Art & Places: Towards Peace, KL
When I visited Tugu Negara more than a week ago, I also got the chance to explore the ASEAN Garden located at the area. There are many sculptures in the garden and one that I like to highlight first is ‘Towards Peace’, a set of 6 sculptures that were created to present ASEAN countries, namely Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei Darussalam, Phillippines and Malaysia. The sculptures symbolise the progress of growth, unity, peace and harmony of ASEAN.
It was officially created in 1987 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of ASEAN (the Association of South-East Asian Nations) by Ms. Han Sai Por, a sculptor from Singapore.
Han’s main sculptural expression depicts a sense of contrast between the hard surface of stone and the softness of organic shapes.
Have you visited ASEAN Garden?
22 Comments
iydajuhar
segannye. saye tak pernah pegi huhhuuh
Mazuriah Mohamed
lamanya tak pergi tugu negara. 🙂
emila
Inilah masanya nak pergi and explore.
emila
Kena pergi semula tu 🙂
Azah
Belum pergi lagi. Cuti sekolah boleh pergi.hehee 🙂
Azah
Dalam bahasa melayu dipanggil arca. Masa saya study kat upsi, ada satu kawasan penuh dengan binaan arca di tempat sejarah. Setiap arca tu ada cerita nya tersendiri.
soulie
susah jugak nak define progress of growth, unity, peace and harmony on a sculpture
soulie
ada asean garden rupanya kat tugu negara hehe
soulie
bestnyer kak emi going to UAE in Apr!
emila
Ada. Bring Qeeb to see the statues. The area is spacious, he can run freely.
emila
Yes!!! Exciting opportunity. Fully sponsored by the organiser 🙂
Syuq
Tak faham la pasal maksud arca yang dibuat tu 🙁 Terlalu abstrak, pening kepala …adoiiii
emila
HEhehe ingat nak e-mel pada scuplptor dan tanya tapi takut tak berbalas.
Insyirah
Have I visited ASEAN Garden?
No.But still looks interesting ^w^
soulie
OMG! fully sponsored pulak tuh!
soulie
patot ada some description kan?
emila
Tu la. But dia have general description je of which I wrote here. If dia terangkan the rationale behind every sculpture kan best?! At least we know the meaning of the shapes and every little details she’s trying to bring out.
emila
Yes!!! Cuma duit poket nak beli gift bawa sendiri. Breakfast is on the hotel but lunch and dinner, sendiri la. But that is way jimat already!!
dysha sahhir
da lama tak pergi.. aduh sgt kesian
jaja
I’ve been to tugu negara but never notice this sculpture garden.. 🙁
ainur roslan
i never visit ASEAN Garden..but it unique
Yukino Hinata
what is the material used for the sculpture? wood block? wood chunk?