ART as a conversation piece need not be limited. It’s really a matter of how far an artist wants to take a particular subject matter, especially something challenging like part of a nation’s troubled past, and whether the viewer is willing to engage with such issues.
In the second edition of KL-based gallery A+ Works of Art’s Kadang Kadang Dekat Dekat Akan Datang series, Malaysian artist Chong Kim Chiew and Indonesian veteran F.X. Harsono are using their works to create a dialogue about their respective nations' histories.