Lot 125
ZULKIFLI YUSOFF
b. Kedah, 1962
KU PINANG PUTERI GUNUNG LEDANG, 1994
Mixed media on paper
55cm x 74cm
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Kuala Lumpur.
ESTIMATE RM 4,500 - 8,000
PRICE REALISED RM 8,400.00 |
The legend of Puteri Gunung Ledang, a beautiful celestial princess has provided artists with boundless inspiration. In Ku Pinang Puteri Gunung Ledang, Zulkifli exudes a dynamic nature though energetic and bold lines. The subjects are rendered with attention to detail in the artist’s distinctive style with blue and green as the base for the artwork.
Zulkifli Yusoff emerged as the supernova in the late 1980s when he won the Major Award in the Young Contemporary Artists (BMS) competition in 1988 and 1989. He sealed his status when he won the Minister’s Grand Prize in Salon Malaysia in 1992, apart from the 1st and 3rd Prizes in Sculpture. For his contributions at Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris in Tanjung Malim, he was awarded the National Academy Award (Visual Art) in 2007. After his Diploma in Art and Design (Fine Art) at the Mara Institute of Technology (1989), he studied at the Manchester Polytechnic in England for his Masters (1991). His major exhibitions include the 1997 Venice Biennale under the fringe ‘Modernities and Memories: Recent Works from the Islamic World’; the 1st Asia-Pacific Triennial of Art in Brisbane in 1993; the Singapore Biennale 2013; Art Stage Singapore 2013 (Rukunegara 2: VOICE Theo Art Projects); Seychelles Biennale 1992. As a team, he won the 2nd Prize in the Sand Sculpture competition in 1988. His main solos at home include The Power (NN Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, 1996); Brave New Art (The Art Gallery Penang, 1996); Powerful Dialogue (The Art Gallery Penang, 2000); Icons (Wei-Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, 2008); and Negara Ku (National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, 2010).
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