Lot 086
RADUAN MAN
b. Pahang, 1978
CANNONBALL, 2010
Signed and dated ‘Raduan Man 2010’ (lower left)
Oil on linen
153cm x 154cm
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Selangor.
ESTIMATE RM 9,000 - 15,000
PRICE REALISED RM 12,870.00 |
The armoured tanks were a marvel when unveiled during World War I, and the killer machines had a greater impact during World War II because of its firepower, protection and mobility over different terrain. But will they be still relevant in today’s warfare using much more sophisticated and lethal machines, of Artificial Intelligence, press-button nuclear targets and futuristic Space-Age technology? Raduan Man is known for his fascination with weapons of cold destructions like the fighter aircraft and tanks in his works. The artist-inventor Leonardo da Vinci is said to be the one who conceptualised the armoured tanks. Cannonballs are round spherical objects, a symbol of perfection, but loaded onto a mobile power-driven receptacle, they become agents of death.
Raduan Man is one of the few artists with a double Masters: Universitiy of Wolverhamption (Painting, 2003) and Camberwell School of Art (Printmaking, 2006), another being Jalaini Abu Hassan. He graduated with a BFA from the Universiti ITM in 2000. His awards include the Juror’s Award in the Tanjung Heritage competition in 2002. He has had several solos since his first at the NN Gallery called Fresh Markings in 2003. His artworks had been selected for Sotheby’s Hong Kong auction sale for few times, and the pieces usually fetched good prices.
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