Outside-In exhibition brings 3 artists together

Malaysian Reserve

11-07-2025

Galeri Sasha's latest show brings together 3 artists working far from the mainstream art world
WHAT happens when artists step away from the mainstream? Outside-In exhibition, opening July 12 at Galeri Sasha, brings together three Malaysian artists: Fauzan Fuad, Dhavinder Singh and Sanan Anuar whose work is shaped not by institutions, but by solitude, memory and the places they call their own.
Presented as a quiet, introspective group show, Outside-In moves through painting and mixed media to explore how personal experience, space and distance influence the way artists see and express themselves.
Beyond the Mainstream
Fauzan and Sanan are self-taught artists, while Dhavinder is based in Penang, away from the Kuala Lumpur (KL) art scene. Each artist has developed a language of their own: Personal, independent and often in quiet resistance to the mainstream art scene.
Rather than being a limitation, this distance becomes a generative force, allowing each of them to explore alternative approaches and themes.
The Livings by Fauzan Fuad
Instinct, Revision
Fauzan's recent paintings emerge from a period of reflection during his residency at Rimbun Dahan. Working through layers of paint, he allows both instinct and doubt to remain visible on the surface. Some marks feel resolved, others less so.
Rather than editing them out, he treats them as part of the process. Each canvas becomes a kind of ledger — of impulse, revision and the ongoing negotiation between intention and acceptance.
Dhavinder's Sitting still, planting thoughts (empty tv)
Uneasy Interiors
Dhavinder constructs domestic scenes populated by familiar objects: Plastic chairs, houseplants, folding stools that are placed in unstable, flattened, off-kilter, deliberately estranged. His compositions reject architectural logic in favour of a psychological one.
These spaces are not about comfort, but about how memory, estrangement and abstraction coexist in our lived environments.
Ulang Tayang by Sanan
Living Alone & Painting
Sanan, who grew up in a large family, explores the shift of living alone for the first time in Kuala Lumpur. His Sendiri series captures this transition through mixed media paintings that explore themes of repetition, hesitation and emotional drift.
Using acrylic, pastel and screen printing, he traces the quiet textures of daily life, moments when time slows, loops or pauses and reflects on how solitude can transform both him and his artwork.
A Quiet Show with Room for Reflection
Together, the three artists invite viewers to consider how distance — from others, from the centre — can open up new ways of seeing. Outside-In doesn't speak from the mainstream, but from its edges, offering slow, reflective works that reward close attention.
Admission is free. The exhibition runs from July 12-27 at Galeri Sasha, 35A, Jalan Wan Kadir 2, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, KL.