Lot 4 | 5 March 2023

 

 

LOT 4

YUSOF GHANI

B. Johor, 1950

Siri Wajah, 2013

Signed Yusof Ghani and dated 2013 on lower right

Pen on paper

22 x 16.5 cm

Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur

RM 1,800 – 3,800

Yusof Ghani was born in 1950 in Johor and used to frequent a small movie theatre as a young boy, where he developed a predisposition towards painting. He received a scholarship to study art at George Mason University, USA, where he studied Graphic Art and proceeded to pursue his Master’s in Fine Art at Catholic University, Washington. Upon returning to Malaysia, he began lecturing in Universiti MARA Institute of Technology. Most notably known for Abstract Expressionism, his other popular series are Tari, Topeng, Wayang, Segerak and Biring. While most of Yusof Ghani’s Wajah Series take on a darker mood or tone, this particular piece departs from that and boasts a more enigmatic and ethereal quality to it, with various sketches of faces on paper.