Lot 100
ZULKIFLI YUSOFF
b. Kedah, 1962
TUAN YANG BERANI (SET OF EIGHT), 1995
Mixed media on canvas
30cm x 30cm, each
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Kedah.
ESTIMATE RM 9,000 – RM 12,000
PRICE REALISED RM 11,200.00 |
Executed in the format of a comic strip, this sequence of drawings by Zulkifli Yusoff form a folklore narrative as illustrated by the characters’ attire. Accomplished in ink, the monochromatic effect displays a timeless quality to the work, which was created more than two decades ago.
Zulkifli Yusoff’s oeuvre of work encompasses drawings, paintings and installations, which aims to reveal contemporary issues of power and identity. He describes his work a “dialogue on nation building and the making of a people”. He received his Diploma in Art & Design (Fine Art) at MARA Institute of Technology Shah Alam, Malaysia. (1989), and completed his Master of Arts at Manchester Polytechnic, United Kingdom (1991). He became the second artist to represent Malaysia in an exhibition titled Modernities and Memories: Recent Works from the Islamic World at the prestigious Venice Biennale, Italy (1997). He also exhibited at the First Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Australia (1993). Rukunegara 1, an installation made up of six pieces consisting of fibreglass organic shapes was displayed at If The World Changed, Singapore Biennale (2013). Another installation piece entitled Pendita was displayed at the Singapore Art Museum’s The Collectors Show – Weight of History in 2013. His major solo exhibitions include The Power, NN Gallery, Kuala Lumpur (1996), Brave New Art, The Art Gallery, Penang (1996), Powerful Dialogue, The Art Gallery, Penang (2000), Icons, Wei Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur (2008), Negara Ku, National Gallery, Kuala Lumpur (2010), Writing Power, NUS Museum, Singapore (2011), and Rukunegara 2: Voice, THEO Art Projects, Art Stage Singapore (2013). His works are in the collection of international institutions and corporations such as Bank Negara Malaysia, Singapore Art Museum, National Art Gallery, Malaysia, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum, Penang Art Gallery, Kedah State Art Gallery, and esteemed private collections.
REFERENCE
http://www.singaporebiennale.org/downloads/folios/Zukifli_Yusoff.pdf
http://www.zulkifliyusoff.com/zulkifli-yusoff/biography/ |
