LOT 50
KHALIL IBRAHIM
B. Kelantan, 1934 – 2018
“Model in St Martins” – St Martin Series of Artworks, 1964
Acrylic on board
73 x 44 cm
Private Collection, Singapore. Illustrated on page 118 of the “The Art Journey of Khalil Ibrahim” Retrospective book published by KLAS in 2015.
Signed and dated “Khalil 64” on lower right
RM 30,000 – 50,000
There is something sublime, ethereal and yes, perhaps, even a little spiritual about the Expressionistic abstract works created by that master Malaysian artist – Khalil Ibrahim. Ever since his art apprenticeship in 1960s England (at St.Martin’s School of Art, central London) meeting Malaysian abstract/ expressionist artist Ibrahim Hussein (known for Gardu – 1968 and My Father the Astronaut – 1970) and, later, meeting with Malaysian Expressionist painter/poet Latiff Mohidin (famous for his Pago Pago series) – there had been a distinctly abstract undercurrent to many of Khalil Ibrahim’s works. There seems little doubt that studying at an English art school, learning fresh ways of seeing, coupled with having contact with artists discovering new approaches to their art and lives, changed the way Khalil approached his own artistic works.