When Park Hyatt Kuala Lumpur prepared to open its first property in Malaysia, it wanted its art collection to establish a connection with the country's rich creative community and heritage. Throughout the hotel, locally commissioned artworks celebrate Malaysian artistry, culture and craftsmanship, creating a sense of place that is both authentic and contemporary.

As part of this wider art programme, ArtLink commissioned Kuala Lumpur-based artist Cassie Wong (Cassielelolea) to create a large-scale site-specific mural for the Park Lounge bakery bar. 

As the first solo exhibit of Cassie Wong, a.k.a. Cassielelolea, Hummer is an intimate experience, just you and a room full of hummingbirds. It’s tight and focused, taking place in a modest room that doubles as the office of the putticoop design collective. A few ancillary pieces dot the walls and a long desk by the door, but central to the exhibit are nine hummingbird oil paintings that occupy the main display wall. Rather than on canvas, these pieces are painted on old wooden palettes...

已不復使用的木製調色盤，就像斷了線的木琴，變啞了！然而黃敏瑤心中卻有一種聲音，嗡嗡作響，誓讓這些即將被遺棄的舊畫具，重賦新生命….

無論是鄧壹齡、顏果、邓綉金、黃敏瑤還是徐世順，他們在馬來西亞都是非常出色的導演、演員或幕後工作者。五位劇場人的畫風迂迴，他們皆非美術班科出生，甚至是無師自通的。但正因為如此，作品更能呈現了他們最自然的畫風，以及最原始的內心世界....