LOT 85
MUSTAPHA IBRAHIM
B. Perak, 1946
Melepaskan Mama Di Pekat Kabus, 1971
Oil on canvas
76 x 82 cm
Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
Signed and dated “Mustapha ‘71” on lower right
RM 2,500 – 5,000
Mustapha Ibrahim was one of the artists who was directly involved in the formation of Anak Alam group, a seminal group of revolutionary artists, poets and artistic personalities in 1974. Mustapha Ibrahim enrolled in Gombak Lane School, Selangor in 1951, and Maxwell Secondary School, Kuala Lumpur in 1964. He attended art classes with Mazeli Mat Som, A.P.S. He held his first solo exhibition at British Council Kuala Lumpur in 1973. Inspired by nature and his social milieu, he became aware that art was not necessarily limited to the real world, but could also include the essence or the spirit of nature itself. Influenced by the flowing biomorphic forms of nature, Mustapha Ibrahim incorporated organic shapes into his images.