“Fame or integrity: which is more important? Money or happiness: which is more valuable? Success or failure: which is more destructive? If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never truly be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have;
rejoice in the way things are. When you realize that nothing is lacking, the
whole world belongs to you!”
- Lao Tzu

MINDstyle LIFEstyle exhibition runs through December 19th (6 to 9 PM daily) and will coincide with multiple releases of limited-edition Michael Lau art toys, exclusively at ZINC. The MINDstyle LIFEstyle artist series is off to a roaring start and will continue with the master of Popaganda, Ron English, Spring 2010.

“I began to understand that the promises of the world are for the most part phantoms, and that to have faith in oneself and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.”
- Michelangelo

The MINDstyle LIFEstyle artist series began with a premiere event with the Family Tradition Art Exhibition and a toy signing / media session with Michael Lau.  The series introduced enthusiastic collectors and new fans to the growing market of vinyl collectibles and pop art with non other than Michael Lau, the pioneering toy artist as well as the talents of the fine artists reinterpreting The Godfather with Family Tradition.

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”
- Herman Cain

“Be thankful for what you have and you will end up having more. But if you concentrate on what you don’t have, you’ll never, ever have enough.”
- Oprah Winfrey

“ZINC is excited to partner with the MINDstyle LIFEstyle artist series to host Michael Lau over in this part of the world”, says ZINC’s managing director, Tong Chee Wei.  “Our original aim was to lend a voice to pop culture movement and now with ZINC, we are more complete and in-sync,” explains Tong.  “It’s all about our passion. We are avid collectors and this definitely part of our lifestyle.”  MINDstyle LIFEstyle artist series featuring Michael Lau and the Family Tradition Exhibition is the first of a series of international artists that will present their work at ZINC.

“The secret of happiness is the realization that life is a gift, not a right.”
- Author Unknown

Often noted as “The Godfather of the vinyl art movement”, Michael Lau made his very first appearance in Malaysia.

“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”
- Buddha

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is.”
- Albert Einstein

“If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven played music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

MINDstyle LIFEstyle makes in way to ZINC Art Space in beautiful and bustling Luala Lumpur, Malaysia.

“Nothing should be prized more highly than the value of each day.”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The Family Tradition art exhibition curated by Ron English and The Godfather art toy collectible (ATC) figures part of the MINDstyle LIFEstyle series this Friday at ZINC Art Space in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

“Seldom does an individual exceed his own expectations.”
- Author Unknown

The tradition continues… ZINC Art Space.