"In the art world, an artist does not expect anything from the public, what is important is to make art".
-Ibrahim Hussein, Datuk (1936 - 2009)
Ibrahim Hussein, Datuk (b. 1936 - 2009)
Dimensions: 75 cm x 75 cmArtist or maker: Ibrhaim Hussein
Medium: serigraph on Japanese Silk , edition 20 of 300
Date: 1985
Provenance: Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
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Description:
The present serigraph explores the relationship between colour and movement of overlapping forms. The ribbons of lines springing from various trajectory animate the composition suggesting rhythmic movement. Datuk Ibrahim Hussein was the first Malaysian artist featured in the Venice Biennale (Smithsonian Institute Workshop, 1970). In 1977, he exhibited alongside Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali in Kuwait. He was a celebrity recipient of the World Economic Forum Crystal Award(1997). In 1986, he was accorded a Retrospective by the National Art Gallery Malaysia. He celebrated the opening of his Ibrahim Hussein Museum and Cultural Foundation in Langkawi in 2000 with the Langkawi International Festival of Arts. He also organised the Club Mediterranee Asian Arts Festival in Cherating (Pahang) and Bali (Indonesia). He won the Monte Carlo art prize in 1984 and was awarded Venezuela's Order of Andres Bello (1993), and Chile's Order of Bernardo O. Higgins (1996), besides the Japan Foundation Award (1988) and the Anugerah Tokoh Melayu Terbilang (2007). He studied at the Byam Shaw School (1959- 1963) and the Royal Academy in London (1963 - 1966).
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