• Art & Places,  Kuala Lumpur,  sculpture

    Art & Places: Barong-Barong, KL

    Kuala Lumpur has quite many public arts and I will try to cover as many as I can. This is another interesting looking piece of art that I want to highlight this week.

    barong barong

    Barong-Barong is located at ASEAN Garden, in the vicinity of Tugu Negara, Perdana Botanical Gardens, KL. Barong-Barong is a modern interpretation of old type architecture existing in the whole of ASEAN region. The artist, Jerusalino V. Araos from Philippines made Barong-Barong  from stainless steel and glass in 1987. According to Jerusalino, the structure is a combination of 1,024 joints. It is like a big Lego set that can be taken apart.

    Barong-barong, in general, is a shanty housing constructed from materials that can be salvaged around an area and is built with a degree of speed. Houses being built or rebuilt (after a fire, flood, or other calamities) are also referred to as barong-barongs. In most urban poor areas, particularly those often visited by demolition crews, barong-barongs are the practical housing units; light, recyclable, and easy to build.

    barong-barong (close-up)

    Jerusalino died of heart attack December last year at the age of 68.

  • graphite,  sketch

    WiP: Travel illustration

    I am stuck at Angkor Wat. The details are killing me softly. LOL. I hope to finish and color this tomorrow and submit on Thursday.  This is an illustration of some landmarks of Southeast Asia. Will be on a cover of travel magazine, hopefully.

    Wip