LOT 83
SYED THAJUDEEN
B. India, 1943
Kaabah, 2011
Mixed media on canvas
92 x 92 cm
Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
Signed and dated “Syed Thajudeen 2011” on lower left
RM 18,000 – 35,000
Born in 1943 in India, Syed Thajudeen spent his life in Penang, Malaysia, before pursuing an art education at the Government College of Arts and Crafts in Madras, India. He graduated with a post diploma in Fine Arts in 1974 and later returned to Malaysia to be a lecturer in Fine Arts at Institut Teknologi MARA. Syed Thajudeen is well-known for his large-scale mural paintings of epic proportions set in period landscapes. Syed Thajudeen has exhibited around the world, with countries including the United States, Belgium, United Kingdom, and China. He also has 10 solo exhibitions under his belt. The works of Syed Thajudeen are deeply rooted in culture and traditions of Malaysia.
In this painting –‘The Ka’abah is represented through the artist’s unique visual language. The Ka’abah is a stone building at the center of Islam’s most important mosque and holiest site, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.