{"id":8344,"date":"2015-12-23T15:08:13","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T07:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/?post_type=portfolio&p=8344"},"modified":"2015-12-23T15:10:02","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T07:10:02","slug":"rahsia-menarik-di-sebalik-karya-figura-manusia-oleh-ani-awang","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/portfolio-item\/rahsia-menarik-di-sebalik-karya-figura-manusia-oleh-ani-awang\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cRahsia menarik di sebalik karya figura manusia” oleh Ani Awang"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Star, 24 January 2007<\/p>\n

The landscape within the artist<\/p>\n

by Vivienne Pal<\/span><\/p>\n

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WHEN Jackson Pollock challenged the Western tradition of easel and brush in the 1940s, he made a statement that impacted the art world to this day.<\/p>\n

Pollock’s drip-and-pour technique, a method he perfected through working spontaneously with liquid paint, left art critics polarised for decades after his passing.<\/p>\n

Now, some 50 years after his death, artist Hamidi Hadi brings the memory of the abstract-expressionist artist alive by employing a similarly unique technique in his latest exhibition, Alun.<\/p>\n

\"How<\/a>

How it was done: Hamidi describing how he achieved the wrinkled glob-like effect with aluminium paint.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cOther artists were wowed by what they saw. Some said it was the artistic benchmark for the year,\u201d said Lim Wei-Ling, who curated the exhibition at Wei-Ling Gallery.<\/p>\n

Alun is Hamidi’s second solo exhibition. His first – Indelible Markings – debuted last year.<\/p>\n

If Indelible Markings was primarily his expression of the landscape he sees \u201cfrom the outside,\u201d then Alun speaks of the landscape within him, a self-discovery and personal reflection of life in the modern world.<\/p>\n

\"Dwarfed:<\/a>

Dwarfed: Hamidi looking diminutive in front of his large-scale piece entitled You Hold My Breath @ Anjur.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cIt is a dialogue within me where I also talk about our space – our environment – that is so industrialised.\u201d<\/p>\n

In all 15 works, Hamidi glorifies industrial paint through a series of drip, pour and marbling techniques that stupefy the viewer because of the precision and mastery involved in methods that seem ostensibly simple.<\/p>\n

What looks like a random mass of textural dots and blotches – some bold and heavy, while the rest are almost translucent and fading into the canvas – result from control of wrist and arm and more importantly, knowing when to stop.<\/p>\n

\"Engaging:<\/a>

Engaging: Cuba Menerobos resembles a 2D rendition of stalactites and stalagmites.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThere is a lot of control involved as I work the piece, layer by layer and manipulate the paint by moving the canvas. The challenge is, knowing when to stop.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the other hand, I have a vague idea of what I want but don’t have absolute control because of the nature of the media and the technique involved. I have to explore what’ll happen,\u201d said the 36-year-old Perak-based artist who is also a lecturer at UiTM.<\/p>\n

For instance, the large amounts of aluminium paint poured on to canvas in You Freeze Me, named because of the arresting effect it has on the viewer, caused a large, wrinkled glob-like effect which occurred during the drying process.<\/p>\n

\"Control<\/a>

Control needed: In Card IV, the translucent blotches are a result of the oil base of industrial paint, thinned with turpentine.<\/p><\/div>\n

A similar effect is found in Cuba Menerobos, which resembles a 2D rendition of stalactites and stalagmites.<\/p>\n

Hamidi also employed a \u201cmarbling technique,\u201d an effect he discovered by dropping industrial paint on water surface before transferring the marbled paint on to canvas.<\/p>\n

It sounds easy but requires a steady hand.<\/p>\n

On rare occasions, Hamidi uses a brush, finger or hand to enhance his works.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut only if necessary,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\"That\u2019s<\/a>

That\u2019s life: Interruption speaks of the disruption of the placid calm of life due to worry.<\/p><\/div>\n

Hamidi\u2019s most ambitious work in Alun is a large-scale piece aptly entitled You Hold My Breath @ Anjur measuring 254cm x 444cm, on which he spent three months.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to produce something big to express how great creation is, and how in awe I am of it,\u201d he said, looking diminutive as he stood next to the large canvas.<\/p>\n

Hamidi is clearly pleased with the outcome of Alun but he is just as excited with the discoveries he made in the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt took a lot out of me, but I’d do it again\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Alun is exhibited at Wei-Ling Gallery, 8 Jalan Scott, Brickfields, KL until Jan 31. For more details, call 03-2260 1106\/ 017-887 7216.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Star, 24 January 2007 The landscape within the artist by Vivienne Pal WHEN Jackson Pollock challenged the Western tradition of easel and brush in the 1940s, he made a statement that impacted the art world to this day. Pollock's drip-and-pour technique, a method he perfected through working spontaneously with liquid paint, left art critics [...]","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"portfolio_entries":[17],"class_list":["post-8344","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","hentry","portfolio_entries-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/8344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8344"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/8344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8345,"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/8344\/revisions\/8345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8344"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_entries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_entries?post=8344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}