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Art Goes to Town / KL

  • Writer: Päivi Maria Wells
    Päivi Maria Wells
  • May 4, 2018
  • 1 min read

Updated: Jun 3

One art work. Two hours. Ten locations. Art Goes to Town was my pop up exhibition in Kuala Lumpur where I took one work of art to the streets and directly to the people rather than the other way round.



Three workers in hard hats crouch outside a shop, holding a framed collage; a water bottle sits in front.

Smiling vendor at a durian stall with water bottles overhead, a scale and framed menu; signs read DURIAN TEMBAK and RM20. A framed photograph by Päivi Maria Wells sits at the counter.



Smiling couple on a narrow street with red lanterns, holding a framed print by Päivi Maria Wells  in bright daylight.

Person holds a framed collage print by Päivi Maria Wells against a pink wall covered in graffiti.

Smiling woman in red hijab and dress holds framed collage art by Päivi Maria Wells against a graffiti-covered wall.

Two smiling women hold a framed collage by Päivi Maria Wells in a busy market street under red lanterns.

Man on a moped holds a framed print by Päivi Maria Wells on a sunny day in Kuala Lumpur.

Man in a brown leather jacket walks past a graffiti-covered wall and stickered door beside a framed artwork by Päivi Maria Wells.

Smiling man in an orange shirt holds a framed collage by Päivi Maria Wells  at a colourful fruit stand with hanging bananas.

Woman in a straw hat stands before a barred wooden doorway on a weathered wall, with a framed artwork by Päivi Maria Wells hanging by the door.

Woman in straw hat stands at a coconut shake stall with fruit decor and menu signs, including Coconut Shake and RM prices. A framed print by Päivi Maria Wells stands in the counter.

Street food stall with a man behind the counter, red lanterns overhead, framed collage by Päivi Maria Wells on display, and traffic on a busy street.

Shopping cart piled with green-yellow coconuts, amongst them a  framed artwork by Päivi Maria Wells leaning against a teal wall.


Three friends pose smiling by a graffiti-covered brick wall, one holding a camera, beside framed art by Päivi Maria Wells and mural figures.

Man in black shirt walks past a barred doorway and framed artwork by Päivi Maria Wells  on a cracked wall in a sunlit alley.


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