Lot 096
TAJUDDIN ISMAIL, DATO’
b. Negeri Sembilan, 1949
BOXSCAPE REVISITED II, 1986
Signed and dated ‘’Taj’ ‘86 t.i. 86’ (lower right)
Acrylic on canvas
122cm x 122cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Selangor.
ESTIMATE RM 30,000 – RM 35,000
PRICE REALISED RM 47,040.00 |
One of three paintings by reputable abstract painter Dato’ Tajuddin Ismail on offer, Boxscape Revisited II is also the earliest, having created three decades ago. An array of multi-coloured open boxes is depicted in various configurations set amidst a light background consisting of several layers of paint.
Dato’ Tajuddin Ismail studied Fine Art at the Faculty of Art & Design, UiTM (1969 – 1973) where he graduated as best student in the Fine Art Department. He furthered his studies in Graphic Design at the Art Center College of Design (Los Angeles) and later continued his graduate studies in Interior Architecture at Pratt Institute (New York). He was honoured the Fulbright Research Fellowship, awarded by the American Council of Learned Societies, New York in 1987. In 1981, he apprenticed in the office of renowned designer Massimo Vignelli in New York. His awards include the Major Award, National Drawing Competition (1977), Honourable Mention, Philip Morris, Malaysia Art Award (1994) and Major Award, logo for Open University, Malaysia (2001). His selected exhibitions include Seni Lukis, Malaysian Art in Germany, Munich, Hamburg, Dusseldorf and Frankfurt (1990), Getaran Jiwa, Five Contemporary Malaysian Artists, National Museum of Anthropology Madrid, Spain (1994), ‘10/2000’, Ten Artists for Year 2000, Art Salon, Kuala Lumpur (2000) and ‘EX02’ Five Contemporary Malaysian Artists, Galeri Taksu, Kuala Lumpur (2002). In 2012, he held a solo exhibition titled Mind Matter & Metaphor at Segaris Art Center. He was Associate Professor in Fine Art (Faculty of Art & Design) and Interior Architecture (Faculty of Architecture, Survey and Planning) at University Teknologi MARA (UiTM). He co-founded TJ Fine Art, a contemporary fine art gallery in 2004. His works are included in private collections and corporate collections such as The Estate of J.C. Handerson, Glassgow, National Visual Art Gallery, Bank Negara, RHB, Citibank, Petronas, Sime Darby, Philip Morris International, Khazanah Nasional, University Malaya and Jenkins Johnson Gallery San Francisco.
REFERENCE
Tajuddin Ismail, Mind Matter & Metaphor, Segaris Art Center, 2012.
Tajuddin Ismail, All is Well, A Conversation with Tajuddin and Khaliah Ismail, Taazim H, Art Malaysia Issue 18, 2011. |
