Lot 055
ABDUL LATIFF MOHIDIN
b. Negeri Sembilan, 1941
GELOMBANG 92, 1992
Signed and dated ‘Latiff 92’ (lower right)
Mixed media on paper
25.5cm x 16.3cm
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Penang.
ESTIMATE RM 8,000 - 12,000
PRICE REALISED RM 18,700 |
“A sketch is not really to catch the floating moment, but the atmosphere. Not only what is there but also what isn’t there.”
~ Abdul Latiff Mohidin
The Journey to Wetlands and Beyond
As a kampong boy, Latiff has always had a deep connection with nature. This paperwork, done in 1992, is a spontaneous illustration from his Gelombang series. It emulates light brown patches of indeterminate shapes with white outlines in a sea of black fleeting between a negative and positive space. Done in 1992 while he was still working on Gelombang series before it ended in 1994, it was also then that the artist had the initial conceptual impetus of the Rimba series, that he had begun seeing the emergence since 1991. This work captures the sensation and dynamism of movements that are fluid and unceasing as eminent in his Gelombang series, yet a hint of contrasting and heightened tension in his Rimba series is seen.
Abdul Latiff Mohidin is a poet, painter, printmaker and sculptor. He received his education at Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste in Germany, studied printmaking at Atelier La Courriere in France and Pratt Graphic Centre in New York, USA. He received honours and awards such as the Malaysia’s National Literary Prize and the Southeast Asian’s Writer’s Award in 1984. Hailed as a ‘boy wonder’ by the local press when he held his first solo at the Kota Raja Malay School in 1951 at the age of ten, he has come a long way to earn himself the distinction of being one of the leading modern Southeast Asian artists, and today he is regarded as a national treasure. From the monumental and arresting Pago-Pago to the dynamic and perpetual Gelombang, Latiff never fail to surprise us with fresh ideas in every new work.
REFERENCE
Pago-Pago to Gelombang: 40 Years of Latiff Mohidin, Singapore Art Museum, 1994.
L.I.N.E. Latiff Mohidin: From Point To Point, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Kuala Lumpur, 1993 (translated by Adibah Amin).
Latiff Mohidin - Rimba Series, T.K. Sabapathy, Galeri Petronas, Kuala Lumpur, 1998.
The Journey to Wetlands and Beyond, Singapore Art Museum, 2009.
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