One often hears that “contemporary art is open to interpretation”. Meaning-making in visual art tends to be overwhelmingly personal, and reading an artwork relies on knowledge about art history, socio-political environment, cultural tropes, etc.

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Long haul rides result in oval-shaped doodles, while coloured inks mark in-town travel. Looking at the wall tracing of Formosa island and round shapes in the exhibited works, circular references denote a starting point that ends at the same spot.

Galeri Serdang curator Nasir Baharuddin observes, that “...it is the gesture of (drawing) that thwarts the ordered unfolding of significations and revelations..." Hence, the exhibition title should have been: “Thinking Drawing, and Feeling”.

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Driving as an action, has become an extension of human body function, as we control cars with sensory perception and physical movement.

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