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Established
  
2002

Phone
  
+60 3-2260 1106

Director
  
Lim Wei-Ling

Wei-Ling Gallery

Location
  
Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Website
  
www.weiling-gallery.com

Address
  
8, Jalan Scott, Brickfields, 50470 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Hours
  
Open today · 10AM–6PMMonday10AM–6PMTuesday10AM–6PMWednesday10AM–6PMThursday10AM–6PMFriday10AM–6PMSaturday10AM–5PMSundayClosedSuggest an edit

Similar
  
Galeri Petronas, Artseni Gallery, Ode To Art Kuala Lumpur, Wei‑Ling Contemp, Kuala Lumpur City Gallery

Profiles


Wei Ling Gallery is an art gallery located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in the Brickfields area. The gallery was founded by Lim Wei-Ling in 2002 to actively encourage the works of Malaysian contemporary artists and Malaysian culture. The gallery's collection offers an overview of modern and contemporary art, including works of architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, electronic media and artist's books.

Contents

The gallery is also the largest publisher of artist's books in Malaysia, with over 100 titles to their name and has worked closely with numerous corporate sponsors, including HSBC, United Overseas Bank (UOB), Hong Leong Bank, Nippon Paint, Absolut Vodka, Bombay Sapphire, Glenmorangie, Furla, Royal Selangor and Siemens who have supported them in several projects since its inception.

The gallery focuses on contemporary art, with a specific focus on Malaysian art and culture. Running on different programs and exhibitions each month, works are made by some of Malaysia's contemporary artists. The gallery also represents foreign artists such as Cuban artist Nelson Dominguez, the Pakistani sculptor Amin Gulgee, and most recently hosted Rome-based conceptual artist H.H. Lim’s first solo exhibition in Malaysia. Over the last twelve years Wei-Ling Gallery has held more than 95 exhibitions at its galleries in Malaysia and at exhibition spaces abroad.

International recognition

Since 2006, Wei-Ling Gallery has embarked on a bolder approach in bringing Malaysian contemporary art to an international platform and have since taken exhibitions to Pakistan, India, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore. They also regularly participate in international art fairs such as Art Taipei, CIGE(Beijing), KIAF (Korean International Art Fair), Art Stage Singapore and Art Basel Hong Kong

Artist residency

In 2014, Wei-Ling Gallery, in collaboration with WOLO Bukit Bintang Hotel, launched its first fully funded artist residency in the Bukit Bintang area of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The residency hopes to introduce foreign artists to Kuala Lumpur and Malaysian culture, to eventually realise a project that draws upon the identity of Malaysia.

The space

Located in a pre-war building in the distinctive suburb of Brickfields, this area is known to be one of the oldest settlements of Kuala Lumpur and is home to many residences, commercial entities and religious structures of different denominations. The building, known to be a historical and architectural landmark was razed in a fire in 2004, but was re-constructed by local award-winning architect, Jimmy Lim to house both Jimmy Lim Design (JLD) and the gallery. The refurbishment of the building garnered an architectural award for its innovation in adaptive re-use.

Expansion

In 2011, the gallery launched Wei-Ling Contemporary, their second space in Kuala Lumpur at The Gardens Mall, and in 2013, their third gallery space at the prestigious Eastern & Oriental Hotel (E&O Hotel) in Penang.

References

Wei-Ling Gallery Wikipedia