Saiful Razman

Digigit Politikus

2011-06-28T22:25:00.000-07:00

Digigit Politikus

183 cm x 183 cm

Oil on canvas

2011

Crumpled

2011-03-14T00:01:00.000-07:00

Crumpled

Oil paint on jute

122 cm x 122 cm

2011

Changkat

2010-10-12T19:21:00.001-07:00

Changkat

168 cm x 168 cm

Oil paint on canvas

2010

Survival of the fattest

2010-08-17T01:03:00.001-07:00

Size : 168 cm x 168 cm

Medium : Oil paint on canvas

Year : 2010

Let It Go

2010-08-17T00:30:00.000-07:00

Medium : Acrylic binder paint on canvas

Size : 122 cm x 122 cm

Year : 2010

Depress and Conceptual in Art

2010-05-26T03:23:00.000-07:00

Energy Trap. Installation View

2010-04-18T05:05:00.000-07:00

Growth Subject 2010

2010-04-13T19:54:00.000-07:00

2010-04-09T00:59:00.000-07:00

Ereksi

46 cm x 46 cm x 12 cm

Cut Out Sticker on lightbox

2010

2010-04-09T00:58:00.000-07:00

Bertanduk

46 cm x 46 cm x 12 cm

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2010

2010-04-09T00:57:00.000-07:00

Berbulu

46 cm x 46 cm x 12 cm

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2010

2010-04-09T00:55:00.001-07:00

Cedera

46 cm x 46 cm x 12 cm

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2010

2010-04-09T00:52:00.000-07:00

Iron Maid

46 cm x 46 cm x 12 cm

Cut Out Sticker on lightbox

2010

2010-04-09T00:00:00.000-07:00

Segar

46 cm x 46 cm x 12 cm

Cut Out Sticker on lightbox

2010

Al-Kesah @ White Box, MAP Solaris Dutamas 2010, Curated by ARTERI

2010-03-30T00:38:00.001-07:00

Untuk Bangsa, Agama dan Negara

Crepe paper on gauze

9ft x 3 ft

2010

Al-Kesah @ White Box, MAP Solaris Dutamas 2010, Curated by ARTERI

2010-03-29T13:55:00.000-07:00

Visiting A Gallery

Canvas Shoes

2010

Site Installation

Text by Simon Soon

Spool Project @ MAP Art Fest 2010 Solaris Dutamas

2010-03-29T13:15:00.000-07:00

Jangan Jolok- Screen Printing Series

2010-03-07T19:13:00.000-08:00

profesor jalan raya

2010-02-22T05:24:00.000-08:00

Tanda Demo @ Aswara KL

2010-02-15T18:24:00.000-08:00

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 10, 2010): Actor cum director Nam Ron is incensed that 'Tanda', his stage production's six-day run at the Theatre Experiment at the National Culture and Heritage Academy (Aswara) was cut short by the art institute recently.

The play, which was produced by theatre group Rumah Anak Teater (RAT) that he co-founded in 2008, started its run on Feb 2 to a packed house.

But on Feb 5, the production team were ordered to leave the premises as Aswara officials claimed that Nam Ron, whose real name is Shahili Abdan, had failed to get the proper approvals from the institute.

Nam Ron however, disputes this.

"Apparently they said I didn’t follow the proper procedures to get the authorisation to showcase the production at their theatre venue," he told theSun.

"But as far as I know I had followed the rules and regulations. I even reconfirmed twice (with the institute officials) just to make sure I have the proper authorisation letter.

Read the rest of the report here.

Rumah Anak Teater

Jalan Yang Lurus

2010-02-03T22:18:00.001-08:00

tampal

2010-01-25T22:43:00.000-08:00

Tutup Buku 2009

2009-12-17T22:28:00.000-08:00

Berhenti Melukis !

2009

Acrylic on Canvas

1 Kepala

2009

Collage on Paper

Jangan Jolok

2009

Acrylic on Canvas

1 Lembu

2009

Acrylic on Canvas

Ada Di Mana Mana

2009

Found Object

2009 Hitam @ BETWEEN THE LINES @ The Annexe Gallery KL

2009-09-01T20:19:00.000-07:00

Our news never tell us the whole truth. Our politicians veil their threats. Our friends are too polite with us. When we criticise, we choose the sweetest words. When we confess our feelings, we drop hints instead. So many things we don't dare say aloud, or don't know how to. Religion. Race. Politics. Sex. Desires. Love. So we are left to expressing ourselves in between the lines.
More!

2009 Art For Nature Rimbun Dahan

2009-08-29T18:34:00.001-07:00

Curator text here

2009 Garis & Mari Menuju Kejayaan!

2009-08-29T18:28:00.000-07:00

2008 TUKAR GANTI : Hilang & Lintang

2009-08-29T18:09:00.001-07:00

2008 TUKAR GANTI : New Malaysian Paintings 17 Sep – 07 Oct 2008

2009-08-29T02:10:00.000-07:00

Valentine Willie Fine Art is pleased to announce Tukar Ganti, a survey of new Malaysian paintings. Tukar Ganti takes a closer look at eight mid-career Malaysian painters in their attempt at reinventing and reasserting the importance of the medium in contemporary art discourse.

The title of the show playfully suggests, in the Malay language, notion of change and replacement. While it broadly hints at the political 'wave' that has beset Malaysia in recent times, the exhibition hones in on the development of new painterly forms by a generation of artists that has expanded their vocabulary to explore the problematics of painting.

If Malaysian art in the nineties marked the return of figurative painting, this new generation of artists have increasingly looked beyond the confines of the Malaysian subject, instead they turn to explore the means of painting, finding new forms to understand and respond to the significant shift in the country's pattern of thinking in culture, aesthetics, and social history.

Curatorial text by Simon Soon. >>> Here!

2008 Naiki Projekt.

2009-08-29T01:13:00.000-07:00

2008 Naiki Projekt.

2009-08-29T01:09:00.001-07:00

2008 Naiki Projekt.

2009-08-29T01:07:00.000-07:00

2008 Naiki Projekt.

2009-08-29T00:50:00.001-07:00

Collaboration with Ilham Fadly (Kojek) and Azliza Ayob (Pol).
Pavilion Kuala Lumpur

2008 The Malaysian Dilemma

2009-08-28T15:36:00.000-07:00

2008 Pelan Cap Series

2009-08-28T15:29:00.000-07:00

2008 Pelan 9

2009-08-28T15:02:00.000-07:00

2008 Pelan 8

2009-08-28T14:52:00.000-07:00

2008 Pelan 7

2009-08-28T14:13:00.000-07:00

2008 Pelan 6

2009-08-28T11:57:00.000-07:00

2008 Pelan 5

2009-08-28T11:53:00.000-07:00

2008 Pelan 4

2009-08-28T11:49:00.000-07:00

2008 Pelan 3

2009-08-28T11:44:00.000-07:00

2008 Pelan 2

2009-08-28T11:42:00.000-07:00

2008 Pelan 1

2009-08-28T11:37:00.000-07:00

2008 Pelan Pelan & Bilik Gerakan @ The Annexe, Central Market, KL

2009-08-28T11:26:00.000-07:00

In the Klang Valley, as in most valleys around the world, there is a pervasive sense of stagnation, of a certain rot. Air does not circulate well in valleys and air quality depends largely on heavy rains or strong winds to blow it air away. Stale air is oppressive, and with a now acquired haze and overwhelming pollution, the sense of stagnation is even more complete. This kind of landscape lends to a certain kind of complacence, metaphoric or real, born out of this stagnation. It rests and festers and does not move. However, within this structure of inactivity are impulses that propel movement, a slow but steady kinetic force, which chooses to move in whichever way or form. As there is no sense of order to this kind of movement, this could be seen potentially as a sense of chaos. It is this that the artist has chosen to explore in his new series of works, Pelan-Pelan & Bilik Gerakan. (Plans and the Mobilisation Centre).

A sense of subculture now pervades Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. Established and emerging artists especially, are spearheading new movements in music, film, art and literature. This has given license for many younger artists to create. They are bolder, braver, more intuitive and observant than before, embracing a spirit of do-it-yourself-ness and largesse. There is vibrancy, a dare-devilishness in exploration, urgency and an anger that is symbiotic of our time. Artists are now presenting their work in ways that are untried, untested, thus giving rise to a new kind of independence and revolt.

Saiful Razman’s experience of working for one year at The Annexe, Central Market, gave the artist a glimpse into the curious world of KL culture and its sub (culture) and of its workings in a commercial context as well as the most basic of artistic sensibilities. It inspired him and this exhibition is in part, a result of that focussed observation.

In choosing to work with the most fundamental elements of design - line, shape, texture; and principles of repetition - to convey his meaning and understanding of the work, he has chosen to work within a paradox of totality and reduction, a minimalist approach to stagnation and the ‘chaotic’. Neither static nor resistant, the work is born out of bold, sweeping strokes that are a mixture of play and revolt, of flight and of fancy. Using only a paint roller as his tool, the artist constructs layer upon layer, exposing the chaotic, unlike a house painter whose sole purpose is to cover-up flaws, cracks and imperfections.

Chaos comes with it, disorder and anarchy, but within itself is an agonising sense of contemplation. This becomes the spiritual threshold of discovery. Some revolt, some don’t. Some persevere and endure whereas others seek simplicity and calm. In the process of trying to understand upheaval, and risk not being affected by it, some turn to repetition, which is seen as safe. Be it in political and social structures, which provide value systems that are tried and tested, individual clarity may not be achieved. Therefore, the lack of consciousness, man’s state of cognition, is compromised. In order to achieve clarity, one has to strive for it, in the most straightforward ways of expression. This is the premise of the artist’s creation.

Born in 1980, the artist is a product of the pre and post-Mahathir era and now, an observer and participant of the 2008 political upheaval. Malaysians are now confronted with a state of chaos and uncertainty, combined with a rot that has set in deep into the consciousness of the Klang Valley. Social and political institutions provide plans, so do political parties and economic structures. There is always a ‘plan’ when chaos ensues. Some are long-term plans others are short-term plans. They are still plans nonetheless, which give human beings a sense of purpose when there seems to be done.

Therefore, in looking at Kuala Lumpur (or Malaysia) as a metaphor, are ‘plans’ the answer? Do ‘plans’ bring about order to our chaos? Or do ‘plans’ add to the sense of chaos? Do we relinquish responsibility, and let it all go according to ‘plan’? Whose plan is this? Are we part of it? And what if we don’t want to be a part of this plan?

This series of paintings illustrate what constitutes to be an in-articulated view of the present political and social clime. Blocks stacked up, symbolic of monoliths, institutions, people, ice, concrete bricks, concepts, but all within it, movement. Confined to its lines, but still, with a definite inertia - something or someone is trying to get out or get in. Boundaries are real or imagined, they are either stagnant or they are moving away.

In looking at this kind of art, we are made to look, and look again.

Perhaps in the singularity of one moment, we might even catch a glimpse of ourselves in there.

Bernice Chauly

2007 Barred

2009-08-28T09:00:00.000-07:00

2007 Apostrophe

2009-08-15T19:43:00.000-07:00

2006 Light Box @ Melting Pot Cafe, Concorde Hotel KL

2009-08-15T19:04:00.000-07:00

2006 Bumi Larangan

2009-08-15T13:15:00.000-07:00

2006 Bendera

2009-08-15T13:04:00.001-07:00

2006 Bendera

2009-08-15T12:55:00.000-07:00

Collaboration with Bernice Chauly's Green, The Burning and Rahmat Haron's Keranamu Malaysia (text)

2005 Another Project Angkasawanegara

2009-08-05T05:46:00.000-07:00

At Paul's Place KL

2004 Satu Lagi Project Angkasawanegara

2009-08-05T05:33:00.000-07:00

This one also from Rahmat Haron.
Found banner.
He put some thoughts on it. :)

2004 Satu lagi projek Angkasawanegara

2009-08-05T05:28:00.000-07:00

This one from Rahmat Haron. Read more about him here.

2004 Projekt Angkasawanegara

2009-08-05T05:24:00.000-07:00

A collaboration work with Rahmat Haron.
This piece titled 'Dari Sungai Sireh Ke Teluk Gong'. Inspired from Usman Awang poem.

2004 Rimbun Dahan Show Artworks

2009-08-05T04:11:00.000-07:00

2004 Art For Nature September 25th – October 10th 2004

2009-08-05T03:33:00.000-07:00

Paradise Lost/Paradise Found
Rimbun Dahan
Curator text here.

3 Young Contemporaries: Lau Mun Leng + Phuan Thai Meng + Saiful Razman 01 Apr – 17 Apr 2004

2009-08-03T07:43:00.000-07:00

The annual exhibition of 3 Young Contemporaries at Valentine Willie Fine Art this year showcases the work of three promising young artists, Lau Mun Leng, Phuan Thai Meng and Saiful Razman.

Curated by Jalaini Abu Hassan – an established artist and a lecturer at the Universiti Teknologi Mara, Shah Alam – this year’s show is an exciting mix of different artistic approaches, media and concerns.

2003 Kontak Show

2009-08-03T06:54:00.000-07:00