CORE contemporary art

Marking The Time is a group exhibition that brings together a selection of five of the brightest mid-career contemporary artists in Malaysia today.  The five highlighted artists, Ali Nurazmal Yusoff, Anniketyni Madian, Azad Daniel Haris, Haafiz Shahimi and Haslin Ismail, have practises that span a spectrum of conceptual interests, from the social and political to the cultural and historical.  Representing these interests with a variety of visual languages – from painting to mixed media to sculpture – the works on display introduce not only the current state of the Malaysian contemporary art world, but also the individual practises and progress of each artist.  As such, Marking The Time marks a particular moment happening today, not only in the creative careers of Ali, Anniketyni, Azad, Haafiz and Haslin, but also within contemporary Malaysian art history.

With more than two decades within our local arts industry, Ali Nurazmal Yusoff have consistently never ceased to amaze us with his intensely vibrant and revolutionary paintings such as the Imitation Master – After Caravaggio series and Smoking Man series, thereby duly attesting to his reputation as one of the foremost contemporary painters in the country through his latest inset solo titled Beyond Painting.  Female sculptor Anniketyni Madian, drawing keen attention from local and international waters, further excites us with her intricate and newly-refined wood sculptures that demonstrates her native Sarawakian identity with a feminine twist.