Lot 044
SHARIFAH FATIMAH SYED ZUBIR, DATO'
b. Kedah, 1948
MINDSCAPE, 2011
Acrylic on paper
39cm x 29cm each
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Kuala Lumpur.
ESTIMATE RM 4,500 - 7,500
PRICE REALISED RM 6,160
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When Dato Sharifah Fatimah Syed Zubir projected her Mindscapes in the first half of the 1990s, it set another benchmark in her absorption of nebulous landscapes deconstructed or defragmented into emotive realms. While the ruminative quality is talked about, the complex play of shapes and colours of various tonality and overlaps is also in turn, dictacted by the viewer’s own state of mind or emotional state. In one work, the cluster of shapes in the centre bounded by horizontal bands on the top and bottom shows a busier and crowded activity, while the other with large horizontal shoals of moss and luminescent greens separated by streaks of black. Some early Mindscapes that have surfaced in the Henry Butcher art auction include those on May 6 and Oct 28, both in 2012, apart from one more in the April 2016 auction.
This year, 2017, is Dato Sharifah Fatimah Syed Zubir’s 50th anniversary as an artist, having studied at Mara Institute of Technology for her Fine Art Diploma in 1967-1971. She obtained her BFA at the Reading University, England, in 1973-1976, and her MFA at the Pratt Institute, New York, in 1976-1978, under the JDR III Fund fellowship. She clinched the Major Award in the Art Salon Malaysia in 1979, and the Minor Award in the 1981 Young Contemporary Artist (BMS) competition and the Malaysian Landscape competition in 1972. She has had solos all over the world since her first at the Alpha Gallery in Singapore in 1972, and is featured in numerous major Malaysian exhibitions overseas. |