LOT 8
YUSOF GHANI, DATUK
B. Johor, 1950
Siri Segerak, 2005
Mixed media on canvas
51 x 26 cm
Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
Signed and dated “YG ‘05” on lower right
RM 5,000 – 12,000
Born in Johor in 1950, Datuk Yusof Ghani’s artistic trajectory was profoundly reshaped during his studies in the United States, where the visceral, distorted brushwork of American Abstract Expressionists like Willem de Kooning inspired him to fuse Western stylistic freedom with Southeast Asian dynamism. This lifelong exploration evolved brilliantly into his 2005 collection, the Segerak series, which marks a mature consolidation of hisearlier themes of human movement. Shifting from the frantic, fragmented chaos of his earlier works, Segerak features more fluid, interconnected, and monolithic human forms that flow together in a harmonious yet powerful momentum. Through sweeping, expressive lines and a vivid palette of rich ochres with hues of yellows and reds, Ghani treats the canvas as a unified field of energy, capturing the resilience, collective strength, andblock like structural grace of the human spirit in motion.