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
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