A Mise-en-scène for Ancestral Home #15, My Great Great Grandfather’s Pictures and Paints presents a wider view of the ancestral space within a multi-generational family home in Muar, Malaysia. At its centre are portraits of the artist’s ancestors, displayed alongside ritual objects, household belongings, and traces of everyday use. Unlike a conventional family portrait, the photograph situates these ancestral images within their lived environment. By expanding the frame beyond the ancestral portraits themselves, Ho Leng documents the cultural traditions surrounding family remembrance. The inclusion of furniture, storage items, and devotional objects offers insight into how ancestral veneration is integrated into the daily rhythms of the household.
A Mise-en-scène for Ancestral Home #15, My Great Great Grandfather’s Pictures and Paints
Year of execution: 2010
Year of acquisition: 2023
Medium: Photographic prints
Dimension: 28 x 28 cm
Gift of the artist
Artist(s)
Ho Leng / Melissa Ho Xueling
