Artist:  Husni Osman

Title : The Room VI (on the left)

Medium:  Acrylic on 200gm Paper

Size:  60cm x 48cm x 4cm (d) each with frame

Year:  2014

The Room VII Husni Osman Acrylic on 200gm Paper 60cm x 48cm x 4cm 2014

The Room XVIII Husni Osman Acrylic on 200gm Paper 60cm x 48cm x 4cm 2014

The Room V Husni Osman Acrylic on 200gm Paper 60cm x 48cm x4cm2014

The Room VI (Conversation) Husni Osman Acrylic on 200gm Paper 60cm x 48cm x 4cm 2014

The Room VIII Husni Osman Acrylic on 200gm Paper 60cm x 48cm x 4cm 2014

The sparseness of the room turns our attention to two things:  the door and the ball of crumpled paper on the flow that embody Husni’s feeling of defeat and disillusionment at a point of time after his artworks were rejected by various parties time after time.

Strangely, as he sat in his rented quarters ruminating upon his future, or what was left of it, he found himself drawn to paint facing the door.  It was as if to him the doorway was at once a a portal beckoning him to new possibilities and a dark, gaping abyss of ambiguities that threatened to engulf him.

In the first painting(see in frame), the shapes are clear and concrete, deliberately outlined in black.  Nevertheless, moving towards the final painting above, the objects become progressively deconstructed.  Be it the balls of paper, furniture or even the black hole of the door, every single one morphs into forms that are nearly unrecognisable.  The colours, they too change from definite hues to hazy nuances of shades.

With each scene, Husni seems to gain more confidence to break away from realistic shapes and norms and truly express himself in his authentic, abstract manner, eventually overcoming the fear of rejection and dashed hopes to present a more mature point of view.