Lot 123
NIZAR KAMAL ARIFFIN
b. Pahang, 1964
BISIK BISIK #2, 2016
Signed and dated 'NIZAR 2016' (lower right)
Acrylic on canvas
122cm x 122cm
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Kuala Lumpur.
ESTIMATE RM 5,000 - 8,000
PRICE REALISED RM 6,160 |
A Cavalcade of 121 miniature faces with randomly cut features decked in an 11-panel by 11-panel frame, is like as the title suggests, an echo of whispers. In his Topeng Series mostly set in square format, Nizar Kamal Ariffin seeks some kind of resolution from the faces of humans and their humanity, besides self-introspection. The year he started his Topeng, in 1998, he also became a fulltime artist and joined the Conlay artist’s colony in Kuala Lumpur. In 1999 and 2000, he received Honorable Mentions in the Philip Morris Asean Art Awards – Malaysia competitions. Nizar became active when he joined Senika (Pahang Art Society) in 1984 and became a resident artist at the Taman Seni Budaya in Pahang, and the next year, he had a dual first solos in Kuantan (Hyatt Hotel) and Kuala Lumpur (City Hall). He graduated with a BFA at the Universiti Sains Malaysia in 1986, and moved to Kuala Lumpur in 1993. |
