Lot 092
Hamir Soib
b. Johor, 1969
The Stitch, 2016
signed, titled and dated on the reverse
mixed media on canvas
200 x 240cm
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Selangor
ESTIMATE RM 55,000 – 90,000
PRICE REALISED RM 67,200.00 |
Enigmatic and distinctive, Hamir’s works are visual commentaries on social issues. Depicted in the scene is a globe that is being sewn to a yellowish cloth, overlooking a cloudy sky.
Hamir Soib is known for his works with sharp socio-political commentary about issues and events at home. He founded The Gudang warehouse art space in 2002 and he held his first solo at The Gudang in 2005. He is also active in theatre and film productions, besides painting. He won the Best Art Director award with Zuraini Anuar in Erma Fatima’s Perempuan Melayu Terakhir in the 14th Malaysia Film Festival. In 2005, he won the Incentive Award in the Shah Alam Gallery Open. Hamir was a finalist in the Sovereign Art Award Hong Kong in 2007. He was from the ‘Class of 91’ graduation from the Mara Institute of Technology. He won a Consolation Prize in the Dokumentasi Kemiskinan competition in 1990. In May 2017, Hamir held a successful solo called the self-explanatory Small Works at the Segaris Art Center in Kuala Lumpur. |