This year, in Sabah, many events will have "50" in their title. Sabah got its Independence from the British on 31 August 1963 and jointly formed Malaysia, on 16 September 1963, with Sarawak, Singapore (they left subsequently) and The Federation of Malaya. Today and tomorrow, an Art Carnival is being held at the Sabah Arts Gallery.
The events and the map to the Art Gallery from the brochure. The Gallery was actually behind the State Achive and The National Archive (Sabah Branch).
As I turned into the road beside the State Archive, I saw a lot of cars parked beside the road ...
... even beside the main road! I was pretty surprised that the attendance at the Art Carnival would be so good.
But they were actually the cars belonging to the participants at the Launching of the "Want To Be Healthy Campaign". This was being held at the park just beside the main road.
The Minister was giving his speech in the sun...
... while the participants were preserving their health under the shade.
So I continued to the "artsy" building that was the Sabah Art Gallery.
Various booths were set up in front of the Gallery entrance ...
... the calligraphy fella was there ...
... the world's smelliest flower was there, beside the world's sexiest flower ...
... and a very useful dinner dress.
Since I was there, I visited the Art Gallery itself.
It was a very nice building; 3-storey, airy, ...
... very nice curving staircase ...
... with natural lighting from a skylight.
Entry was free during these two days of the carnival; normal fee is RM3 (Malaysian adult).
There were more than just paintings; this one by Maduni Majidin ...
... and one by Christianne Goonting.
There were even some fabrics.
Of the paintings, some caught my eye (I don't claim to be anything artistic). One by Muslim Mattajim.
This one by Datuk George Chin.
Waterfall by Adrian Ho.
A Tina Rimmer.
There will of course be paintings of Mt Kinabalu. This one by Benedict Chong.
A more modernistic acrylic by Tan Sheau Ling.
A very nice grouper by Zaimie Sahibil.
Oh, don't forget to say "Thanks and Goodbye" to the guy holding up the front counter.
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