Lot 048
TAJUDDIN ISMAIL, DATO’
b. Negeri Sembilan, 1949
WINDRIFT NO. 4, 1994
Signed and dated (lower right)
Acrylic on board
61cm x 61cm
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Penang.
ESTIMATE RM 6,000 - 10,000
PRICE REALISED RM 16,908.00
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Windrift No.4 is composed of elements in a grid-like pictorial device which implements visual structure and order. The various planes are arranged in perfect balance, executed in a sophisticated colour palette, and applied with expressive strokes within an elegant grid design framework.
Tajuddin Ismail studied Fine Art at the Faculty of Art & Design, UiTM (1969 – 1973), where he graduated as best student in the Fine Art Department. He furthered his studies in Graphic Design at the Art Center College of Design (Los Angeles) and later continued his graduate studies in Interior Architecture at Pratt Institute (New York). He was honoured the Fulbright Research Fellowship, awarded by the American Council of Learned Societies, New York in 1987. In 1981, he apprenticed in the office of renowned designer Massimo Vignelli in New York. His awards include the Major Award, National Drawing Competition (1977), Honourable Mention, Philip Morris, Malaysia Art Award (1994) and Major Award, logo for Open University, Malaysia (2001). His selected exhibitions include, SENI LUKIS, Malaysian Art in Germany, Munich, Hamburg, Dusseldorf and Frankfurt (1990),GETARAN JIWA, Five Contemporary Malaysian Artists, National Museum of Anthropology Madrid, Spain (1994), ‘10/2000’, Ten Artists for year 2000, Art Salon, Kuala Lumpur (2000) and ‘EX02’ Five Contemporary Malaysian Artists, Galeri Taksu, Kuala Lumpur (2002). He was Associate Professor in Fine Art (Faculty of Art & Design) and Interior Architecture (Faculty of Architecture, Survey and Planning) at University Teknologi MARA (UiTM). He co-founded TJ Fine Art, a contemporary fine art gallery, in 2004. His works are included in private collections and corporate collections such as The Estate of J.C. Handerson, Glassgow, National Visual Art Gallery, Bank Negara, RHB, Citibank, Petronas, Sime Darby, Philip Morris International, Khazanah Nasional, University Malaya and Jenkins Johnson Gallery San Francisco.
REFERENCE
Tajuddin Ismail, Mind Matter & Metaphor , Segaris Art Center, 2012.
Tajuddin Ismail, All is well, A conversation with Tajuddin and Khaliah Ismail, Taazim H, Art Malaysia Issue 18, 2011.
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