Lot 13 | Auction XVIII

 
yusof-ghani

LOT 13

YUSOF GHANI

B. Johor, 1950

Siri tari, 1989

Signed, titled and dated “Siri Tari Yusof Ghani 89” on bottom of paper

Mixed media on paper
25 x 33 cm

Provenance Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur

RM 3,500 – RM 7,000

 

 

The figure, seen as a formative generator and embodiment of movement is radically altered by Yusof Ghani. He dismantles and transforms them into planes of colour and curving lines. They are almost forceful, and at times, even awkward. Graphic components – consisting of straight and curving lines as well as cross-hatching clusters, are dominant and profuse.

The juxtaposition of this piece is as so – as if all the movements involved in the piece are converging towards a meeting point, even while they maintain their own distinct space and characteristics. It is the bridging of realism and abstraction.

Despite how elegant this painting of dancing looks, it was never intended to be graceful. The lines and sketches on this artwork were executed freely and spontaneously in a frenzied and haphazard manner. It is perhaps, the play of colours, that gives this painting that polished, fluid air.