents in this country are fantastic; they (for the most part) are a lively, creative group of individuals who put their blood, sweat and carbon-tipped-sticks into their trade.

However, the local art scene generally seems to suffer from a gross lack of support, and is divided amongst old, traditionalistic upstarts that think they're better than everyone else and young, angsty modernists that think that nothing can be done.

*shrugs* I for one feel that it is blooming, but given the current stage where digital brushes are used to produce traditional works, and commercialism by games, animation and the likes are blurring the boundaries of what we call "art", Malaysians will become hard-pressed to find an identity of its own.

My own solution to this..? Don't give a damn and just go with what feels the best for you. After all, art is about self-expression, isn't it? ^^

[miura_mika]

Local art is... somewhat ignored/under-developed in most parts compared to the music or other forms of entertainment scenes.

As much as a lot of 'effort' has been put in to 'develop' the local art industry, (from a 3rd person's point of view) there's not much development to be seen. If a 3rd person who's not involved in the industry is not able to see much development, indeed there isn't much of any development at all.

The potential is no doubt there but more work is to be done if it's ever going to be a prominent industry in Malaysia D: