LOT 60
SHAFURDIN HABIB
B. Perak, 1961
Study of Movement I, II, III, 2004
Signed “Shafurdin Habib” on lower left
Oil on canvas
20.5 x 25.5 cm
Provenance
Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
SOLD RM 5,488
Shafurdin Habib was born in Kampung Basong, Perak, in 1961. A hobby he had as a boy, which was drawing in all his exercise book, turned into something big as he developed a real passion for art. Many of his influences are derived from Khalil Ibrahim, whom he befriended after he moved to Kuala Lumpur to pursue art. In fact, Khalil’s influence is discerned in many of Shafurdin’s works, as illustrated in the ‘Study of Movement I, II,III, 2004’. Contrasting to Khalil’s infamous works, Shafurdin’s lines in the movements are not as evident and the colours used by him are darker and more mysterious.