Lot 051
LATIF MAULAN
b. Pahang, 1974
SESUCI BATU, 2014
Signed and dated
‘Latif Maulan 2014’ (lower right)
Oil on canvas
91cm x 91cm
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Kelantan.
ESTIMATE RM 6,000 - 10,000
PRICE REALISED RM 9,520.00
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The legend of Si -Tanggang serves as a cautionary tale in Latif Maulan’s Sesuci Batu about an unfilial son cursed by the mother and who turned into stone. The finger is pointed at some youths today who deny their parents of the care and love their parents lavished on them, who go on holidays during festive breaks instead of balik kampung to check on their frail parents, or worse, who under the influence of drugs, subject their parents to threats and even physical harm. Si-Tanggang was also turned into a movie in 1961, directed by Dato Haji Jamil Sulong and starring Sarimah and Jins Samsuddin. It is featured in the book, Magic (Macmillan, New York, 1900), written by Walter William Skeat.
Latiff is largely self-taught who honed his skills through taking on challenges all over the world. He started as a display artist designer in a shopping complex in Bentong, then a resident artist in a gallery in Kuala Lumpur. In an exhibition at the Collector’s Party at Excel Gallery in New York in 2000, he sold two works, and followed up with a visit to Australia in 2001. He spent a year in East Sussex in Britain as a graphic designer in 2002, another six months in Plymouth in 2003, with an exhibition at the Barbican Gallery there. On his return, he was confident enough to go fulltime into art, and doing Photo-Realism figuratives from 2006 instead of still-lifes and Nature. In 2006, he had his first solo at the Art Case Galleries. He finally hit paydirt when he won the Redbull eh wah bulan art showcase. |
