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SUMMARY:The 9th Asian Cartoon Exhibition: "How's It in Asia?"
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1655345995007{margin-bottom: 50px !important;}"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image source="external_link" custom_src="https://www.jfkl.org.my/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Poster-2.jpg" css=".vc_custom_1655345497947{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1655345767455{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}"]Cartoon fever! The 9th Asian Cartoon Exhibition has been toured to Ipoh and Kota Kinabalu\, now it is coming to Kuala Lumpur.\nThe yearly Asian Cartoon Exhibition has been organized by The Japan Foundation since 1995 for introducing the societies\, cultures\, and modes of life of the peoples of Asia from various perspectives\, by way of cartoons accessible and understandable to all.\n“How’s IT in Asia?” is this year’s theme. With steady globalization underway in a range of fields\, various Asian countries are pursuing development of “information technology” (IT) throughout social\, business\, educational\, and industrial activities\, and general daily lives of the public\, for realizing flourishing societies.\nIn this exhibition\, 8 leading cartoonists from 8 Asian countries such as Malaysia\, China\, India\, Indonesia\, Japan\, Korea\, The Philippines and Thailand\, have put their keen wit into 80 new cartoon works depicting the IT situations in their respective nations\, for your bemusement and enjoyment.\nHope those cartoon works by these wonderful cartoonists “of IT as they see it”\, packed into 80 humorous and satirical works\, nourishes growing interest of viewers and helps deepen understanding about the ways of the peoples\, societies\, cultures\, and life in Asia.\nWith the support of the Embassy of Japan\, this exhibition is jointly organized by The Japan Foundation\, The National Library of Malaysia\, The Consulate-General of Japan at Kota Kinabalu\, Wisma Budaya Art Gallery and Perak State Library Corporation.\nThe dates and venues of the exhibition are as follow:\nThe Admission is FREE\nIN IPOH\nDuration:\n5 Sept (Mon) – 25 Sept (Sun)\nVenue:\nPerak State Library Corporation\nJalan Raja Dihilir\, Ipoh\nTel: 05-249 1888\nTime:\nMon (2:00pm – 7:00pm)\nTue-Sat (10:00am – 7:00pm)\nSun (9:00am – 1:00pm)\nIN KOTA KINABALU\nDuration:\n3 Oct (Mon) – 1 Nov (Tue)\nVenue:\nWisma Budaya Art Gallery\nKota Kinabalu\, Sabah\nTel: 088-268875\nTime:\n10:00am – 6:00pm. Closed on Friday\nClick here to view location map\nIN KUALA LUMPUR\nDuration:\n10 Nov (Thu) – 30 Nov (Wed)\nVenue:\nNational Library of Malaysia\n232\, Jalan Tun Razak\nTel: 03-2687 1700\nTime:\nTue-Fri (10:00am – 7:00pm)\nSat (9:00am – 7:00pm)\nSun (10:00am – 5:00pm) Closed on Monday\nFor further enquiry\, please kindly contact The Japan Foundation\, Kuala Lumpur at 03-21612104\, e-mail to jpcc@jfkl.org.my or log on to https://www.jfkl.org.my\nCartoonists[/vc_column_text][vc_gallery type="image_grid" images="4612\,4611\,4610\,4609\,4605\,4606\,4607\,4608" css=".vc_custom_1655345983325{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}"][vc_column_text]China – Zhang Yao Ning\nBorn in 1951. He graduated from the Department of Art\, Beijing Institute of Education. He works as cartoonist at English-language daily newspaper\, China Daily from 1980. Winner of various domestic cartoon awards as well as a judging committee member for Chinese cartoons. Currently\, he is a Director of Art Department and Senior Editor of China Daily. He is also a member of the Cartoon Art Commission of the Chinese Association of Fine Artists and Secretary General of the Chinese News Cartoon Research Institute.\nIndia – Posa Surendranath Reddy\nBorn in 1961. After working as cartoonist at Telugu-language dailies Andhra Bhoomi and Andhra Prabha of Hyderabad\, he is now with the English-language daily\, The Hindu as cartoonist and illustrator.\nIndonesia – Wahyu Kokkang\nBorn in 1971. He graduated from University of Dr. Soetomo. After illustrating and cartooning at the Indonesian-language daily\, Radar Surabaya\, he works as illustrator and cartoonist of the Indonesian-language daily\, Jawa Pos. He is a member of Kelompok Kartunis Kaliwungu (KOKKANG) and also a member of Paguyuban Kartunis Indonesia (PAKARTI).\nJapan – Makino Keiichi\nBorn in 1937. Since 1976\, he contributes a serial of editorial cartoons to Yomiuri Shimbun for 15 years. He was a winner of many awards including Japan Cartoonists Association’s Award of Excellence (1973) and International Exhibition of Sports Humor Art in Ancona\, Italy\, Biennale Exhibition\, Minister of State Award (1984). He is currently Professor of School of Cartoon and Comic Art of Kyoto Seika University\, Faculty of Art. He is also a Director of Institute for Manga Studies of Kyoto Seika University\, Organization for Human Contact\, Secretary General of Executive Bureau\, Japan Society for Studies in Cartoon and Comics\, and Director of Japan Cartoonists Association.\nKorea – Shin Myong-hwan\nBorn in 1968. He graduated from Graduate School of Architecture\, Konkuk University. He was the winner of the Cartoon Grand Prix of the 1st Uunpyong Cartoon Contest (1996)\, and meritorious work recognition at the 21st Yomiuri International Catoon Contest (2000). He has contributed to exhibitions both in Korea and abroad\, such as Kyoto World Cartoon Exhibition (2001)\, Korea-Japan Co-sponsored Soccer World Cup Cartoon Exhibition (2002)\, and many others. His works include a collection\, Why DOGO Went East (2003) and solo exhibition\, Beyond the Frame: Other Sides to the World We Meet Each Day (2003). Presently\, he is serializing the popular cartoon DOGO in media.daum.net and also a Chairperson of Cartoon Punch.\nMalaysia – See Yew Lee\nBorn in 1965. At present\, He is a Director of Art of United Publishing House\, and Editorial Cartoonist of the Chinese-language daily\, Sin Chew Daily. Among his published works is a children’s comic Ge Mei Lia. His hobbies are painting\, swimming\, reading\, and traveling.\nThe Philippines – Bayani “Barry” Jose\nBorn in 1950. He graduated from the University of the East\, Manila. He was a Graphic Designer\, then a Cartoonist for a news magazine and various publications and later as a Senior Graphic Designer and Art Director working in Singapore (1991-1997). He has contributed works to group exhibitions of Philippines’ distinguished painters both in the Philippines and abroad. He also won First Prize in the On-the-spot Family Planning Cartoon Contest (1987). Presently\, he is Art Consultant for the Department of Agrarian Reform.\nThailand – Palangkorn Suradej\nBorn in 1950. He is a Cartoonist since 1970\, he has produced serials of illustrations and cartoons for cartoon and other kinds of magazines. Currently\, he is serializing satirical cartoons of noted people in sports in the Thai-language weekly\, Loke Wan Nee and Thai-language sports daily\, Super Games. He is an instructor of cartoon drawing for the Thai Cartoonist Association.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][/vc_row]\n
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