LOT 24
SHAFEE RAMLI
B.Perak, 1961
Pearl Harbour, 2003
Signed and dated “Shafee Ramli 03, Pearl Harbour” on the verso by the artist
Work on canvas
76 x 76 cm
Private Collection Kuala Lumpur
RM 8,000 – RM 12,000
Shafee, or Chief as he is also known, took the road to the fine arts via a pitstop at creative departments of various advertising agencies in Malaysia. The undergraduate worked with various studios and galleries in the Santa Fe and Rio Grande Area in New Mexico, USA. This history is not dissimilar from other artists who have made similar shifts.
The artist’s inspirations include writings by the Sufi poet, Rumi, Latif Mohidin, and Omar Khayam; artworks by Marcel Duchamp, Mark Rothko, and Pablo Picasso; the sculptural works of David Nash, Damien Hirst, and Anthony Caro; and, the sounds of Nusrat Ali Khan, Cat Stevens, and the natural sound effects of deep tropical jungles.