Art is life its self..

Earth Hour & H2O Color

2010-06-06T03:23:00.000-07:00

Earth Hour>Zinc Gallery

Pameran "Earth Hour@Zinc" merupakan salah satu respon baik bagi kelompok seniman pelbagai aliran dalam menzahirkan 'intrinsic' dalaman mereka terhadap 'earth hour' yang disambut seluruh dunia.dari sudut kritisnya usaha melalui konsep memadamkan lampu selama sejam bukanlah satu formula yang cukup efektif(mungkin juga retorik bagi sesetengah individu), tetapi dari sudut kesedaran yang lain 'sekurang-kurangnya' ia adalah satu usahasama yang perlu manusia pada masa kni sumbangkan kepada bumi dalam mengurangkan masalah kepanasan global."Earth Hour @Zinc" menampilkan beberapa artis seni tampak (visual) dan golongan seni muzik atau seni persembahan.Seniman bukanlah hanya sekadar pelukis atau pemuzik yang hanya menampilkan karya cantik dan sedap ditatap sahaja,senian juga dalam erti kata lain adalah seorang pemikir yang peka terhadap persekitaran yang mempengaruhi mereka. Seniman juga menyumbangkan tenaga,jiwa dan nilai apresasi mereka terhadap sesuatu perkara termasuklah isu 'Global Warming" ini.

~Syafiq Aliam(Sebiji Padi/Sosound/Artist)

H20 Color>Artvillage Gallery

Budding artists showcase talent in H2O Colour exhibition

By JAYAGANDI JAYARAJ(The Star,May 2010)

WATER is a vital element for all living organisms. It is also an important component in art.

Colourless on its own, water creates lively images once it is mixed with colours, hence water-based medium is still very exciting to work with in the art world.To promote this type of artworks, the Art Village Bangsar South gallery in Kuala Lumpur is holding an exhibition entitled “H2O Colour”.It showcases the works of seven young artists — Siti Norhidayah, Haafiz Shahmi, Safiq Hariz, Radin Erus, Sukor Romat, Razlan Adnan and Faizal Suhif.

The exhibition is made up of various bodies of work, experimenting with different techniques and combination of techniques. The colours used are either water colour or acrylics.Gallery director Kenny Teng said the exhibition presented mixed medium works with water-based colour, reflecting the versatility of the mediums.

“These young artists were selected through careful interviews and by looking at their works.“One has straight-forward watercolour work, while some utilises watercolour to produce collages,” he said at the opening of the show on May 22.

Visitors to the exhibition may find interesting cement cut works by Faizal Suhif, who used cement and colour to create his works.Sukor Romat’s pieces on butterflies might interest some collectors.

YOUNG ART & LOCAL TOUCH

2010-03-18T12:10:00.000-07:00

LOCAL TOUCH

To date, as far as publications in Malaysia are concerned, sculpture and sculptural studies books falls under the scarcity category and are on the verge of being classified as none-existing. Ironically, in terms of sculpture exhibitions, almost every year since the 1960s we never failed to produce at least one exhibition celebrating, endorsing and acknowledging sculpture as an important aspect in the Malaysian Art scene.

Why has this gap eclipsed particularly on sculpture and sculptural studies? What happened to the theoretical aspects, articulations, reasons, analyses and interpretations derived from these produced 3D artworks? These questions concern not only the knowledge produced from these exhibitions, but also ponders on the status and role of sculpture in society. I have found in my own teaching, there is no introduction to the field that seeks to offer an overview and exploration of some the most important avenues of local research in the field of sculpture – hence this exhibition, deliberately and very consciously sets out to be a reference to students studying sculpture as part of their university course and at the same time catering to the public at large.

Many academic subjects have long brought their own disciplinary concerns to the study of Visual art: leader among them are drawing, painting, print making, visual manifestation, photography, animation, video, film etc. However, for more than 4 decades there has been a renewed interest in the study of sculpture which has crossed disciplinary boundaries. The resulting activity, sculptural studies, has emerged as an intriguing and exciting area of intellectual activity which has already shed new light of the character of human’s culture and continue to go on.

LOCAL TOUCH – is an attempt to establish connections between the contemporary practices of research and art, in this particular concern; sculpture and sculptural studies. Globally, the idea of integrating art and research has awakened a great deal of thought. LOCAL TOUCH would like to focus on the critical confrontation between the two, and ask what is happening when art and research are “touching”. I adopt the term “touching”, because just as in every form of touching, this contact between art and research has a tendency towards fusion, implying a possibility of further deliberations and ultimately turned into prominent publications.

Participating artists are Anniketyni Madian, Azli Wahid, Aswat Kidam, Jamil Zakaria, Fauzi Amir Hamzah, Mior Mohd Nafis, Hilal Mazlan, Razlan Adnan and Mohd Razif Rathi.

- Ramlan Abdullah

Art is My Life Its Self

2009-11-29T11:45:00.000-08:00

Ideas..
Work of Art..
I'm not sure how important my work is supposed to be..
but I DO IT.
I'm living as the kind of children's character that i like as a kid..
Character with ideas..
As a children I learned art thought cartoon character in TV such manga..
I like the Idea of HAPPINESS..
As a children I love to watch it because it make me happy..
I like that character at my childhood playthings..
At my comic books and toys..
I like that kind of FEELING..
Manga or cartoon was create by Japanese's artist after World War II to bring back that FEELING after depressed of the war..is that what i want to FEEL?
What do peoples FEEL when seeing my artwork?..
I see the idea of creating my work like creating LIFE..
Until they seem to have a movement and life of their own..
I learn a new kind of concentration..
I enter an IDEA SPACE..
In Idea Space..
New Ideas come faster than can draw them or write them..
More like I conduct them..
More like they conduct me..
And I try to keep up..
When I return from Idea Space..
I bring NEW IDEAS with me..
The Idea is SIMPLE..
It is about LEARNING TO SEE..
And LEARNING TO DO..
It was that PROCESS bring back that FEELING..
My Ideas creating my life..
My Art is my life its self..

Me Vs Nara...?

2009-08-14T05:42:00.000-07:00

Who is Nara?...

Pop Art was emerged in the United States, mid 1950s in Britain and in the 1960s. Pop Art is a visual art movement and one of the major art movements of the twentieth century. Pop art is characterized by themes and techniques drawn from popular mass culture, such as advertising and comic books which aimed to employ images of popular as opposed to elitist culture in art nowadays.Such pop art's artist is Andy Warhol that also known as Prince of Pop Art.

Thus,Pop art has influenced many artists throughout the world and some of them are Japanese Pop artist, Yoshitomo Nara is one of the rise artists of the New Millennium and used children as a subject in almost all of his art, creates scenes of anger or rebellion through children. Nara’s work actually based by his recollection of chillhood happiness and traumatic, strong influenced of rock and punk music, Japanese Manga comics and the well-ordered structure of Japanese society.

Yoshitomo Nara was born 1959 in Hirosaki, Japan and currently lives and works in Tokyo. Nara received his B.F.A. (1985) and an M.F.A. (1987) from the Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music. Between 1988 and 1993, Nara studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, in Germany. Nara has had nearly 40 solo exhibitions since 1984. Nara is well known for exploring the tensions of a hyper consumer culture by using deceptively simple drawing, paintings and sculptures of cute and knowing children inspired by American cartoons, manga, rock 'n' roll and punk culture, which surrounded Nara while growing up in Japan.

According to Takashi Murakami, in his writing; Japanese Pop Art is unique and identifiable as Japanese because of the regular subjects and styles. The movement has been strongly influenced by postwar American pop art and by Western music and film. Like American Pop Art, Japanese Pop Art borrows from popular culture, consumer products and comic books, but also is heavily indebted to traditional Japanese art and animation. Some Pop artists from Japan have found fame in the United States, while many art experts recognize Japanese Pop Art as the most influential Pop Art movement in the world today.

Many Japanese pop artists take inspiration largely from anime, and sometimes ukiyo-e and traditional Japanese art. One of the best-known pop artists currently in Japan is Yoshitomo Nara famous for their graffiti-inspired art, and some, such as Takashi Murakami, are famous for mass-produced plastic or polymer figurines. Many pop artists in Japan use surreal or obscene, shocking images in their art, taken from Japanese hentai. This element of the art catches the eye of viewers young and old, and is extremely thought-provoking, but is not taken as offensive in Japan. A common metaphor used in Japanese pop art is the innocence and vulnerability of children and youth.

Nara is part of a generation of Japanese Pop artists who first rose to prominence in the mid-'90s. An attempt to define a modern, uniquely Japanese aesthetic, Japanese pop art is characterized by flat colors, crisp lines and irreverent subject matter. The movement employs the style and vocabulary of contemporary pop culture in order to both critique and celebrate it. Such prominent Japanese Pop artist, Takashi Murakami has dubbed this aesthetic "Superflat," referring not only to the traditional flatness of Japanese drawings and animation, but to the collapsing of hierarchies between fine art and commerce.

According by book, ART NOW (2002), Yoshitomo Nara is one of the rises artists in the millennium and most influential artists to emerge from Japan during the Pop art movement of the nineties. Nara's work mines the pop culture of his childhood. Growing up in Aomori Prefecture, he was a latchkey kid whose childhood companions were most often pets and the television. It's no wonder then that Nara's figures are usually alone, and that their bodies resemble the simple, rounded forms of early, animated classics like Astro Boy and Speed Racer more than the sleek, angular look of contemporary anime.

Nara’s employing a format that resembles the kitschiest of all consumer goods such as the commemorative plate. Nara suggests that fine art is just a larger, more expensive version of commercial products. And Nara's characters are just as likely to appear on a key chain or an ashtray as in a gallery or museum. This foray into consumer culture has helped him win an enthusiastic cult following, not only in Japan, but also in the United States and Europe. T-shirts emblazoned with his images are also even appeared on the TV shows Dawson's Creek and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

As well as being an artist, Nara is also a pop musician and a designer of T-shirts, CD covers, fanzines, buttons, dolls and other lifestyle products. In his work, he draws on a medley of sources, including pop culture, comic strips, manga Japanese and Western artistic traditions. Adored by everyone from art critics to punk kids, Nara's figures haunt galleries and museums and adorn T-shirts, CD cases, ashtrays and clocks. They are peppered now into the fabric of American pop culture. At the San Jose Museum of Art exhibiton entitle "Nothing Ever Happens, 2004" Nara's traveling solo exhibition, organized by the Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art.

Yoshitomo Nara is not only famous in Japan and Europe, where he's exhibited in galleries and museums since the mid-'80s, but also in the United States. Nara has a rock-star-like appeal, and his career momentum is still on the upswing. At a Sotheby's auction this May, a 1999 Nara painting sold for $198,400, more than twice the pre-event estimate, firmly establishing Nara as a key figure in what some art professionals call the Japanese New Pop movement, a proliferating style and approach that incorporates and comments on iterations of kawaii, or cute.

Over the last few years, Nara has frequently collaborated on exhibitions with Japanese design collective Graf. Yoshitomo Nara and graf building the installation and they continue to explore an ongoing theme of the relationship between the individual and the space they inhabit, a work and it's environment, as well as art and life. In doing this, the artists hope to revive the idea of a narrative. The artists realise their goal by the completion of the 26th house, with a street name representative of the 26th letter of the alphabet, A-Z.

writer by Razlan Adnan(my final year thesis on UiTM)

WARNA ARTISTS SHOW THEIR TRUE COLOUR

2009-08-06T04:09:00.000-07:00

New Straits Times,Wednesday August 5,2009
by Nuradzimmah Daim & Halim Said

KUALA LUMPUR: A robot anime Doraemon made of scrap metal is just one of the many unusual pieces showcased at the '360 WARNA' exhibition at ArtSpace Gallery, Bangsar.The robot is the creation Ali Azraie Bebit,one of the five members of the artgroup,WARNA.
The four other members are Faizal Suhif,Azli Wahid,Halim Hassan and Razlan Adnan.

Azli has created sculptures of slippers and shoes;Razlan has made a doll khown as 'teru teru bozu' from paper,cloth and cotton;Faizal showcaseing his wood-based craft;Halim displaying his trademark pieces of arcylic on canvas.

The exhibition also features the works of three guest artists;Jamil Zakaria,Sukor Romat and Azharuddin Mappon.The exhibition was launched by filmmaker,U-Wei Saari,followed by reception attended by family and friends.

The WARNA artists in their 20s,are recent graduates of Universiti Teknologi Mara.All are from Johor with the exception of Razlan,who is from Selangor."We hope to reach out to as many peoples possible through this exhibition.These are our best works on display,"said Razlan.

Over 30 pieces of artworks are on displayed and available for sale.Price range between RM500 to Rm6000.The gallery is in Jalan Telawi 5,Bangsa Baru.The exhibition ends on Saturday.

360' WARNA

2009-08-06T03:04:00.000-07:00

2ND WARNA ARTGROUP EXHIBITION-360 WARNA
LAUNCHED BY U-WEI HJ SAARI
AT ARTSPACE GALLERY,44-A JLN TELAWI 5,BANGSAR BARU 59100 KL...

Five young artists formed WARNA.They are Faizal Suhif,Azli Wahid,Ali Azraie Bebit,Halim Hassan and Razlan Adnan.The group started when they were students at the Universiti Teknologi Mara since 2006.Represented by four major disciplines in art;drawing,painting sculpture and printmaking.

Members in WARNA own their style and specialization to project artwork inspired by nature.Each and everyone support each other's work to suit and complement the concept of their work.

To enlighten their second exhibition,WARNA invited three other artist:Jamil Zakaria,Sukor Romat and Azharuddin Mappon.With the move from WARNA, it hopes that it would forward the group further in the Malaysian Art.

360' WARNA consists of all discipline of arts.It is a collaboration of each painting,drawing,print and sculpture formed by five young artists.They have been involved in many group exhibitions in the country as well as overseas.Currently active in promoting their group in the country,some of the members have already achieved their solo exhibitions.WARNA members are Faizal Suhif,Azli Wahid,Ali Azraie Bebit,Halim Hassan and Razlan Adnan.

As previous WARNA exhinition(WARNA:SMASH),they also invite other artists in the exhibition.360' WARNA,introduces their three artist friends;Jamil Zakaria,Sukor Romat and Azharuddin Mappon.

A creative printmaker,Faizal Suhif choose found object to use as block or mould to produce his work.Faizal continues the fish images and landscapes as references to his works.A brave attempt in his work and interesting combination of 'block' results an arrangement that birthed Tukang Cuci The technique applied is 'wood cut'.

Azli Wahid a sculptor,made sculpture using shoes as his subject matter.The hard stone is carved and manipulated as if it was soft and curvy to represent the character of a canvas shoes.Meanwhile,Ali Azraie Bebit continues to play around with his toys.He sticks to use metal combined with digital and technology tools such as camera,TV,radio and lighting.Razlan Adnan too,seems refuse to out grow his childhood memories.He continues working with his idols the Casper and Doraemon.He hopes that audience is able to share his excitement and joy with the new 'toys'.

Unlike other members,Halim Hassan moved from his ant series.In previous work,his used of lines were organic brush strokes.In the new paintings he uses energetic bright colours like red and dynamic geometric shapes.

Using the character of lines as his main subject,Jamil Zakaria successfully experiments his wire sculpture.Jamil uses wire to shape and form his sculpture the same as using lines in drawing.

Sukor Romat tries to explore the mystery of the universe in his abstract painting.Using arcylic on canvas he wanders on the canvas to produce magnificent colours.

In 'The Line and Shape',Azharuddin Mappon experiments lines and colours to create space on his canvas.The harmonious colour of 'Kain Pelekat,a cotton checked cloth inspired him.

WARNA is definitely an active group in exhibiting their arts.They are creative,always projecting new ideas in their work and never fail to improve.They work hard until they satisfied with the end work.Although they are new in the artscene their artworks have already steal the eyes of art lovers and collecters in the country.In general,360' WARNA potrays mature use of material,idea,composition and colour in their works.

-by Suzlee Ibrahim

2009-02-26T09:14:00.000-08:00

I am just a TOY..therefore I am...

My works are based from my childhood experiences. My idea is to create happiness in my works. Living in the city, my childhood playthings are toys and playgrounds. Like many children in the city, I was a kid who spent time out of school with only my imagination playing with my childhood playthings. My inspiration also comes from my childhood cartoon such as Doremon, and Casper. The aesthetic experiences from my observation on these particular subjects are formalistic approaches and Japanese culture-Kawaii.

The formalistic approaches are based on toys mainly towards its plastic surfaces, simple-organic forms, colored and also functional. While Japanese culture Kawaii in Japanese Manga which mean cuteness are also popularly used to describe anything cute, sweet and childlike. This are also had been stateted by my references artist Yoshitomo Nara; "My art represents my childhood experiences. It is not influenced by Japanese pop culture. I played with sheep, cats and dogs when I came home from school," I would like to see that my works can be participating by audiens as if they play with my childhood playthings.

2009-02-09T21:57:00.000-08:00

Young artists support each other to challenge and exchange ideas

By JAYAGANDI JAYARAJ(The star,Feb 10 2009)

NEW talents are constantly emerging on the art scene and art galleries play an important role in bringing the works of the young artists to the attention of the public. To this end, the NN Gallery in Ampang Hilir recently held an exhibition called Smash, which featured the works of a young art collective, Warna, as well as guest artists Azizan Talkis, Adlan Aman and Angela Liu Jing.

Warna, which was formed in 2006, is a group of young artists whose unique expressions are inspired by nature, the environment and aspects of youth and popular culture. The artists – Faizal Suhif, Azli Wahid, Ali Azraie Bebit, Halim Hasan and Razlan Adnan – were students of Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) and represent four major disciplines in art, namely drawing, painting, print and sculpture.

Textures and markings: Works by Faizal Suhif.

They support each other conceptually and artistically to challenge and exchange ideas reflective of a new generation. Faizal makes his prints from objects he has found, such as driftwood and cement. His piece entitled Gajah is a fine example of this.

“Using cement as a print mould gives the work textures and markings. You will notice that the elephant does not have a trunk because the mould didn’t have that shape. I create with objects which I think represent something,” he said at the exhibition.

Meanwhile, Halim paints in oil and acrylic, and is also a printmaker. He uses ants as metaphors for humans in his paintings. “Ants and humans have so much in common. They work in teams for survival, helping each other. Ants also have a social hierarchy like humans have. That’s why I have ants in my works,” he explained.

Razlan and Ali’s works are based on their early childhood exposure to toys. Razlan approaches toys for their inherent plastic qualities, vivid colours and smooth surfaces.

Interesting: A sculpture by Ali Azraie.

“Most of my works are inspired by Japanese cartoons, and the ideas come from the characters that I have watched; I pick the essence and put it into my sculptures,” he said.

Ali, on the other hand, picks up cartoon images such as Doraemon and Snoopy, and using metal automobile parts, constructs three-dimensional kinetic works. The metal he uses may be rough, spiked or textured.

The works that were displayed were priced between RM1,000 and RM3,000.

2009-02-07T23:24:00.000-08:00

Simply smashing

By AMY DE KANTER(The Star Feb 1,2009)

The Smash: Warna exhibition shows that young local artists are on the right track.

ONE of the stimulating things about art is that it is, to a point, subjective. The personality or even the mood of the viewer affects how the piece is interpreted.

In recent months, there has been much news (though not enough) of the smuggling of animal parts. Mohd Faizal Suhif’s art may not be the first thing a visitor sees upon entering the NN Gallery in Ampang, Selangor, but the large white canvas with the image of an elephant has a magnetic pull. Faizul’s beautiful animal is missing its tusks and trunk. Also incomplete is the title of the piece, stencilled in large letters on the canvas itself: G _ _ A H.

Mohd Faizal Suhif’s G_ _ AH shows cement cut on canvas.

Closer inspection reveals something that shows up on all of Faizal’s other works. Be it an elephant, a fish, platypus or crocodile, the creature’s eyes shows depth, gentleness, intelligence... and it is the eyes that make you linger just a little longer.

Faizal is a member of an art collective called Warna, made up of young, up-and-coming artists, and the other collective members are Azli Wahid, Ali Azraie Bebit, Halim Hasan and Razlan Adnan. The exhibit at the NN Gallery, called Smash, showcases their work as well as that of guest artists Azizan Talkis, Adlan Aman and Angela Liu Jing.

Two very familiar characters, Snoopy and Doraemon, make an appearance at the exhibit courtesy of Ali Azraie Bebit, who uses familiar icons made from welded metal to deliver his message. His metal Snoopy is entitled Kapten Yang Masih Tidur (The Captain Who is Still Asleep) and in its stomach is a working alarm clock, set to go off every ten minutes.

Halim Hasan’s Enjet-Enjet

“The Kapten must not sleep, he must struggle and do what is right,” explains Ali, who likes his sculptures to be interactive. He leans over and sets the alarm to go off again. My favourite of Ali’s pieces is that of a little warrior who wears a bicycle chain as a bullet sash. There is an element of the ridiculous about its large froglike head on a body posed for fight, but it looks as if it could just as easily be dancing or throwing a tantrum.

Like an action figure, the warrior’s pose can be changed, Ali says. “I don’t want my work to be boring. With moveable parts, the owner can change it.” (It is with a mixture of pleasure and regret that I notice an orange dot next to the warrior. It the first day of the exhibition and six pieces have already been sold).

Guest artist Azizan’s images seem to reflect current headlines, and this time, its the atrocities in Gaza. Apo-calyptic images include the Mona Lisa wearing a gas mask; a head nodding forward to reveal an expo-sed brain; and the tormented, terrified face of a child looking like he is trying to break out of the canvas, into the safety of the viewer’s world. Yet, all these images, the artist says, are a reflection of himself. The escaping child is Azizan as a boy, confused, angry and “a little bit stupid”, as growing boys tend to be, yet desperate to find his way.

Smash is a collision of contrasts: Angela Liu Jing’s art is elegant; Adlan’s paintings of his cats add an element of warmth; there is no love at first sight for Halim’s giant ants swarming over series of canvases, but there certainly is fascination.

A thought-provoking piece by Azizan Talkis.

“These ants are a metaphor for humans,” explains Halim of his piece that is meant to resemble what we can achieve if we “work hard and work together.” In one of his more direct pieces, ants struggle up a hill under the weight of their cause, but still keep going, strengthened by community and belief.

There is no doubt that the Smash artists are talented: Azizan has a way with perspective so you feel you are either about to “fall’’ into his paintings or be grabbed by one of its subjects; Razlan’s sculptures possess the confidence of a creator who knows exactly what he wants to say and how he wants it said. However, it is Ali’s work I find most exciting, although he says it takes him months to come up with the ideas. He is also the one I think most likely to make it abroad. Before leaving, I make yet another tour of Faizal’s works. I was wrong in my initial interpretation. Faizal does not expose ugliness ... he shares his gift for observation which helps him find and reveal beautiful images in unlikely surfaces – be it a slab of cement or a piece of plywood – and these are coaxed into objects of beauty.

Smash Warna-An Introduction for Warna Artgroup.

2009-02-07T07:12:00.000-08:00

Growing numbers of art groups, associations and organizations in Malaysia reflect the encouraging sign of progression in the visual arts. They enhance the development of the arts amongst young artists, and move towards positive changes and fresher outlook. It shows that irregardless of the economic up and downs, artists continue to search for expression.

In the early 1930’s, Malaya witnessed the first ever art group namely the Pelukis Cat Air Pulau Pinang. This was then followed by the Wednesday Art Group (formed in 1954), Angkatan Pelukis Semenanjung (1956), Anak Alam (1974), Matahati (1993) and since several art collectives have formed focused intently on their respective mediums, disciplines and philosophies. WARNA(2006) is the latest addition to this legacy.

Five young artists formed WARNA. They are Faizal Suhif, Azli Wahid, Ali Azraie Bebit, Halim Hasan and Razlan Adnan. The group emerged when they were students at the Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam and represent four major disciplines in art: drawing, painting, print and sculpture. Members in WARNA are a young collective developing their unique expression inspired by nature, the environment and aspects of youth and popular culture. They support each other conceptually and artistically to challenge and exchange ideas reflective of a new generation.

Faizal Suhif, makes his block prints from found objects, such as drift wood and cement. His piece entitled ‘Gajah’ uses cement as a print mould which results in accidental textures and markings. Azli Wahid, Ali Azraie and Razlan Adnan are sculptors. Azli uses wood for his sculptural work, which is inspired by boats. Azli deconstructs traditional elements of boat-making and plays with shadow effects to create organic sculptural forms and objects. Both Ali and Razlan are nostalgic about their early childhood. Ali re-appropriates cartoon images such as Doraemon and Snoopy and by using metal autoparts, television, he constructs three dimensional kinetic works. The metals used are rough, spiked and textured. On the other hand, Razlan approaches toys for their inherent plastic qualities, for their vivid colours and attractiveness and tactile smooth surfaces. Halim Hasan paints in oils and acrylic and is also a printmaker. Using ants as metaphors for human he paints subliminal canvasses reminiscent of Chinese ink paintings.

For their first exhibition WARNA invites three other young artists: Adlan Aman, Azizan Talkis and Angela Liu Jing, each showing a distinctly different account of personal expression.

- By Suzlee Ibrahim (Artist & Lecturer UITM Shah Alam)