작품 상세

How do you conjure up the splendour, vulnerabilities et al, of ancient civilisations, and a Muslim one at that? The perfumed memories of Persia, now Iran, with its fabled monumental Persepolis, its poetry, art and literature? From the Ummayyad to the Safavid, the beautiful paradisical gardens like Eram and the sacred tombs of poets. Now just nondescript amorphous shapes in vivid colours framed only by the signpost, Shiraz! A map marked by three colour schemes with fritters of quizzical Parsi scripts? His impeccable skill is seen through the bold strokes, the overlapping layers of colours, and the overall brilliant compositions. This is a rare masterpiece of absolute quality. Latiff Mohidin, the compendium of painter, printmaker, sculptor, poet, breached world stature when his landmark Pago-Pago (1960-1969) series were exhibited at the Centre Pompidou (now closed for five-year renovations) in Paris from Feb 28 to May 28, 2018. Latiff is a living national treasure. He was accorded a major Retrospective (Latiff Mohidin 60 Years) by the National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, in 2012-2013. He is also an acknowledged Southeast Asian literary giant having twice won the SEA Write Award in Bangkok in 1984 and 1986. He also won the Malaysian Government national literary prize, from 1972 to 1976. His tutelage was in three different institutions: the Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste, Berlin; the Atelier La Courier-Frelaut, Paris; and the Pratt Institute, New York. He also won 2nd Prize (Graphic) in the first Salon Malaysia in 1968.