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The
Penang Global Ethic Project Launch
EXHIBITION
Arabic & Chinese Calligraphy
on
'The Golden Rule'
4 February to 10 March 2006
....at Galeri Pinang, Dewan Sri Pinang,
Lebuh Light
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& Reviews
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published in New Sunday Times, Malaysia,
Sunday, 19 February 2006
Calligraphies
of Two Worlds
By
Himanshu Bhatt
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The
first exhibition to bring together calligraphic artworks from
both the Far East and Middle East traditions is now being displayed
in Penang for about a month.
The exhibition features winning entries from the Arabic and Chinese
calligraphic competition held at the Islamic Arts Museum in Kuala
Lumpur last year.
The
intercultural project was originally meant to draw together individuals
and artists from different religious and ethnic backgrounds through
a single value shared by various world civilisations.
The
theme of "treat others as you would like to be treated"
was selected as a common ethical denominator found in all faiths
and traditions in the world.
Labelled
as the "Golden Rule", this theme became the focal point
of the calligraphy competition.
In
the same spirit that it delves on a mutual cross-cultural subject,
the exhibition also focuses on a common artistic medium that is
somehow shared by the two geographically distant traditions.
The
art of calligraphy has been highly developed in both the Arab
and Chinese civilisations for centuries.
What
is especially interesting to observe in the exhibition is the
contrast in aesthetic principles between the two calligraphic
traditions.
But
when the works are placed together, one cannot help but also feel
a sense of semblance in the abstract beauty the two disciplines
exude, even as their spirits originate from completely separate
sides of the Asian continent.
The
event is being held as part of the Penang Global Ethic Project,
a month-long series of programmes to promote concepts of universal
peace and multi-religious harmony.
The exhibition featuring Arabic and Chinese Calligraphy on the
'Golden Rule' will be held at Galeri Pinang, Dewan Seri Pinang
till March 10. For details, call 04-2613144 or visit www.globalethicpenang.net.
Photos
and panoramic clips by Adrian
Cheah
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