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| Title: BLACK FOREST |
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| Collection: Buriganga Arts and Crafts, DHAKA |
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C O M M E N T A R Y :-
New Age Time Out (Dhaka, Tuesday, July 31, 2007)
A four-day group exhibition titled Contemporary
Art of Malaysia featuring art works of different media ends today at the National Art Gallery of the Bangladesh Shilpakala
Academy.
High Commissioner of Malaysia to Bangladesh, Dato’ Abdul Malek Bin Abdul Aziz, inaugurated
the show on Friday as chief guest.
The show, organised by the Buriganga Arts and Crafts in collaboration
with the Malaysian High Commission and Shilpakala Academy, features 31 art works of eight young contemporary Malaysian artists
––Alias Yussof, Mohd Faizal Suhif, Asliza Aris, Mohd Fazli Othman, Mastura Haji Mohd Jarit, Rose Dahlina Rusli,
M Safwan Ahmad and Suzlee Ibrahim.
The works are mostly impressionistic and semi-abstract depicting the
Malay mode of life, landscapes and cityscapes.
On the other hand, some artists deal with abstracts and
very much non-figurative.
While inaugurating the exhibition, the envoy said, ‘This exhibition is
very recommendable indeed as it is for the first time ever that only Malaysian artists are presenting their art-works in a
single exhibition in Bangladesh. Some of them have participated in the Independence Day Mail Art Exhibition, International
Mother Language Day Art Festival and in Group 5 Modern Masters exhibition’.
The artists have a
knack for receiving overseas art trends as well as presenting their country’s tradition highlighting its landscapes,
beliefs, lifestyle and cityscapes.
Malaysia’s contemporary art has also been affected by the legacy
of the country’s new economic trend. Malaysia remains a country with complex ethnic and religious mosaic. Some art-works
have touched this reality.
A number of works depicted figures disguised as cartoon characters for expressing
the themes the artists want. Some works are representative of the sense of identity of an artist.
Above
all, in the use of colours and lines Malaysian contemporary artists have their own style and approach.
It
can be recognised as Malaysian art in a world exhibition featuring of art-works from all countries.
C O M M E N T A R Y :-
The Daily Star (Dhaka, Wed. August 01, 2007)
Contemporary Art of Malaysia
Exhibition at National Art Gallery
Ershad Kamol
A five-day art exhibition titled "Contemporary
Art of Malaysia" ended yesterday at the National Art Gallery, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Thirty-one art works including
paintings, drawing, crafts, printmaking and mixed media by eight Malaysian artists were on display. Alias Yussof, M. Faizal
Suhif, Asliza Aris, M. Fazli Othman, Mastura Haji M. Jarit, Rose Dahlina Rusli, M. Safwan Ahmed and Suzlee Ibrahim were the
participants at the exhibition.
The Malay art works are mostly impressionistic and semi-abstract, featuring frequent use of vibrant colours like red, green,
blue and black. The figures and motifs of the canvases highlight a multi-cultural society in Malaysia. Though most of the
female figures are in veils, a few of the canvases feature nudes.
M. Faizal Suhif's prints are quite interesting. Using delicate lines the artist has presented two prints titled My Own
Shoes and Black Forest. The colourful print My Own Shoes portrays three-dimensional forms of shoes. Through black,
delicate lines a hilly forest has been portrayed in Black Forest.
Rose Dahlina Rusli in her works has presented nature in a romantic style, conserving the uncertainty, the misty mood and
emotions. All her images celebrate the outdoors -- the Malaysian great landscapes through green, blue and mauve colours.
Asliza Aris' charcoal drawings feature conservative Muslim women in long veils. Her paintings, on the other hand, portray
faceless female forms in colourful short clothes.
Impressionistic artist M. Fazli Othman's acrylic canvases feature two nude women in a small space. The gestures presented
in the canvases portray insecure women in a materialistic metro life.
Mastura Haji M. Jarit in her art works has featured global culture. Alphabets create images in S. Safwan Ahmed's semi-abstract
canvases.
Alias Yussof has presented architectural miniatures through mixed media works. Red, blue, black and green are the dominating
colours in the pieces.
Six abstract canvases by Suzlee Ibrahim were on display. The artist has used bright colours including red, green, blue,
black and burnt sienna in each of the canvases featuring different compositions. Joys and woes of the metro life have been
portrayed in Ibrahim's works.
Buriganga Arts and Crafts organised the exhibition, which was inaugurated by the Malaysian Ambassador to Bangladesh, Dato
Abdul Malek Bin Abdul Aziz. The organisers could have used captions, mentioning the mediums of the art works, for the convenience
of viewers.
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