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SINGAPORE MUSEUM PUBLISHES MALAYSIAN ARTIST'S DRAWINGS
By Zakaria Abdul Wahab
SINGAPORE, Bernama May 5 (Bernama) -- Renowned Malaysian artist Latiff
Mohidin's selected drawings of the past four decades have been compiled and
reproduced in a book by a Singapore museum.
The book, 'Latiff Mohidin: Journey to Wetlands and Beyond', published by the
Singapore Art Museum, contains a collection of 120 drawings from 1962 to 2006 by
the Seremban-born Latiff, 68.
Singapore's National Heritage Board chief executive Michael Koh Tuesday
launched the book, in conjunction with the exhibition on Latiff's works at the
museum in Bras Basah Road here.
The exhibition was made possible after Latiff's long-time loyal fan and arts
collector Singaporean Yeap Lam Yang donated his collection of Latiff's 120
drawings to the Singapore Art Museum this year.
The exhibition which also included some of Latiff's works that have not been
exhibited before such as 'Guilin', 'Isfahan', 'Samarkhan' and 'Bukhara' will run
until May 17.
The 160-page book traces the development of Latiff's practice of his medium
from when he was nine and living with his parents at Java Road in Singapore,
until present.
Latiff held his first art exhibition at the tender age of 10 at Kota Raja
Malay School in Singapore, to which he earned the nickname, 'the magical boy
with gift in his hands' from the local media.
The book written by National University of Singapore's Prof T. K. Sabapathy
and Singapore Arts Museum Assistant Curator Patricia Levasseur de la Motte, also
includes his series of works from his early period, namely Pago-Pago, Mindscape,
Langkawi, Gelombang and Rimba.
Latiff, born in 1941, and studied art in Berlin, Germany, and did further
residences in Paris and New York, has perfected the various techniques of pen,
ink, charcoal, pencil and etching for drawing portraits, still life and
landscapes.
Latiff is also a poet and a writer who has received honours and awards such
as Malaysia's National Literary Prize and the Southeast Asian's (S.E.A.) Write's
Award in 1984 in Bangkok.
-- BERNAMA
SINGAPORE, Bernama May 5 (Bernama) -- Renowned Malaysian artist Latiff
Mohidin's selected drawings of the past four decades have been compiled and
reproduced in a book by a Singapore museum.
The book, 'Latiff Mohidin: Journey to Wetlands and Beyond', published by the
Singapore Art Museum, contains a collection of 120 drawings from 1962 to 2006 by
the Seremban-born Latiff, 68.
Singapore's National Heritage Board chief executive Michael Koh Tuesday
launched the book, in conjunction with the exhibition on Latiff's works at the
museum in Bras Basah Road here.
The exhibition was made possible after Latiff's long-time loyal fan and arts
collector Singaporean Yeap Lam Yang donated his collection of Latiff's 120
drawings to the Singapore Art Museum this year.
The exhibition which also included some of Latiff's works that have not been
exhibited before such as 'Guilin', 'Isfahan', 'Samarkhan' and 'Bukhara' will run
until May 17.
The 160-page book traces the development of Latiff's practice of his medium
from when he was nine and living with his parents at Java Road in Singapore,
until present.
Latiff held his first art exhibition at the tender age of 10 at Kota Raja
Malay School in Singapore, to which he earned the nickname, 'the magical boy
with gift in his hands' from the local media.
The book written by National University of Singapore's Prof T. K. Sabapathy
and Singapore Arts Museum Assistant Curator Patricia Levasseur de la Motte, also
includes his series of works from his early period, namely Pago-Pago, Mindscape,
Langkawi, Gelombang and Rimba.
Latiff, born in 1941, and studied art in Berlin, Germany, and did further
residences in Paris and New York, has perfected the various techniques of pen,
ink, charcoal, pencil and etching for drawing portraits, still life and
landscapes.
Latiff is also a poet and a writer who has received honours and awards such
as Malaysia's National Literary Prize and the Southeast Asian's (S.E.A.) Write's
Award in 1984 in Bangkok.
-- BERNAMA
