Lot 055
Rafiee Ghani
b. Kedah, 1962
Deru Laut Cina, 2014
signed (lower left) and dated (lower right)
oil on canvas
122 x 123cm
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Kuala Lumpur
ESTIMATE RM 20,000 – 36,000
PRICE REALISED RM 28,000.00 |
World (and world-class) traveller Rafiee Ghani may be drawn to the Matissean sense of beauty, but Deru Laut Cina (Roar of the China Sea) spells trouble among at least seven countries locked in territorial (island and maritime) disputes over islands like the Spratly and Paracel. It basically pits regional power China against the rest of the claimants. But Rafiee Ghani the Artist never allows himself to be too strayed from what he does best: Colourscopia! His works are often intriguing, whether still-life, landscapes or figuratives, for he has been to the most inhospitable and remote of places, in places and countries that few ever heard of, and his basic Arabic, French, Swahili, Thai and Urdu coupled by his friendly humility have seen him through all over the world. He also takes terror photographs. His 2016 work titled The Beginning Of The Red Sea was sold for a record breaking HKD 325,000 in Sotheby’s Hong Kong April 2017 auction sale. In 2018, he was featured at the prestigious Nou Gallery, Taipei. |