Lefty’s on-site exhibition 'Sama-Sama: A Multi-Cultural Art Journey', which was supposed to show at George Town Festival, has been postponed to a later date. Photo: Lefty Kam
After a career that has taken him from Singapore to Shanghai, comic book artist and illustrator Julian Kam, better known as "Lefty" in the art scene, has come home to Penang.
He is taking a break from zombie superheroes and mutating germs to document a series based on childhood experiences and places.
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Lefty Kam's 'Sama-Sama' exhibition
Lefty’s on-site exhibition 'Sama-Sama: A Multi-Cultural Art Journey', which was supposed to show at George Town Festival, has been postponed to a later date. Photo: Lefty Kam
A close-up of Lefty's old ferry artwork. Photo: Lefty Kam
Lefty's 'Seaside Coffee Stall' (ink and tones on canvas). Photo: Lefty Kam
'Men On Wheels II' (ink and tones on canvas). Photo: Lefty Kam
Lefty (centre) visiting Thai Menora legend Pak Wandee (right) and his son Boon Leua in Pulau Tikus for the I Am Home project, an online exhibition, last year. It features multicultural narratives of home-making in Malaysia. — I Am Home Project
This is just the beginning of a journey. Lefty envisions to continue 'Sama-Sama' in different places in order to document and spread the true spirit of harmony in Malaysian society. Photo: Lefty Kam
Lefty hopes that his now postponed 'Sama-Sama' exhibition will get a chance to shown once the pandemic situation improves. Photo: Lefty Kam
Gilamon Studio's 'Major Zombie: Love And Loss' from 2011, which introduced the masses to Lefty's Major Zombie character (which he created in 2003). Photo: Filepic
Lefty's artwork of a wet market in George Town, which is part of his 'Sama-Sama' exhibition. Photo: Lefty Kam
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