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26 maj 2023 · Batik and textile artist Fatimah Chik, who died on May 26, has left an indelible mark in the art and fashion scene in Malaysia. Photo: Galeri Puteh.
myBatik is currently a quarterly magazine devoted to batik, broadly defined to encompass batik in fashion, art, lifestyle and community. Our editorial content provides balanced coverage of artists, entrepreneurs, fashion, new techniques, interior designs and batik-related news and events.
Dato' Chuah Thean Teng (Chinese: 蔡天定; pinyin: Cài Tiāndìng; Jyutping: Coi3 Tin1 Ding6; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhòa Thian-tēng; 1914 – 25 November 2008), also known as Cai Tianding, was a Malaysian artist who is credited with the development of batik as a painting technique.
Thean Teng’s romantic renditions of idyllic village life and his innovative experiments with batik have become synonymous with the celebration of the land and its peoples, and encapsulated the hopes and aspirations of a newly independent Malaysia and the nation-building movement.
16 maj 2018 · Khalil Ibrahim, a prominent Malaysian artist known for his batik paintings, landscapes, portraits, and abstracts that explored a deeply authentic Malaysian identity and vision, has died. He was 84.
8 lis 2022 · Cheong Laitong, a pioneering artist who introduced a new modern aesthetic to post-independence Malaysian art, has died. He was 90. The news was confirmed by a family member, who revealed that Laitong (as he was more popularly known) died in Kuala Lumpur on Nov 4.
Looking Both Ways. Beth McCoy Evans’ Passage to Creativity. In a convergence of brilliant colour and compelling visual narrative, Beth McCoy Evans reveals a batik-making method known as batik pointillism. Read more.
