KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 15 -- A new exhibition at Ruang Teduh Gallery is using watercolour to unpack big ideas about politics, identity and society.

Titled Siasah (A Political Narrative in Watercolor), the show runs until January 31 and brings together 15 established and emerging contemporary artists whose works reflect on social realities through a medium more often associated with lightness and leisure.

The word siasah, rooted in both Malay and Arabic, broadly refers to politics and governance. In this exhibition, it becomes a lens for exploring themes such as freedom, conflict, identity and hope - not through overt political statements, but via emotion, symbolism and visual storytelling.

Curator Abdullahjones, an artist and writer, said ...