STPM Visual Art Exhibition 2017

I did try to enjoy this exhibition but I was very exhausted due to lack of helping hands and funds. This is the kind of exhibition I was not expecting but it should do enough because the point of my class doing this exhibition because it was one of the criteria needed to be fulfilled for our assignment a.k.a coursework. On the 17th of September, I went to buy plugs and bulbs for the lighting. There were 27 students including me, that had paid RM10 each but it was still not sufficient to buy bulb holders and adjustable bulb stands. So I deliberately sponsored more than RM100 to cover those expenses. Only my Visual Art teacher knew this.

On the 18th, I stayed at school until 6.10 pm when the school session was over at 1.00 pm just to set up the decorations and lightings because I was the only one brought the tools like pliers and screwdrivers. Oh, I hoped they were responsible to take care of the tools I brought because they were my father's.

After that, I went home to take a shower and still not having meals yet (I skipped lunch and dinner). I only took energy drinks to buy enough time for me to get ready. Then something else was not enough when I was at home. Some people sent texts in a chat room that some things were not enough. So my parents helped me by giving me a ride because they did not want me to drive in a very tired situation. Thanks mom and dad.

It was around 8.30 pm I got back to school to continue the work. The progress still not very pleasing. I mean, at time like this, they should be stop procrastinate. The exhibition starts the next day so it's always me doing the work. Then, at the very last moments, which was around 3 quarters past 11 at night, the wirings and lightings finally done. I was the last day scholar to be there, the others stayed at the dormitory. Then I went home.

It was around 12.30 am that I immediately switched on my laptop and started to type down every of my classmate's art piece's labels. I decided to sleep with my laptop in front of me because of whole day's work.

I woke up at 5.00 am to continue with the typing and printing and cutting until 7.00 am. Then I went off to shower, got ready for school and had a small breakfast.

So tired as it was, it was worth it. I was satisfied with the experience, the angriness I pulled off and a few mistakes been taken care of. So tired as whatever tiredness is compared to, I got a very non-strategic spot to put up my art piece. At least I had one, although not a good spot because I know people would not go to a dark corner. Darker if without the lights.

I did all my best to present the meaning of my art piece. The techniques, the style, the media, the formal aspects of my art piece and most importantly, the purpose of my art piece were explained. We were given the theme 'Bangkit' as known as rise to make up an art piece regarding the theme. I used the concept of global warming, to raise awareness among the citizens of the earth to stop polluting the air we breathe. Which by the way, I hate people who smoke in public, I mean I just hate them. I don't smoke because I would immediately have breathing problems, so if I cough, please stop smoking.

This was how my art piece looked like. I mostly used figurative meaning to explain the concept of global warming. The man in the centre of the art piece painted in black to show give a contrast effect so that the audience can identify the man first before other subject matters. This shows that man played a vital role in the cause of global warming and just realised that what men had done was wrong and should be controlled like the temperature of the air inside of a hot air balloon. The bottom of my art piece shows that the activities that caused global warming, that was why I painted it with sorrow colour type of mood. Then when moving upwards, it was time to rise and be like the hot air balloon.

My parents came to support me for two days and hoped for the best about this exhibition. It was awesome. What made me felt good (the only good stuff in the exhibition) was my supporting extra art pieces. Elizabeth Tan (2016), Wonder Woman (2017) and Ben Affleck (2017) portraits. That, I was proud.

Many people liked it. Though no credits for me, just admiring the art pieces.

A lot of people came to pay a visit to the art exhibition.

My parents and I with my art piece (left)

For two days, 19th and 20th of September, when the art exhibition held in Dewan Inspirasi of Kubong Secondary school by 6A4 Class of 2017 (and a student from 6A3).

On the 19th, I had a class in the evening so I had to attend because the exhibition only held in the morning. I almost slept that the teacher also asked whether I was alright. Nonetheless, I still managed to drive home.

Talking about how we cleaned up the place, you know, clean up. Just clean up when the exhibition was over, that was at night. The only day scholar to be in school doing the cleaning, and as expected, the only one who swept the floor of a wide hall. I salute myself. I wished that all of this hard work really paid off very well.