#3. FINAL PROJECT PROPOSAL (DR SULAIMAN ESA) : "TIMELINE"

Idea :
Time-Lapse (Timeline) on the wall/path.

Based on project :
Raja'ah (1950-2011) by Dr. Sulaiman Esa

Project Centralisation :
- Londan Era
- Illusion
- Insyirah
- Panopticon

Project Brief :
1) As a interactive ways of summarization, in term of art exhibition. As we know, exhibition doesnt stay at one particular time forever. It only will be shows or preview at one particular time-length wheather one day/one week/ or a few month.

2) To solve this problem, as for "replay" the exhibition back at any place but to remains how the exhibtion goes at the original place, for example National Art Gallery Kuala Lumpur. The artwork will be recorded or been captured, and then will be re-visualized into interactive video projection mapping/content.

3) The content that already been re-visualized will be put at the particular path or walk-ways on the side, which when people go through it, the sensors will trigger the movement and plays the interactive video projection mapping/content by the particular selected trigger area.

4) It will be such like an interactive timeline, that can bringing back the original mood as at the original place of the exhibition.

Here is the draft for the Final Output :

Draft 1 : By using 4 flat LCD,  1 webcam for trigger the movements and area, and Sound speaker for audio.

Draft 2 : By using 1 projector,  1 webcam for trigger the movements & area, and Sound speaker for audio.

#2. FINAL PROJECT (DR SULAIMAN ESA) : RAJA'AH : ART, IDEA AND CREATIVITY (1950-2011)

Exhibition Title : Raja'ah : Art, Idea and Creativity (1950-2011)

Artist : Dr. Sulaiman Esa

Brief :
This exhibition is more than meets the eye. Sulaiman Esa has dived into the core of Malaysian identity and values using elements of pop culture. The artiste is basically trying to break free from the stereotyping mind of the hegemony of Western culture. Interesting enough, he managed to combine Captain America and Darth Vader paper cut into works that rooted in Islamic principals and geometry.

The artist’s driving philosophy was the quest to break free from the hegemony of Western culture and to create a uniquely Malaysian cultural identity. He strived for this in his works, blending local materials and techniques with pop culture. Captain America and Darth Vader papercuts suddenly appear in what initially seem like works specifically rooted in Islamic principles of geometry and repetition, and Sulaiman’s ‘Beauty in Diversity’ pieces celebrate Malaysia’s multicultural flavour without once stepping into that dreaded realm of cheesy.

This exhibition is unexpected, different at every angle, and proof that if you look, there are some absolute gems in Malaysian art. More history on the artist would’ve been nice, but the exhibition scores top points for its breadth. Gallery 3B has many of Sulaiman’s old works (landscapes from his youth, homages to Van Gogh and the Impressionists), there’s a video of the artist in conversation with the curator, and a huge work called ‘Panopticon’ in Gallery 3A, which the artist made with his video artist son, Fairuz Sulaiman.


As for the exhibition, Dr Sulaiman highlighted this four part as represent their journey towards him life starting around 1950 until currently 2011.

1) Londan Era
2) Illusion
3) Insyirah
4) Panapticon

Some of the exhibition picture,

#1. FINAL PROJECT (NATIONAL ART GALLERY) : DR SULAIMAN ESA

DR. SULAIMAN ESA

He is a Malaysian artist making sense between, on one hand, concepts of Eastern sprituality, Islamic cosmology and Malay culture, and on other, International Modernism in art and the hegemony of Western aesthetics.

Dr Sulaiman Esa is perhaps one of the most ‘spiritual’ Malaysian artists around. This is because his works are usually very much inspired by the Islamic values and its calligraphic strokes and technique. He is known to be one of the earliest and perhaps the few artists who follow a strict guideline of producing art with Islamic principles. The artist came about during the 1980s when the government of Malaysia in its effort to promote Islamic values within the Malay and Muslim community drew many initiatives in the Islamic programme in 1982. This was then Islamic art from Malaysia started gaining notice and recognition in the country and abroad.

Although Islamic calligraphy was already in existence and was adopted by many modern artists, it was only after the programmes had taken off that modern art in Malaysia began embracing the body of work that encircles around this faith. Dr Sulaiman Esa’s work was best manifested during this time when he wanted to inject an internationalist and multicultural frames that draw inspirations and design from the fundamentals of Islam to be used in contemporary art form. As one of the pioneers of promoting the production of contemporary art using Islamic principles, Dr Sulaiman is recognized as one of the most visionary artists in the Malaysian scene.

As for the point, i can conclude this 4 character of Dr Sulaiman artwork :

1) The concepts of eastern spirituality

2) Islamic Cosmology

3) Hegemony of western aesthetics

4) International Moderism

From my own review, i think based on all the artworks, Dr Sulaiman Esa try to combine the content of islamic principles which is (traditional) and relate it with the malay culture which is also (traditional) yet the malay culture is always going moderate from time to time (contemporary)

Finally, the contemporary art form which realted between islamic principles + malay muslim culture.

Type of Artwork

1) Canvas Painting (Oil/Acrylics)

2) Mix Art

3) Sculpture

4) Art Installation

5) Clay

6) Calligraphy

7) Graphic Design (Digital)

Example of Artwork

More :

http://www.freewebs.com/suzysulaiman/apps/photos/album?albumid=3725653