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  • 12 Mar 2020

  • The latest exhibition that saw several works from our collection travel to Kuala Lumpur is ILHAM x SAM Project: The Body Politic and the Body.

 

Ah, the Life of a Travelling Artwork

 

Admit it, you thought SAM’s art exhibitions would take a break during the redevelopment of our buildings, didn’t you? Nope! Not the art in this museum. 

Through collaborations with local libraries and international partners, selected works will travel across the city or the region for off-site exhibitions, continuing to engage and inspire as they did before. The latest exhibition that saw several works from our collection travel to Kuala Lumpur is ILHAM x SAM Project: The Body Politic and the Body.  Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how the art made it safely across our shores to Malaysian soil!

Here’s SAM’s (foreground) and ILHAM Gallery’s (background) conservators, Nahid and Azzad, making sure that the works are in tip-top condition for travel.

 Artworks that are to be exhibited at ILHAM Gallery are being crated according to their sizes.

 

 The crated artworks are loaded onto a truck and ready to go.

 

A back view of a security officer riding a motorbike to escort the truck carrying the artworks.

 

The artworks have arrived in ILHAM Gallery and are unboxed, ready to be installed by the exhibition team.

 

Close-up shot of the artwork 'Lang Kacang' (1991) by artist Bayu Utomo Radjikin.

 

Visitors standing in front of the artwork 'The Voyage' by artist Mohammad Din Mohammad during a curator tour.

 

A photo of part of the team who made the ILHAM x SAM Project: 'The Body Politic and the Body' exhibition possible.

 

No time to go to Malaysia? Not to worry! You still have time to catch it before it closes on 12 April 2020. Otherwise, the SAM Mini Mobile Museum exhibition is also travelling to a local library near you. Find out more here.


We’ll keep you posted on all the exhibitions and events that SAM is up to during its redevelopment. In the meantime, if you’re interested in learning more about SAM’s art collection, or have a story to share about SAM or its buildings, please reach out to us at [email protected].

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