Lot 068
ILHAM FADHLI SHAIMY A.K.A KOJEK
b. Kelantan, 1980
SABOTAJ, 2009
Signed and dated 'Ilham 2009' (lower right)
Acrylic and collage on linen
122cm x 183cm
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Kuala Lumpur.
ESTIMATE RM 4,000 - 6,000
PRICE REALISED RM 16,800 |
‘Kojek’ is another male artist dealing with the Theatre of the Absurd, like Chan Kok Hooi and Lim Key Soon. His is set in an industrial apocalyptic scenario, often nocturnal, and with little Lillipudian characters doing things that you have to strain close to his canvas to make out. The title, Sabotaj, here is self-explanatory, so you look at what or who is being sabotaged, and maybe, why. It’s like in one of those computer games. ‘Kojek’ is, of course, the glam name of Ilham Fadhli Shaimy, whose father is also a well-known artist, Mohamad Shaimy, the president of SENIKA (Pahang) and GAP (the national umbrella body).
Kojek’s inherited part of his surrealism bent from his father. He graduated with a BFA from the Universiti ITM in 2003, and was selected for the Rimbun Dahan artist’s residency in 2010-2011. He held his first solo titled, To Lie in Ruins, at Pace Gallery, Petaling Jaya, in 2010, and had a two-man show with the award-winning artist Haslin Ismail titled, Friction, in KebunMimpi, Kuala Lumpur, in 2008. |