Installation view of “Titik Garis Bentuk: Drawing as Practice” at Ilham Gallery, Kuala Lumpur. Photo by Kenta Chai. Courtesy Kentaworks Graphic.
“One of the oldest art forms known to humankind, drawing has witnessed something of a renaissance in today’s concept-heavy art world. Walking through “Titik Garis Bentuk: Drawing As Practice,” one could not help but notice the endless spectrum of possibilities embedded within this universal and ubiquitous medium: explorations of form, elements of social critique, and the illustration of cultural memory.
No longer restricted to the flat plane, here were contemporary drawings—many of which shapeshifted into space-intercepting 3D forms that highlighted formal experimentation—in the works of artists such as Perak-born Hasanul Isyraf Idris and Kuala Lumpur-born Chang Yoong Chia. Positioned rather solemnly in a dark corner was Quarry (2022), Idris’s hill-like installation, its reflective and jagged texture a result of multiple layers of graphite on crumpled cotton paper. Scattered around its base are graphite-covered busts, made in the likeness of the artist’s head, that seem to be crushed under the weight of this eerie phantom. […]”
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