Spearheaded by renown local artist Red
Hong Yi along with educator, ecologist and filmmaker Jared Abdul Rahman,
'Pillars of Sabah' features the works of 30 Sabahan artists honouring 30 people
from Sabah who have inspired them. Each artist was allocated a pillar, upon
which they painted their chosen portraits on one side, and their own
self-portrait on the other. It was no easy feat, but Red, Jared and the group
of artists managed to pull it off, through hot weather, rain, tight timeline
and all- Website
Besides the art, this project did
attached the story or meaning behind the art. You can have some read on it.
At here, I quite surprised to see the
drawing of Malaysian emcee,
Daphne Iking. After read the details, I just knew
that she come from Keningau, Sabah. She is so beautiful! I knew she through “The
Breakfast Show”.
Gary Chaw, Malaysia singer also been
featured on the Sabah Pillar. He was born in Kota Belud. Currently he based in
Taiwan with his wife and children (Joe & Grace). His famous song is “
背叛”.
As I knew that, this project is usually
featured those well-known and come from Sabah. Hmmm, why do I see a foreigner
been featured? After read the details on pillar, I knew that because those
foreigner stay in Sabah and contribute good things for people in Sabah such as Emiliano
Ceresa, the boss of Little Italy, a restaurant provide Italian cuisine.
