{"id":8550,"date":"2015-12-24T15:21:21","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T07:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=8550"},"modified":"2015-12-24T15:49:08","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T07:49:08","slug":"yusof-ghani-segerak-iii-press-release","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/portfolio-item\/yusof-ghani-segerak-iii-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Yusof Ghani &#8211; Segerak III &#8211; Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='artists-title'  class='avia-section av-av_section-142ff43b7600746a6e970fde5cf91c57 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-bg-style-scroll  container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-8550'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_one_full-2a9015ff38129c418a3f2eafba3e9512 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div '   ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 class=\"p1\" style=\"font-family: 'eb garamond'; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 2px; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: left;\"><a title=\"EXHIBITIONS \u2013 CURRENT\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/exhibition-current\/\">CuRRENT<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"selected\" title=\"EXHIBITIONS \u2013 PAST\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/exhibition-current\/exhibition-past\/\">PAST<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-a6de236e6c183bbbd700292deacd2b52\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-a6de236e6c183bbbd700292deacd2b52{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-a6de236e6c183bbbd700292deacd2b52 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 class=\"p1\" style=\"font-family: 'eb garamond'; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 2px; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Yusof Ghani \u2013 Segerak III \u2013 Works\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/portfolio-item\/yusof-ghani-segerak-iii-works\/\">works<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"selected\" title=\"Yusof Ghani \u2013 Segerak III \u2013 Press Release\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/portfolio-item\/yusof-ghani-segerak-iii-press-release\/\">press release<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-a07f7596b1fca85f6595a75d593069df\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-a07f7596b1fca85f6595a75d593069df{\nheight:40px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-a07f7596b1fca85f6595a75d593069df hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_one_full-2a9015ff38129c418a3f2eafba3e9512 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div '   ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '  style='font-size:14px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-family: open sans thin; font-size: 25px; line-height: 24px; letter-spacing: 1px; color: #333333;\">Segerak III<br \/>\nYusof Ghani<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; color: #666666; text-align: justify;\">\n<p>Yusof Ghani\u2019s fascination with the human form has seen him move from his first series, Siri Tari (1984 -1991), where he combined abstract expressionism with figuration to make some strong socio-polital statements on humanitarian issues, through to Segerak (2003), which once again explores the figure, but this time without the angst involved.<\/p>\n<p>Segerak is the artist\u2019s reinterpretation of the figure, but this time he has approached it from a more philosophical point of view. Instead of making personal statements about issues that he felt strongly about such as war, famine and poverty, and injustice to mankind, his works have become more of a social commentary about the positive and negative forces in our world today. In many of his Segerak pieces, the works contain a personal story and\/or reflect upon the good and evil in our world today. Although, Segerak\u2019s themes are somewhat mellow in comparison to those represented in Siri Tari, the works are no less energetic, and contain a vibrancy that have taken his works to a new level. Using a combination of mediums, from charcoal and chalk to pastels and oil paint, he has employed a variety of spontaneous marks and lines to document human movement. With broad, confident brushstrokes he applies varying layers of colour and intermittent expressive lines to his canvas to capture the mood, feeling and atmosphere of the story he is trying to tell.<\/p>\n<p>Since Segerak was born in 2003, Yusof Ghani\u2019s journey has taken him from a purely experimental stage in Segerak I, where he was finding his footing with the human form again, to a more confident, definite Segerak II. In Segerak I, his emphasis was on the movements of figures in specific activities, such as walking, running, or catching a bus and his colour tones were predominantly red. Segerak II however saw him expanding his palette to incorporate more colours on larger than life canvases. These works were less concerned with the particular activities the figures were engaging in but were more interested in capturing figurative movements and energy. These works emanate with tremendous life force.<\/p>\n<p>Segerak III has now taken the artist\u2019s works to a whole new level. Limiting his palette to blacks, whites and browns, colour has become secondary to the work. Spontaneity in his use of lines and of alternative materials such as bitumen, charcoal and chalk layered on various types of linen and polyester to represent the figure are the focus, giving this series a unique freshness that sets it apart from its predecessors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-a04e9a999f2af535624a76d569713c2e hr-short  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_hr  hr-center '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-9a4b51fdc01b8b13bd201ffe5054f031\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-9a4b51fdc01b8b13bd201ffe5054f031{\nheight:35px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-9a4b51fdc01b8b13bd201ffe5054f031 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_textblock  '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"\u201cThe passion of an angry man\u201d\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/portfolio-item\/the-passion-of-an-angry-man\/\"><strong>&#8220;The passion of an angry man&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/story\/?file=%2F2006%2F3%2F5%2Flifearts%2F13543931\"><strong>&#8220;Spirited Show of New Mediums&#8221; by Li-En Chong<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"\u201cIt Figures\u201d by Loke Poh Lin\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/portfolio-item\/it-figures-by-loke-poh-lin\/\"><strong>&#8220;It Figures&#8221; by Loke Poh Lin<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"\u201cYusof Ghani Kritik Masyarakat melalui lukisan\u201d oleh Ani Awang\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/portfolio-item\/yusof-ghani-kritik-masyarakat-melalui-lukisan-oleh-ani-awang\/\"><strong>&#8220;Yusof Ghani Kritik Masyarakat melalui lukisan&#8221; oleh\u00a0Ani Awang<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CuRRENT\u00a0|\u00a0PAST works\u00a0|\u00a0press release Segerak III Yusof Ghani Yusof Ghani\u2019s fascination with the human form has seen him move from his first series, Siri Tari (1984 -1991), where he combined abstract expressionism with figuration to make some strong socio-polital statements on humanitarian issues, through to Segerak (2003), which once again explores the figure, but this time [...]","protected":false},"featured_media":8546,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"portfolio_entries":[18],"class_list":["post-8550","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_entries-exhibitions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/8550","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=8550"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/8550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8551,"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/8550\/revisions\/8551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8550"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_entries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_entries?post=8550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}