The National
Art Gallery is a place i'd like to call "A wonder land". The Gallery
is located in Kuala Lumpur, off Jalan Tun Razak Street. The entrance was
surrounded with palm trees and the large walls around it were painted
using Graffiti Art, i found it a really interesting concept to have
graffiti painted walls at the entrance.. Since I am not a local (Sri
Lankan) it was quite an experience for me as it was my first time witnessing Art
done by Malaysians. I felt that most of the artist's work were based in forms
of abstract art and most work had texture and balance in it. there were alot of
paintings done by Latiff Mohidin that I was interested in, however out of all
the paintings displayed there was one in particular that caught my
attention. i am not too sure of the Artist's name and background but the
painting was of a "huge wave" probably symbolizing the vastness of
the ocean or how i'd like to call it "Life".It was done in an
abstract form of art and it had very intricate details on it (Design
Elements) Since blue is one of my favourite colours this may have
been the primary reason as to why this painting caught my attention. i
felt as if the Artist was being very expressive and tried to show alot of
emotion (Blue can be seen as a colour to portray emotion) using alot of
detailed elements in the painting. The "Wave" in the painting was the
central focus i feel symbolizes "Life" and the clusters of
detailed work (different colours- texture) can be seen as the challenges in
life.
Entrance of the "National Visual Art Gallery
Graffiti Painted Walls at the entrance. I found the patterns interesting and perhaps most of the Art work displayed here have a meaning behind it unfortunately many of us were more curious of what was in store inside the Gallery.
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A glimpse of what the Gallery looks like inside-We were told that no cameras were allowed inside the building but I managed to take a photo using my phone of the 1st floor where Latif Mohidin's Paintings were displayed.
The entrance of the National Art Gallery - Graffiti Painted walls. Celebrating 60 years "Latiff Mohidin"
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