Van Gogh Alive Expectation vs Reality - Kuala Lumpur

 

30^th Dec 2022 – My friends and I decided to go to the Van Gogh Alive Exhibition at the Pavilion Bukit Jalil in Kuala Lumpur. Since we haven't met in a while and to celebrate the end of the year. We ended up here since one of my friends who has adores for Van Gogh art so much. 

Desclaimer: I'm not much into art. Anyone who read this may disagrees with my point and welcome to comment and unvalidated my point. 🤣

We went at 1:00 pm on Friday, and it wasn't too packed at first. After a few minutes, the crowd began to appear because it was 1:30 p.m ++

The first thing we must do is, of course, stand the queue. Because the venue is small and the guest is a lottt, they need manage the crowd efficiently by allowing them to enter in batches.

Then the 1st thing you will see the sunflower little room with a mirror reflection to make it appear wider. This is where people overhype and exaggerate. It's beautiful, but it's too small and crowded. And the flower is only a fake flower, so with so many people inside at once, you can't get a really beautiful shot here.

The 2nd section will show you an open area with a lot of printed paintings and information about Van Gogh life journey. After did some reading, I learned that Van Gogh loved the yellow colour. It's no surprise that the first thing we see in his exhibition is a sunflower. And my friend said that Van Gogh's life was kind of sad because the entire artwork and colour scheme is all dawn and not colourful. 😂

You can also see a blue room? Is this a Van Gogh bedroom? Maybe? I'm not sure, but the queue to just take a photo in the room is also quite long. But it's pretty lame 👀.

There is also a drawing session here, where they just load a YouTube video and provide the participants with drawing tools and papers. I don't try it because it's literally pencil handwriting with YouTube help, and I'm not that great to show off my terrible drawing there. Hahaha. But it's not literally a drawing I think. It just a sketching.  

So, for the 3rd section, we'll have a mirror tunnel with a shimmering curtain? They bring you to an open space with many projectors to portray Van Gogh's arts and life. 

We learn about Van Gogh's life in a 40-minute immersive show, which I really enjoy. There are a lot of people in here, some standing, others sitting, and a few taking pictures and recordings.

And boom the exit door and they have offers some souvenir there.. 

but don’t go back firstt!

They have another exhibition right next door. This section appeals to me more than the first, although it is still too small. 

Here is a greeting from a Van Gogh portrait. 

So we meet another light row, this one quite expressive, but don't be fooled. Isn't that large. There are only two rows of lights, and the road is quite small.

Then we walk through another cool art where they offer us a basket of light (imagine it a fire kot) and when we put the light near the dark wall, the sunflowers bloom as well.

Following that, they offer a photo session, but we didn't bother with the photo thingy that costs money. Also, they have a shower of joy, which is all about the reflection. When they provide you a white umbrella and you stand beneath the art reflection, the umbrella will change color. It's mesmerising!

Then there's a tiny area, I'm not sure what they call it, but you can go inside to see the moving art and videos of the art.

Another last projection art - the room basically consists of chairs and a table. It seems to be a meeting room with projector art. If you get tired of walking inside, you can rest for a few minutes here before leaving. But I don't think you'll be tired because you can finish the exhibition in under an hour.

 Last but not least, they offer another gift shop where you can get Van Gogh printing souvenirs.

Overall, it's a pretty cool exhibition, but it's not worth RM75 because it's overhyped. Feels like the exhibition didn’t do justice to Van Gogh art. And for me personally, if you're going for aesthetic and just to follow the hype, it's not worth it, but if you want to learn more about Van Gogh, I highly recommend it. There's a lot to be learned here.

The price of the ticket I think it is a little pricey for just projector visuals and a printed wall with some lighting. I'm not sure. You can judge my review by reading it below. The exhibition lasted only three months. 17/12/2022 - 16/03/2023. If you're still interested in January, you can head here. But there's the ticket.

• RM75.00  - Adult / MyKad Holders aged 13 to 60 years old.
• RM68.00 - Concession /For Senior Citizens above 60 years old, MyKid
• RM110.00 - Non-MyKad /For Non-MyKad & Non-MyKid Holder.
• RM46.00 - Persons with Disabilities / Malaysian registered with JKM
• FREE ENTRY for ages 5 and below, irrespective of MyKad (MyKid) status! 

You can buy the tickets here: Van Gogh Alive

Please let me know what you think of the exhibition. Since it is a seasonal exhibition, I am writing this blog to express my appreciation, and who knows, maybe there will be another Van Gogh exhibition in the future that we can compare!

Thxx! and happy new year! 💖