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The 15th Rimbun Dahan Residency Exhibition

Sponsored by Hijjas Kasturi Associates Sdn

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artists   MONIKA BEHRENS, ROCHELLE HALEY & SAMSUDIN WAHAB

dates   28th February – 14th March 2010

venue  RIMBUN DAHAN, Kuang, Selangor

Rimbun Dahan will be hosting its annual exhibition at the end of February, 2010. A much anticipated event on Klang Valley’s arts calendar, the 15th Rimbun Dahan Residency Exhibition will showcase artworks by Monika Behrens (Australia), Rochelle Haley (Australia) and Samsudin Wahab (Malaysia). All three artists are residents of Rimbun Dahan, the family compound of architect Hijjas Kasturi and Angela Hijjas in Kuang, outside Kuala Lumpur.

The exhibition in the underground gallery at Rimbun Dahan will be open to the public open to the public from 28th February - 14th March, 2010. The underground gallery is set within 14-acre grounds with an organic herb & spice garden, orchard, forested & wetland areas, a century-old restored kampung house from Perak and an Anglo-Malay bungalow from Penang.

Rimbun Dahan opening hours during the exhibition are Saturdays & Sundays 10 am–6 pm, on weekdays by appointment. Admission is free.

On Sunday 14 March 2010 there will be a guided tour of the grounds and garden at Rimbun Dahan at 9am, and a guided tour of the exhibition at 3pm.

HIGH TEA AT THE PLEASURE GARDEN

The general public is invited to this ancillary event at 3pm 28 February 2010 at Rimbun Dahan will include a discussion moderated by managing editors of ARTERI (Eva McGovern, Simon Soon & Sharon Chin) based on the site specific installationPleasure Garden and will involve a panel of established Malaysian artists. It will also mark the debut of the new Penang House at Rimbun Dahan.

Rimbun Dahan Residency Programme

Rimbun Dahan Residency Programme started in 1994 and has provided residencies for Australian and Malaysian visual artists. Each artist is provided with accommodation, working space and monthly stipend for the year as well as an exhibition. No commissions are taken on the sale of artworks, but Rimbun Dahan selects two pieces from each artist for its permanent collection. The residency programme is fully funded by architectural firm Hijjas Kasturi Associates Sdn in appreciation for the opportunities that the Hijjas family has enjoyed in Malaysia and Australia besides supporting the arts in encouraging artistic and cultural ties between the two countries.

The programme has expanded since its inception by also providing short-tem (6-week to 3-month) residency for Southeast Asian artists, writers, poets and choreographers. The Rimbun Dahan Dance Residency programme is run by Bilqis Hijjas.

Last updated 13 Jan 2010.

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