LOT 20
ISMAIL ABDUL LATIFF
B. Melaka, 1955
Rantau Jampung, 2002
Signed “Ismail Latiff” on lower right
Acrylic on paper
58 x 28 cm
Provenance Private Collection, Singapore
RM4,500 – RM7,000
Anybody familiar with Ismail Latiff’s works may even describe him to be an artistic wizard, and by wielding a brush, he creates magic on canvas. The colours seen here are in a fantasy twirl, moving about here and there, floating and breezing through the canvas as if Ismail Latiff was showing the viewer a magic show, or opening a window to peer into his beautiful imagination.
His works are based on nature and solitude, some sort of paradise, as seen in this painting. He once mentioned, “I embarked on a conquest of inner space, texture and colour, bringing the beauty of the natural world indoor, which is transformed onto paper and canvas.”