Lot 57 | 29 May 2022

 

 

LOT 57

SYED AHMAD JAMAL, DATUK

B. Johor, 1929 – 2011

Study for Public Sculpture, June 1999

Signed and dated on lower right

Ink and colour on paper

28.5 x 40 cm

Private Collection, Singapore
Illustrated on page 47 in the “777, Celebrating 7 Illustrious Years at KLAS” coffee table book published by KLAS in February 2019

RM 10,000 – RM 18,000

Former National Art Laureate and Johor born artist Datuk Syed Ahmad Jamal has given much to the Malaysian art world in his teachings, services as board and committee member to various art-related organisations as well as being an art curator. In 1995 he was awarded the National Art Award which recognised him as a National Artist. He is probably one of the country’s first abstract artists and he uses the non-figurative language to express his ideas about culture, politics and poetry.