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CIMB Artober 2022
Recent Works by Samsudin Wahab, Fadhli Ariffin, Paul Nickson Atia, Engku Iman, Hana Tan, and Syahirah Saidi 20 - 24 Oct 2022We are pleased to announce our participation in CIMB Artober 2022, amongst other exciting Malaysian galleries. This is a great opportunity for the public and collectors to view ambitous solo and group presentations of Emerging and Established Malaysian Artists. Rissim Contemporary will be showcasing artworks by 6 Malaysian artists: Samsudin Wahab, Fadhli Ariffin, Paul Nickson Atia, Engku Iman, Hana Tan, and Syahirah Saidi.Read more -
Counting Silence, Filling Space, Weaving Conversation
A solo exhibition of Paul Nickson Atia 16 Jul - 7 Aug 2022Rissim Contemporary is pleased to present Paul Nickson Atia’s third solo exhibition; result of a meditative process that had put him alone in the face of over a hundred canvases, painting a myriad of squares. These seemingly uniform yet actually unique pieces invite us to engage by counting boxes, comparing patterns, and imagining configurations. Counting Silence is the first body of work by the artist that affirms his vision of modular painting, unveiled through an exhibition display that evolves, and accompanied by a manual that offers several possible configurations of how these works may inhabit our space. Finding it crucial to create dialogues as an instrument to extend from the artist’s personal relationship with the series, the exhibition setting explored by two curators involves the amalgamation of conversations surrounding three main poles that determine the artist's recent practice: time, modularity, and autonomy.Read more -
Reflection
A group exhibition featuring Syukur Rani, Haslin Ismail, Paul Nickson, Engku Iman, and Samsudin Wahab 29 Apr - 15 May 2022The most common understanding of art is that it captures aspects of reality. It makes new fleeting thoughts, objects and feelings, mitigating the numbing effect created by the pace of...Read more -
Form(s) of Prayer(s)
A solo exhibtion by Paul Nickson Atia 19 Dec 2019 - 9 Jan 2020The obsessive rendering of miniature squares serves as Paul Nickson Atia's central motif in his latest solo exhibition titled Form(s) of Prayer(s) at Rissim Contemporary in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur from...Read more