VWFA turns 10 this year. It has been ten years of growing and learning, of making great partnerships, and great friendships. It has been our privilege to work with so many gifted artists, curators, writers and art organisers both within Malaysia and from the region. We have had the good fortune too to have the support of passionate collectors who have great faith as we do in the development of local and regional art.

The project “Signed & Dated” starts from a simple premise. In the business of buying and selling art, it is still common to seek out this signature and date of completion on a work of art as some proof of authenticity. In our everyday lives we sign and date statements, agreements, approvals, protests, pleas. We leave our mark, make a record of ourselves. We also sign and date letters. “Signed & Dated” therefore is about putting a mark to, taking responsibility for what we make and say, and about correspondence, the way we speak across borders. As a commercial gallery, we are a marketplace, not simply of commodities changing hands but also a marketplace of ideas, involving emotional, intellectual, aesthetic and professional exchanges. To celebrate our anniversary, we invited the many artists we have exhibited over the years to contribute a small, postcard-sized work to form part of a larger wall installation and limited edition book. This little project is a guestbook of a sort, a compendium of marks and messages from many of the artists we have worked with and exhibited over the years. We have been overwhelmed by the response – over 70 artists both within Malaysia and from around the world have taken part.

The Malaysian artists we represent include Anurendra Jegadeva, Askandar Unglehrt, Nadiah Bamadhaj, Chang Fee Ming, Chong Siew Ying, Jalaini Abu Hassan, Kow Leong Kiang, Noor Mahnun Mohamed, Redza Piyadasa, Nirmala Dutt Shanmughalingam, Wong Hoy Cheong, Wong Peng Fey, and Yee I-Lann, and we also represent Emil Goh, Mella Jaarsma, Lindy Lee and Manit Sriwanichpoom on a regional level. A number of these artists have contributed something further to the show, giving us a more focused view of their work now.

Participating artists:
Ahmad Zakii Anwar Liew Siow Ching
Anurendra Jegadeva Edward Lucie-Smith
Arahmaiani Alex Moh
Askandar Unglehrt Moy Siew Ting
Bayu Utomo Radjikin Nadiah Bamadhaj
Fernando Botero Nirmala Dutt Shanmughalingam
Ben Cabrera Kim Ng
Chai Chang Hwang Noor Mahnun Mohamed
Chan Thim Choy Eko Nugroho
Eric Chan Phuan Tai Meng
Chang Fee Ming Redza Piyadasa
Cheong Laitong Raja Shahriman
Sharon Chin Ramlan Abdullah
Chin Wan Kee Norberto Roldan
Anthonie Chong S. Teddy D
Chong Choon Woon Saiful Razman
Chong Siew Ying Natthawut Sing-Thong
Choo Beng Teong Manit Sriwanichpoom
Choy Chun Wei Tara Sosrowardoyo
Chuah Chong Yong Susyilawati Sulaiman
Glen Clarke Putu Sutawijaya
Joel Couloigner Agus Suwage
Francesca Enriquez Syed Ahmad Jamal
Albrecht Fuchs Sidney Tan
Emil Goh Tang Da Wu
Helen Guek Popok Tri Wahyudi
Hamid Hassan Ugo Untoro
Mella Jaarsma Natee Utarit
Jalaini Abu Hassan Sophia Vari
Geraldine Javier Niti Wattuya
Jolly Koh Wong Hoy Cheong
Kow Leong Kiang Wong Perng Fey
Terry Law Susie Wong
Lindy Lee Yau Bee Ling
Jose Legaspi Raymond Yap
Vincent Leong Yee I-Lann
Kamin Lertchaiprasert Yusof Majid

Special thanks to:
All the participating artists
Danny Leong of Tusen Prindesign
CB Lim of Fresh Colour Separations
Design Line
Alexis Bistro
Bombay Sapphire
Numthong Gallery, Bangkok
Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta
Finale Art Gallery, Manila
The Drawing Room, Manila
Adeline Ooi