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This December RHB Group of Companies
in association with NN Gallery will present Zulkifli Yusoffs
fourth solo exhibition. After successfully taken part in numerous
groups and solo exhibitions in Kuala
Lumpur, Penang , Singapore , Kassel and Venice, he has returned back
home to show his recent collection.
Born in Yan, Kedah
with a Diploma in Three- Dimensional Arts from ITM, School of Art
and Design and a Masters from Manchester Polytechnic, Zulkifli
Yusoff has achieved international recognition like no other
Malaysian artists in the last decade . Only the second Malaysian
artist to show at the Venice Bienale where he took part in an
Islamic Art Exhibition of the Islamic World .In the same year he was
invited to exhibit an installation in collaboration with four other
Malaysian artists Tengku Sabri , Rahim Abdul Jalil , Aznan Omar and
Mohammed Faizal in Kassel , Germany.
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His installation
works are housed in various museums around the region such as
Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan, Singapore Art Museum and his recent
interest in paintings has amassed international collectors from
around the world.
This exhibition will
showcase a collection of 18 large drawing works on canvas. His
works play upon the theme of Power and the abuse of Power. Using
traditional folklores and Malay myths he translates these stories
into dramatic visual compositions. His use of laborious and fine
cross-etching technique is manifested onto large scale canvasses .
The combination of his visual language and the important social
and political content of his works express a tangible reflection
of Malaysian society and as a result has made him one of
Malaysia's most important contemporary artist.
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