Search Results: Malaysia - Arts & Culture from The Penang Bookshelf

Kuala Lumpur: Institut Terjemahan Negara Malaysia, 2015. First edition. Paperback. New. 19-3-16. Invited to attend an exhibition for young artists in Vienna, this water colourist, decided to record her experiences in the way she knew best, i.e.by sketching and painting. Despite misgivings about being a young Muslim woman travelling on her own, this book is a beautiful example of how she took on the challenge and made more of it, visiting Geneva, Bristol, Paris and London as well. 230 pages, half of which are sketches in watercolour; the other half being her brief written impressions and tips. Weight: 0.9kg. Post free within Malaysia

Singapore: Editions Didier Millet, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Heidi Munan uses her 30 years' experience in being involved in and studying Sarawak culture in this book which has a good balance of stunning photographs and well informed text. Ms Munan's experience as Honorary Curator of Beads at the Sarawak Museum stands her in good stead as she explains the significance of beads in Sarawak's social, religious and cultural life. The contents of this 144 page book include 1 - Borneo: The Land and People, 2 - Beadmakers, Bead Sellers, Bead Buyers, 3 - Beads of Power, 4 - Beads as Wealth, 5 - Beads of Beauty, 6 - The Bead Trade Today and 7 - Bead Names. Very Good Hardback in a Very Good Dust Jacket. First Edition Weight: 1.5kg Post free within Malaysia but will incur additional postage charges when posted elsewhere.… Read More

Kuala Lumpur: Dinamika Kreatif, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. An introduction to Malaysia, aimed mainly at tourists, with many colour photographs accompanied by explanatory text. 120 pages. For further details, please see the scanned contents page. Weight 0.7kg. Post free within Malaysia The dust jacket has a little fraying around the edges. The end papers have mild tanning, but otherwise the binding is tight, the text is clear and there is no tanning throughout.

Chicago: University Of Chicago Press, 2000. Paperback. Very Good. 16-11-16. Although Portugal's 130 rule of Melaka was followed by Dutch and then British rule during Malaysia's colonial period, descendants of those Portuguese have managed to preserve a culture and identity for more than 500 years with little contact with Portugal before the modern era. In this book, a noted ethnomusicologist seeks to determine the origins of the music and dance. The results reveal a wide selection of influences that have been melded to form this distinctive culture. 219 pages. For further details, please see the scanned contents page. Weight: 0.5kg Post free within Malaysia The book looks new apart from some light pencil markings on one or two of the pages

Sasha Bashir, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. New. 30-11-16. The book is based on a Malaysian TV documentary when the author, a Malaysian dancer who seeks to explore both Malaysian and other dance methods, went on a journey through Australia, Indonesia, Japan and Thailand meeting her fellow dance artists to exchange ideas and styles. 197 pages. Please see the scan of the contents page for further details. Weight: 1.7kg. Post free within Malaysia, but, due to its weight, this book is likely to incur additional postal charges when posted outside Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 1988. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. An assessment of the role and impact of TV drama in Malaysia. 287 pages with a bibliography. Weight 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia The cover has minimal wear, apart from a light crease on one corner, and the spine is not creased. The binding is tight, the text is clear and there is no tanning throughout. The spine has faded from sunning.

Kuala Lumpur: RA Fine Arts, 2017. Paperback. New. A catalogue for an inaugural exhibition of a new art gallery showing a wide range of artists. The more than thirty colour plates show paintings in acrylic and oils and sculpture in carved glass and various metals. 62 pages. Weight 0.4kg. Post free within Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur: Institut Terjemahan Negara Malaysia, 2014. Paperback. New. A collection of four musical comedies by this award winning dramatist. They have been translated into English from the original Malay. 197 pages. For further details, please see the scanned contents page. Weight: 0.5 kg Post free within Malaysia

Netherlands: Pepin Press, 2003. Paperback. New. 13-12-16. The ikat method of decorating cloth by resist-dyeing before weaving. The book consists almost entirely of beautifully produced colour photos which are intended to be an 'inspiration. However there is also an introduction in Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish. The book includes a CD-ROM with the illustrations in high resolution for media use. 128 pages. Weight: 0.6.kg. * Post free within Malaysia.

Kuala Lumpur: Fergana Art, 2015. First edition. Paperback. New. 19-12-16. Ismail Hashim, who died in 2013, was one of the first Malaysian photographers to be recognised as an artist through his hand-tinted prints recording the everyday life that he came across. After his death his family arranged for his effects to be placed in a permanent archive for the benefit of future art photographers and researchers. This book is edited by those responsible for the project and includes essays by photographers and academics on his art, a selection of interviews with Hashim himself and an account of establishing the archive of his work. 176 pages with many photographs of his work. Weight: 0.6kg. Post free within Malaysia

George Town, Penang: Penang State Museum & Gallery, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. New/new. 7-4-17. Published in conjunction with an exhibition representing the artist's work over six decades. With approximately 200 colour photos of his work. 325 pages. Weight: 2kg. Post free within Malaysia, but, due to its weight, this book is likely to incur additional postal charges when posted outside Malaysia

Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1986. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 17-4-17. The author sets out to trace the history of Dondang Sayang, a style of poetic snging, known as pantun, which originated in Malacca and spread elsewhere. This book concentrates particularly on the Baba Chinese contributions to the art. Very Good Paperback. First Edition 83 pages including appendices and bibliography. Please see the scan of the contents page for further details. Weight: 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia Apart from very light tanning, the book looks new

Kuala Lumpur: Institut Terjemahan Negara Malaysia, 2011. Hardcover. New. 24-4-17. The book was written in an attempt to preserve some record of a Kelantanese dance and drama tradition that is fast dying out. It was banned by the state Government in Kelantan in 1991 because of its pre-Islamic animist, Buddhist and Hindu elements. Please see the scan of the contents page for further details. 130 pages. Weight: 1.4 kg. Post free within Malaysia, but, due to its weight, this book is likely to incur additional postal charges when posted outside Malaysia

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. This is a catalogue of the first exhibition of pieces belonging to members of the Southeast Asian Ceramic Society held in Kuala Lumpur in 1981. There is an essay by Lim Suan Poh on nyonya ware as well as detailed descriptions by the two authors of the items exhibited. Near Fine in a Near Fine Dust Jacket First Edition There are 15 pages of colour photos and 78 pages of black and white photos in this 128 page book. Weight: 0.7.kg. Apart from a faint trace of rubbing on the jacket edge and a loss of freshness of the pages, the book looks new.

Kuala Lumpur: Xin Art Space, 2015. First edition. Paperback. New. A catalogue of an exhibition of print art held in Kuala Lumpur in 2015 depicting artists' impressions of working life. Works of both established artists, such as Chuah Thean Teng, the well known batik artist, and other emerging artists are represented in about 40 pages of black and white plates and commentary. There are also essays in English and Chinese on the nature of graphic and print art. 57 pages. Weight: 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur: Institut Terjemahan Negara Malaysia, 2015. Paperback. New. The tenth anniversary issue of one of Malaysia's magazines that specialises in writing on the arts in Malaysia today. 120 pages. For further details, please see the scanned contents page.Weight 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur: Bank Negara Malaysia, 2014. First edition. Hardcover. New. An exhibition catalogue highlighting the art of Oi Nuen Sprunt inspired by her visit to the Japanese town of Minami Sanriku in the wake of the 2011 tsunami. Her works are a mixture of paper collage and brush as she experiments with the use of different types of paper in her work. Weight: 0.7kg. Post free within Malaysia

Amsterdam: Pepin Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Khoo, curator of the Asian Art Museum in Kuala Lumpur when she wrote this book, was an art historian by training and a Peranakan, or Straits Chinese, by birth. However, this book is not just another collection of beautiful photographs of museum pieces. Those coloured plates are there, but the book is far more all embracing, looking at the history and every aspect of this people who were vital to the development of Southeast Asia as it is today. It was the first comprehensive review of its kind when published and still stands the test of time today. 288 pages with the following Chapters - 1 - The Straits Chinese, 2 - Religion, Customs & Festivals, 3 - Everyday Life, 4 - Architecture, 5 - The Arts, Epilogue: The Straits Chinese today. There is also a bibliography, glossary and index.Near Fine Hardback in a Near Fine Dust Jacket First Edition Weight: 2.2 kg Post free within Malaysia but will incur additional postage charges… Read More

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: FTIM Designing Centre, 2010. Paperback. New. A manual of Western beaded embroidery techniques adapted to Malaysian styles and tastes. with text in English and Malay. 144 pages. Weight: 0.7kg. Post free within Malaysia

Kementerian Kebudayaan, Kesenian dan Warisan Malaysia, 2004. Hardcover. Fine. A collection of articles in Malay on Malay culture and economic conditions 198 pages. For further details, please see the scanned contents page. Weight 0.6kg. Post free within Malaysia