Lot 164
Ibrahim Hussein, Datuk
b. Kedah, 1936 - d. Kuala Lumpur, 2009
Untitled, 1982
signed and dated
‘ibrahim hussein ‘82’ (lower left)
gouache on paper
37 x 60cm
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Kuala Lumpur
ESTIMATE RM 35,000 – 60,000
PRICE REALISED RM 42,560.00
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All in muted shades with the overpowering lavender mist as a backdrop: this must be one of Datuk Ibrahim Hussein’s most soft, ‘feminine’ works. For a 1982 work, you would expect something robust like that that won the XVIII Prix International D’Art Contemporain de Monte Carlo. But that’s the artist’s mood, rationale and trajectory for you. Look at the other colours: faded yellow, different shades of grey but never hitting the ‘dark’ bar, an attempt at pink, and tiny clumps masquerading as black, for the head, perhaps.
Datuk Ibrahim Hussein studied at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Art in Singapore in 1956 but did not complete. He graduated from the Byam Shaw School of Drawing and Painting (1959-1963), and the Royal Academy in London (1963-1966). In 1970, he took part in the Venice Biennale through the Smithsonian Institute workshop and in 1977, he was featured in the eventful tripartite exhibition with Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali in Kuwait. He was accorded a Retrospective by the National Art Gallery in 1986. His awards include the Anugerah Tokoh Terbilang (2007), the Japan Foundation Cultural Award (1988), the Monte Carlo 18th International Exhibition of Contemporary Art (1984), the Order of Andres Bello of Venezuela (1993). He set up the Ibrahim Museum and Cultural Foundation in Langkawi in 2000 and celebrated it with the Langkawi International Festival of Arts. He also organised the Club Mediterranee Asian Arts Festival in Cherating (Pahang) and Bali. |
