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Children's Book Day exhibition by KL Library

Nuradzimmah Daim

KUALA LUMPUR: In conjunction with Children's Book Day on April 2, the Kuala Lumpur Library organised an exhibition of works by award-winning children's book illustrators.

It was an initiative by the Malaysian Board on Books for Young People (MBBY) who had also arranged interesting activities for visitors, especially for school children, during the week-long programme.

 

Its president Datin Paduka Shahaneem Hanoum, who is also a KL Library board member, said the programme, themed "Katakan Ya" or "Say Yes" (to reading books), was targeted at schoolchildren and university students. The activities offered included story telling, jigsaw puzzle, and drawing.

"During the exhibition, we showcased artworks by many artist among them Yusof Gajah and Adi. Their works on children's book illustrations had won the Noma Concours organised by the Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for Unesco (ACCU) which was held in Japan."

Shahaneem said that children's illustrated books from Malaysia, the United States, Germany, Japan and Indonesia were also showcased at the exhibition hall during the programme.

There was also a forum that discussed on ways to encourage young illustrators to be involved with children's book and the facilities made available for such enthusiasts at the library.

"We had only started celebrating the Children's Book Day here last year although it had been announced by Unesco (United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) in 1997. However, we hope to organise this programme as an annual event from now on," she added.

"We hope libraries all over Malaysia will take the opportunity to hold their own activities, in conjunction with the Children's Book Day," she said.

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Artists explore an austere yet engaging form of storytelling

By TAN KARR WEI

At first glance, the vibrant paintings seem like children's work but closer inspection of the naïve art pieces reveal a myriad of details, textures, colours and feelings.

For instance, pay close attention to Semangat Gambus 1 by Awang Fadilah Ali Hussein and you would see within it various instruments like the gong and even a periuk kera plant.

The Malaysian Naïve Art Showcase curator Prof Madya Mahzan Musa said these were the finer points that define naïve art in Malaysia.

“It tells us about our culture. You won't find it in other places. It is modern yet it captures the essence of life that we can identify with,” said Mahzan.

He said that the simplicity of the artworks should not be confused with artlessness.

“Naïve art can be refreshing. It can be more liberating than other art forms because it is not bound by formalities,” he added.

Artist Zaid Noh, 63, who took up painting only recently, agreed.

“You just paint without thinking. There is no perspective and you draw whatever that comes to your mind. You don't have to prepare anything,” said Zaid, who took up painting as a hobby to fill his time.

Zaid said he was very detail oriented when it comes to painting, pointing out the straight tree trunks in his piece Bulan Dan Bintang.

Ali Akhbar dabbled with various art styles like realism, abstract and portrait before finding his niche in naïve art.

He started learning with Malaysian naïve art maestro Yusof Gajah in 2005 and it was through naïve art that he sold his first painting.

“One of Yusof's collectors bought my first painting and that was the mark of me as an artist. You can paint as much as you want but if no one buys it, what's the point? It really motivated me to be a painter,” said Ali

For him, the interesting aspect about this art form is the detailing, colour and simplicity.

“As an artist I try to fill every space with something,” he said.

The most prominent feature in his piece The Great Malayan Landscape is the intense colours with a multitude of textures.

The bushes, trees and hills stand out from each other not only because of the colours but also the different lines, spots or shadings.

Zooming in on the painting, one would start to notice the Malaysian theme with 13 unique kampung houses from each state.

The flexibility of naïve art also allows him to add in elements of humour.

“If you look closely, you will find small details like someone riding a bicycle or a car that broke down in the middle of the road,” he said with a grin.

For Rosli Mohd Don, 34, painting pre-war shoplots was a way to capture the look and feel of these structures, which might not feature in the Malaysian landscape one day.

He paints a picture of a small Malaysian town that brings the viewer on a nostalgic trip back to any place he or she wishes.

“Most of the old shoplots in Malaysia are the same. You could imagine yourself to be in Ipoh or Malacca yet the ambience is the same,” said Rosli.

Asmadi Abdul Wahab, or Adi 'Kucing', 32, draws inspiration from the simple things in life.

“I used to be very shy when I was younger so I spent a lot of time with my cat,” said the soft-spoken Adi.

That is the reason behind the cat theme in many of his paintings.

Yusof Gajah is a familiar name in when it comes to naïve art, carving his name through his subject of elephants and inspiring many of the artists whose works are featured in the exhibition. “Naïve art is not new. It's one of the oldest art forms and a big business in the world right now. The problem is that they are not put in the mainstream. People label it as outsider art,” said Yusof.

“For me, it's very simple. You have to enjoy yourself. You shouldn't need to crack your head to enjoy art,” he said.

He would like to see more senior artistes working with junior artistes in the country.

“That's what I'm trying to create now. They need this type of direction from the seniors. If not, our Malaysian art scene would be dwindling. If every artist has his own following, the industry would be thriving,” said Yusof.

The Malaysian Naïve Art Showcse features works by 37 artists, including Yusof Gajah, Donald 'Dog', Jainal Amambing and Sabariah Hitam.

The exhibition ends May 25. Opening hours 11am to 7pm daily. The Annexe Gallery Studio Theatre, 1st and 2nd Floor, Central Market Annexe, Jalan Hang Kasturi, Kuala Lumpur. Tel: 03-2070 1137.

Mengangkat seni catan naif

Oleh ABD. AZIZ ITAR

NAIF menurut Kamus Dewan terbitan Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) bermaksud terlalu lurus atau betul bendul. Ia menggambarkan tentang kejujuran yang dikaitkan dengan pemikiran serta perbuatan seseorang.Sayangnya, apabila naif dikaitkan dengan seni catan, ia kurang mendapat perhatian ramai kerana sifat karya seni itu yang diterjemahkan sebagai kebudak-budakan, tidak serius dan terlalu mudah gaya pengkaryaannya.

Bahkan, seni catan gaya naif juga dianggap sebagai tidak mencabar dengan alasan ia boleh dilakukan, direkacipta oleh sesiapa sahaja, sedangkan hakikatnya seni itu turut mempunyai ramuan-ramuan formalistik yang harus dipelajari oleh para pengkaryanya.

Menyedari hakikat itu, pelukis terkenal, Yusof Gajah telah menganjurkan pameran berkumpulan seni catan naif, Malaysian Naive Art Showcase 08 di Pasar Seni, Kuala Lumpur bermula 8 Mei sehingga 25 Mei ini bagi memperkembangkan lagi seni catan tersebut yang dikatakan tersisih daripada penggemarnya.

Menurut Yusof yang dikenali sebagai Bapa Pelukis Naif Malaysia, seni catan naif cukup penting kerana pelbagai gaya, idea, pemikiran dan latar budaya setempat boleh diketengahkan menerusi sesuatu karya yang kononnya dikatakan naif itu.

"Kita kena ada lukisan yang berwajah Malaysia. Seni catan naif banyak menyumbang ke arah itu. Ini kerana, seni catan naif mempunyai arah pemikiran dan temanya yang tersendiri terutamanya tentang alam dan budaya persekitaran pengkaryanya.

"Ciri-ciri kejujuran mudah terserlah kerana para pengkarya seni catan naif memaparkan apa yang mereka rasakan. Apatah lagi, kebanyakan pengkarya seni catan naif biasanya bukan daripada kalangan pelukis yang profesional.

"Misalnya, mereka mungkin boleh jadi daripada kalangan kerani tetapi mempunyai minat yang mendalam dan tajam idea dalam bidang lukisan," katanya ketika ditemui pada pameran Malaysian Naive Art Showcase 08 yang telah dirasmikan oleh duta Norway di negara ini, Arild Braastad baru-baru ini.

Pameran berkumpulan pelukis seni catan naif itu merupakan kali ketiga dianjurkan di mana kali pertama telah diadakan pada 1998 dengan mempa- merkan karya empat pelukis iaitu Yusof Gajah, Zila Zain, Shima dan Azmi S.H.

Sementara, pameran berkumpulan pelukis seni catan naif kedua dengan tema berjudul Appear Innocent pula telah diadakan pada 2001 dengan disertai oleh pelukis seperti Yusof Gajah, Mat Dollah dan Adeputra

Bagaimanapun, kali ini seramai 37 pelukis seni catan naif telah menyertai Malaysian Naive Art Showcase 08 dengan mempamerkan lebih 100 buah lukisan yang dijual dengan harga antara RM550 hingga RM150,000.

Gaya penceritaanKepelbagaian citra naif dapat dilihat daripada kemeriahan pesta warna-warni yang kelihatan bagaikan tidak berkesudahan dengan menampilkan pelbagai imej landskap seperti banjaran gunung, bukit-bukau, hutan-rimba, ladang pertanian, sungai, tasik dan laut.

Gaya penceritaan secara visual turut menambah keragaman citra gaya naif, misalnya suasana kehidupan di bandar dan luar bandar yang boleh mengimbas kenangan serta pengalaman para pengamat sesebuah karya tersebut.

Karya-karya catan naif juga mudah untuk diidentifikasikan kerana gambaran yang diutarakan biasanya mewakili sebahagian daripada pengalaman yang pernah atau sering dilalui oleh anggota-anggota masyarakat.

Persembahan visual gaya penceritaan seperti ini lazimnya mampu untuk mencetuskan kenangan-kenangan silam dalam bentuk nostalgia emotif yang memudahkan kefahaman serta apresiasi terhadap sesuatu karya gaya naif.

Turut dipaparkan menerusi pameran ini ialah unsur-unsur pribumi Melayu nusantara yang ketara menerusi identiti rumah tradisional serta bangunan dan kedai yang dibina sebelum meletusnya Perang Dunia Kedua.

Selain itu, turut ditonjolkan ialah mesej tentang kesedaran terhadap penjagaan alam sekitar termasuklah peri pentingnya pemuliharaan sungai sebagai antara nadi kehidupan seperti yang dicatan menerusi karya berjudul Sungai Warisan Kita hasil sentuhan pelukis Nur Azmi Mokhtar, 28.

"Boleh dikatakan semua lukisan saya ada elemen sungai yang menggambarkan betapa pentingnya peranan sungai dalam kehidupan manusia, haiwan dan tumbuh-tumbuhan. Justeru, sungai harus dipelihara daripada pencemaran bagi meneruskan kesinambungan kehidupan.

"Dengan adanya keutuhan sungai sebagai sumber yang penting ia secara tidak langsung dapat menyatukan manusia, haiwan dan tumbuh-tumbuhan dalam suatu wadah perkongsian kehidupan yang harmoni," ujarnya.

Selain unsur alam dan persekitaran, seni catan naif turut menjadi medium mengekspresikan perasaan dan pengalaman seseorang pengkarya ketika mengimbau zaman lampaunya.

Pendekatan itu contohnya, telah digunapakai oleh Asmadi Abdul Wahab, 32 atau Adi menerusi lukisannya berjudul I Love My Cat yang menceritakan tentang kucing sebagai binatang kesayangannya semasa kecil.

"Semasa zaman kanak-kanak, saya seorang yang pendiam dan pemalu. Saya lebih banyak berkawan dengan kucing yang menjadi haiwan peliharaan saya. Elemen itulah yang saya ekspresikan menerusi lukisan ini," katanya.

Malah, seni catan naif juga mengetengahkan objek yang ada kaitannya dengan gaya kehidupan seharian masyarakat setempat biarpun ia tidak dilalui sendiri oleh pengkaryanya.

Zulkhairi Kamaruddin misalnya, memaparkan objek sampan yang kabur daripada segi pemandangan dan olahan gaya lukisannya tetapi ia cukup jelas identiti penting dalam kehidupan nelayan-nelayan kecil.

"Saya tidak pernah menjadi nelayan, tetapi catan tentang perahu dalam karya berjudul Nelayan itu jelas memperlihatkan gambaran saya tentang kehidupan nelayan. Ia digambarkan secara subjektif mengikut pemahaman masing-masing," jelasnya.

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Lucien de Guise: Naive art fits nicely with Malaysia's grace

By : Lucien de Guise

ANYONE who has read this column more than once will be familiar with the Central Market Annexe. It's Malaysia in microcosm, at a pace that is more amphetamine than nasi lemak and with the emphasis usually on the avant garde.

For the next 10 days, there will be a more playful ambience, as "naive art" is in residence.

This is not a genre that has taken Malaysia by storm so far. The local art market wants to look grown-up, and naive doesn't seem to fit that bill. Some of naive art's siblings do, however. These include "marginal art", "outsider art" and "art brut".

The last can be the coolest thing on the Manhattan auctioneer's block when it was created by a dead ex-graffiti artist like Jean-Michel Basquiat. Madonna's ex-boyfriend may have wandered the streets of New York in bare feet before he died at 27, but his paintings fetch tens of millions of ringgit.

"Naive" artists tend to have decent shoes but less street credibility. The kampung is their home. When they are accepted by the public, the art community usually dismisses them as kitsch. It's a good thing they have their freshness and goodwill to fall back on. They can expect fair treatment in some countries more than others.

In France, there are many museums dedicated to their work. In most parts of Asia, their time has yet to come.

China is one of the exceptions. Not only is naive art a widely admired medium in itself, it also extends into the mainstream. This isn't just tourists returning with armfuls of Jinshan folk art. Many of China's greatest 20th century artists could be slipped straight into the "naive" pigeonhole. Pioneers like Ding Yangyong and Cui Zifan revel in the childlike, producing works of charm and occasional profundity.

Naive art does well in places where collectors have confidence in their own taste. That means France, Japan, traditional China and, to some extent, the United States. Elsewhere, there is usually anxiety.

Which brings us to Malaysia. There is art aplenty, but is there confidence? Is it uncool to be naive when the good fight is being waged for sophistication? Wawasan 2020 never mentioned seeing the world through the forgiving eyes of innocence. The vision was meant to turn Malaysians into street fighters in the global hood. I don't think art was mentioned, and naive art would surely be for softies.

It's a shame naive art doesn't receive more admiration in Malaysia. This is in many ways its natural habitat. It is colourful and gentle and non-confrontational. Malaysia is not about angst, and why should it be? This is a country blessed by God. It's not Aceh, Myanmar or Sichuan. Malaysian communities may bicker over dividing the economic and political cake, but at least there is a cake to be divided.

No matter how hard local artists try to get some righteous anger in their hearts, they could still be depended on to do the respectful hand-kissing routine for a Hari Raya muhibah advertisement. Politics in Malaysia is also surprisingly gentlemanly. When one party dislikes another, it hurls nothing more incendiary than an insult. Even the parliamentary insults are harmless; nothing about mothers or sisters.

If France had been playing Malaysia instead of Italy in the World Cup final, Zinedine Zidane would have played the full game. And France would have won.

"Malaysian Naive Art Showcase 08" shows just how appropriate the genre is to here. Malaysia may not be ready for it yet, but those naive painters keep painting away. The prime mover is the man who acquired a name to match his large but friendly works.

Yusof "Gajah" is not alone in his herd. In addition to more like-minded artists than most collectors would imagine, there are two young gajah involved. Yusof's son and daughter are keeping up the tradition although they have diversified from elephants into cats and dinosaurs.

Yusof Gajah is keen to get a museum going. "If there is no museum, then there is nowhere to see the works," he says in distress.

He would probably like people to buy the works as well, but the first priority is visitors. He ought to have a head start with naive art. It's a genre that can cut across all boundaries. It's not just for the 30- to 50-year-old professionals who are propping up the rest of the art scene.

I spotted some old folk at the show, and my comparatively young children put in a full uncomplaining 30 minutes. This is a personal best for them.

The time for naive art should be arriving soon, now that conceptual has reached the limits of desperate inventiveness. If art has to have a message (and Samuel Goldwyn of MGM believed "messages should only be sent by Western Union"), then it doesn't have to be a big angry message in the bad-boy tradition.

Yusof Gajah and his circle make oblique references to mankind's place in the natural world, for example. Like so much naive art, it is handled with charm and humour - that rarest of all intrusions in art.

Good-natured attitude does not always come cheap, though. Few of the paintings at this exhibition are below RM1,000 and some are very much higher.

This is not unreasonable for works with a certain professionalism and a lot of imagination. Despite appearances, they are not easy to paint. Like Malaysian politics, there is a fragile balance to be maintained.

Younger readers who want to give it a try should join Yusof Gajah at a workshop he is holding on Saturday at the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia.

The writer is curator of the Islamic Arts Museum in Kuala Lumpur.

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MALAYSIAN NAÏVE ART SHOWCASE 08

Mohd Yusof Ismail, known as Yusof “Gajah” after he made elephants his trademark subject .  Yusof Gajah as he is fondly known, is a catalyst to the growth of Malaysia’s naïve art scene.  This is the biggest naïve art exhibition held in this country . The number of artists participated in this exhibition – 36 artists old and new in the Malaysian Naïve art scene .

Bringing Naive Art to the people

Gajah Gajah Gallery is trying  to possess  works by Malaysian Naïve artists from all over Malaysia and one of our main objectives is to promote Malaysian Naïve Art .

We aim to organise a series of exhibitions throughout Malaysia and abroad, thus setting up a cutural tourism circuit on an international scale. The aim of these travelling exhibitions is to bring this as yet little known artistic genre to the largest possible audience. Naïve Art is accessible and attractive to all comers, its universal themes strike a chord in each and everyone of us. It a new beginning for the old genre in the Malaysian Art History .

About naïve art..

Naive (Primitive) as an art style earned significance in contemporary art and has been continually attracting attention of art critics and collectors since the last half of the XXth century. Sometimes art critics define Naive as Folk Art because of their common simplicity. Indeed, naive artists may address folk subjects and themes in their artworks. However, Folk Art, as an attribute of a certain ethnic group is an embodiment of traditions established by the generations during ages. Unlike the folk crafters naive artists demonstrate prominent identity of the style independently of their ethnic origin. Among the properties of Naive is disregard for traditional rules of perspective and proportion. To make an illusion of space naive artists use color effects and clearly drawn lines. Naive artists can be divided into two groups: highly educated professional artists who use all their skills in painting, and gifted hobbyist or "Sunday painters", who paint for fun. Both these groups brake strict rules of traditional painting either deliberately (rather professional case) or upon "ignorance" (in the case of amateurs) for the aim of transferring their personal cogitation with purity of heart and thought. Naive art is the only art style that might be delightfully positive like children´s world is. To stress the importance of an object Naive artists make it larger or brighter than all other objects in the picture, the same way as children do.

The oeuvre of a good artist reveals his attitude towards the world we live in, the naive artist in particular being rooted with absolute immediacy in his environment as, untrammelled by all theories, he strives to give pictorial form to his personal vision - on canvas, paper, wood, pasteboard, or whatever. His way of seeing the world cannot be acquired and makes for highly individualistic art. This art cannot be copied, and any attempt to paint in "naïve style" is doomed to failure from the start.

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PAMERAN LUKISAN DAN ILUSTRASI ANJURAN PERPUSTAKAAN KUALA LUMPUR

Sempena sambutan Hari Buku Kanak-Kanak Antarabangsa, Perpustakaan Kuala Lumpur akan menganjurkan pameran seperti yang tersebut di atas pada tarikh, masa dan tempat seperti yang berikut:

Tarikh: 24 - 30 April 2008
Waktu: 8.30 pagi - 5.00 petang
Tempat: Galeri Perpustakaan Kuala Lumpur Jalan Raja, Kuala Lumpur

Pelbagai pameran buku daripada 4 buah negara iaitu Amerika, Jepun, German dan Indonesia serta lukisan akan diadakan sempena Sambutan Hari Buku Kanak-Kanak Antarabangsa ini.

Sehubungan dengan itu, orang ramai adalah dijemput hadir untuk sama-sama menyaksikan serta meraikan sambutan Hari Buku Kanak-Kanak Antarabangsa ini pada tarikh, masa dan tempat seperti yang dinyatakan.

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Saudara Adi,

Saya rasa sungguh berbangga sekali dengan usaha saudara.

Semoga saudara akan meneruskan kerjaya terbaik dalam bidang ini

dan mengharumkan nama anak Malaysia.

Kalau diizinkan Allah, saya mungkin ke New York dan Brazil untuk promote buku

Kampung Boy edisi USA dan di Amerika Selatan dalam bahasa  Portugis.

Saya juga ada rancangan ke Afrika....berbagai jemputan yang datang.

Saya sekeluarga berada di London bulan jun lalu,

kami naik Eurostar dari Paris...saja untuk pengalaman.

Anak-anak saya lebih berminat kepada suasana di Paris dari London,

kalau di London saya mesti ke Theatre...tengok Death Of A Salesman.

Kami pulang 16 hari sebelum The London Blast, nasib baik juga.

Waktu di London kami tinggal di rumah New Straits Times dekat dengan

Edgware Road, apa nak buat....manusia memang suka dengan kacau-bilau.

Saya harap kita akan terus berutus e-mail dan surat dan diharap bertemu satu hari.

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IKON: Pelukis Kalima bergabung di Artalk Gallery

Teks: Fairuz Zaidan | Foto: Abd Rahim Hashim

PENONJOLAN rona terang menjadi resipi karya sekumpulan pelukis tempatan berkaliber yang bergabung bakat pada pameran menarik yang berlangsung di ARTalk Gallery, Jalan Telawi 3, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur.

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ARTalk presents an exhibition by 3 young artists, one of whom is the son of renowned local artist, Yusof Gajah. Abdul Aziz B. Mohd. Yusof or Jojo (age 18) is joined by Asmadi Abd. Wahab aka Adi (age 27) and Shahrom Sulaiman aka Yan (age 24).

ARTalk Gallery

22-1 & 22-2,

Jalan Telawi 3,

59100, Bangsar Baru,

Kuala Lumpur

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FRIDAY  11 April 2003

TIGA an exhibition that is currently running at Artalk gallery, features the works of three young artists, Adi, Sharom Sulaiman (Yan) and Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof (Jojo).

Eighteen-year old Jojo, whose father is renowned local artist Yusof Gajah, has finished his SPM, and is now a fulltime artist. He had previously in two group exhibition, one at HUKM and the other one at Islamic Museum.

Yan 24, who is also a full time artist, gives art lessons to children at several institutes, too.

Adi 27, worked as an illustrator/creative director in several animation and publishing agencies before joining Yusof Gajah`s Studio in 2002. He has been a full-time artist since.

This exhibition is open from 4pm to 11pm daily until april 16. Artalk gallery is located at 22-1 & 22-2 jalan Telawi 3, Bangsar Baru, 59100 Kuala Lumpur.

KARTUNIS JUGA ADA VISI

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KARTUNIS ADI: Mesti rajin timba ilmu

Seorang lagi kartunis, Adi mengakui kartunis perlu melengkapkan diri dengan ilmu pengetahuan termasuk hal ehwal semasa.

Setiap lukisan yang dihasilkan banyak berkisar mengenai isu semasa dan berkait rapat dengan masyarakat.

Unsur humor dalam kartun juga mampu untuk menyumbang kepada pembangunan minda masyarakat dan membantu pembangunan negara, `katanya.

ILHAM: Melukis bukan lagi perkara asing buat Adi

Oleh     : Kalsum Ahmad    

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Bakat melukisnya makin terserlah setelah dia menamatkan pengajian tingkatan lima dan menyertai bengkel melukis kelolaan Rejabhad. Dari sebuah syarikat animasi, Adi kemudiannya mendapat tawaran bekerja di sebuah syarikat penerbitan.

Pemuda berusia 21 tahun ini pernah memasuki pertandingan tempatan dan antarabangsa, beliau banyak memperolehi kejayaan.

`Saya berterima kasih kepada Rejabhad atas tunjuk ajarnya, saya semakin bersemangat untuk meneruskan bidang ini. Syukur alhamdulillah ,apa yang saya lakukan membuahkan hasil, `ujar Adi.

Menurutnya, kesibukan bertugas membuatkan dia tidak ada banyak masa untuk melakukan aktiviti lain. Cuma hujung minggu dan hari cuti saja saya dapat memenuhi hobi ini. Diatas sebab itulah setiap kali tiba hujung minggu, Adi lebih suka berkurung dirumah dan melakukan kerja-kerja kraftangan.

Pada hari tersebut saya buat apa sahaja yang terfikir asalkan ianya mendatangkan manafaat pada kerjaya seni saya. kraftangan yang saya hasilkan terdiri daripada barangan terbuang yang mudah diperolehi. Biasanya barangan yang dihasikan itu diserahkan kepada teman-teman sebagai barangan cenderamata pada hari kelahiran.

Ia suatu yang lebih bermakna jika pemberian yang kita hadiahkan dihasilkan sendiri, `ujar adi yang bercita-cita untuk membuka sebuah galeri bagi mempamerkan semua koleksi lukisan dan barangan kraftangan yang dihasilnya.

Mr. Mohamed Yusof Ismail

Born in 1954 and graduated from the Indonesia School of Fine Arts and the Indonesia Academy of Fine Arts. An artist and painter, he works at his atelier in the Folk Village in Malaysia, and is active in a broad range of fields including the production of picture books, painting and children's television programmes as well as project planning. Between 1995 and 2001, he has held numerous exhibitions of his work in Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan and other countries. He was the winner of the Grand Prize in the 10th Noma Concours (1996) for The Real Elephant (Malaysia, Dewan Bahasa dau Pustaka Co).

GAJAH GAJAH GALLERY

LINK:

http://www.accu.or.jp/noma/english/works/2000/e_meeting.html

http://www.bookcouncil.sg/acwic/acwic2005.htm

http://www.krane.com/galleriet/kommendeutstillinger.html

http://www.wao.org.my/news/20050106tankards.htm

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/5/25/central/14317092&sec=central

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/2/7/central/16545442&sec=central

http://www.siemens.com/index.jsp?sdc_p=fmlsuo1379484ni1212163pc109z3&sdc_bcpath=1202907.s_0,&sdc_sid=20233991658&

http://www.jphpk.gov.my/English/May2001%2031A.htm

http://www.phuket.com/munity/990517/art.htm

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Harapan Insan

 

Pejamkan mata..

Percaya,

Dan alam akan membawa kamu

Kepadanya.

 

Adi

Dec 2006

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Guru

 

Kepada,

Seorang guru

Bernama Yusof.

Yang telah menurunkan

Saktinya.

 

Adi

April 2004

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Ruang

 

Di ruang kecil,

Di daerah terpencil..

di sini aku berseni

dan bermimpi.

 

Adi

Jun 2003

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