Memory’s Landscape: Works From the Steve Wong Art Collection

About the Exhibition

Memory, and the act of remembering, is never straightforward. It is both active and passive, straddling the spectrum between the vague and the clear. A memory recollected is born out of negotiations of what we choose to store or omit, reconstructing compositions of truths and half-truths. Yet memory itself is not a place. Landscapes therefore give memory an anchor — a foreground, a background, and everything in between — ranging from scenes of retraced certainty and clarity, to messy and muddled impressions. 

GDP Architects and R+, supported by Aēsop, are delighted to present Memory's Landscape: Works from the Steve Wong Art Collection. The curation and layout by R+, enhanced by an infusion of scents by Aēsop, set the spatial and sensorial tone for the space at GDP Campus. Through a selection of 20 artworks by 19 visual artists, the exhibition rekindles the familiar yet interconnected ties between memory and landscape — in others, and of our own.

Exhibition Details

Admission fee and visiting slots apply. 

• Date: 16 May – 2 August 2026
• Open on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
• Opening hours: 10am – 6pm
  
• Venue: 79, Jalan SetiaBakti, Bukit Damansara, 50490 Kuala Lumpur

Programmes

Registration for all programmes is inclusive of exhibition viewing. Choose the corresponding event dates as listed above. 

Lines of Site: How We Interrogate Memory
Unpack the context, motivation and journey behind the curation in a dialogue with the curator and designers of R+. 

• Saturday, 20 June 2026
• 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Guided Tours
Tours offer further insight into the curatorial journey. Discover more about the selected artworks and the curatorial insights. 

• Saturday, 4 & 11 July 2026
• 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Lines of Sight: How We Capture Memory
In this exchange, creative practitioners recollect the craft of setting and framing things in place. 

• Saturday, 25 July 2026
  
• 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

About the Collaboration

Steve Wong Art Collection
One of Malaysia's most prolific art collectors, Steve Wong has built his collection of art over a period of three decades to include over a thousand artworks by more than 400 local and international artists.
@stevewongartcollection

GDP Campus
The home to GDP Architects is a point of interchange of the arts, culture, and design. Here is where both R+ and GDP Architects continuously affirm their commitment to cultural research, curation and management as a way forward in practicing design. 
@gdparchitects / @_rplusss

Aēsop
A collaborative gesture presented a contemplative experience to bring communities together through a layered encounter of the arts and senses.
@aesop