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Artist Statement:
ARTIS STATEMENT
Siri Pemain Wayang
Mohd Hairi B Yaakub
Though it speaks to any
audience, Permain Wayang is
deeply rooted in traditional
Malay culture especially the
Wayang Kulit shadow puppet
theatre from the east coast of
peninsula Malaysia.
The painting speaks eloquently
of two themes: exposure and
alienation.
Hairi comments, When a Malay
child is born, we dress him up
as what we want him to become.
What I have done is taken the
dress away, leaving the mans
true self, naked and exposed.
He cannot hide.
Yet exposure makes us
desperately vulnerable, and
hiding is second nature. This
introduces the second theme:
alienation. The man in the
painting is alienated in a
double sense: alienated from
his environment, and alienated
from himself.
Facing his audience head on,
the man remains wholly
impassive - blank. Moreover,
only half his face is visible,
enabling him to hide himself,
despite his nakedness. We
cannot see his eyes, and he
cannot see us. There is no
communication, no interaction.
The alienation is complete.
But the man is equally
alienated from himself, figure
of Ravana, an evil spirit from
Indian mythology, and a key
figure in Wayang Kulit
theatre. Ravana is a force
both ...
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EXHIBITION
2007 : β ARTRIANGLE β 20 Mei β 30 Mei. Wisma Kebudayaan Soka Gakkai
Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur
2007 : β Katharsis β Two Men Show by Mohd Hairi Yaakub & Syahrulniza Ahmad
Zaini. 07 Feb β 03 Mar 07. NN Gallery , Kuala Lumpur.
2006 : β Mind, Body & Soul ii β 1 Nov -23 Nov 06. Wei-Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur.
2006 : β Malaysian Ekspressions Gita Bayu Exhibition β 17 Ogos - 20 Ogos 2006
Gita Bayu , Serdang, Selangor.
2006 : β 10 Year On .. β 12 Feb β 7 Mar 06. NN Gallery, Kuala Lumpur.
2005 : β Malaysia Open β Oct 05 β Nov 11. National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur.
2004 : β Pemain wayang β Solo Exhibition 27 Sept β 10 Nov 04, Badan Warisan
Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur.
2003 : β Philips Morris of Companies Malaysia Art Awards 2003 β 16 Sept- . National
Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
2003 : β ART UNDER 100 β Aug 28 β Sep 06, 03. Valentine Willie Fine Art,
Kuala Lumpur.
2003 : β Bare β A look at the Nude β 12 Jun-16 Jun 03, Townhouse Gallery,
Kuala Lumpur
2003 : β Creativity for Humanity β Art & Dance β 1 - 5 Mei 03, ARTalk Gallery,
Kuala Lumpur
2003 : β LYRICS OF DRAWING β 25 Mac β 11 April 03, Metro Fine Art Legend
Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
2002 : β Let Me Speak β Solo Exhibition, 2 Oct to 23 Oct Badan Warisan Malaysia,
Kuala Lumpur.
2002 : Open Show 2001, 11. Nov 01 - 17 mac 02 Balai Seni Lukis Negara,
Kuala Lumpur.
2001 : β Two View β by M.Hairi Yaakub & Azah Yusof
Badan Warisan, Kuala Lumpur.
1999 : Festival Pekan Seni Ipoh IV, 30 Okt-13
Nov 1999, Ipoh, Perak.
1999 : B-Side β reflection from the margin β Galeri Pelita Hati, Bangsar,
Kuala Lumpur.
1999 : Pameran Seni Lukis Mengenai Isu Kosovo, 23 April, 23 April 99,
Dewan Bandaran Ipoh, Perak.
1999 : Pameran Seni Rupa Cetusan Rasa, Muzium Kesenian Darul
Ridzuan, Ipoh, Perak.
1998 : Journey Of Malaysian Art In Conjunction Of APEC Summit
Malaysia 98, PWTC, Kuala Lumpur.
1998 : Pameran Seni Rupa Cetusan Rasa, Muzium Kesenian Darul
Ridzuan, Ipoh, Perak.
1997 : Pameran Lukisan βJulungβ , Perbadanan Muzium Melaka,
( PERZIM ) Melaka.
1997 : Pameran βUlungβ Jabatan Seni Halus UITM, Perak.
1996 : Design Fest β96 UiTM, Perak.
EXPERIENCE
2002 Project Leader β Art in Health Malaysia β in partnership Tab Creative and
Selayang Hospital
2002 : Resident Artist β Artist Training Program β in partnership with Tab Creative
Industries, KL , The British Council , LIME.
2001 : Resident Artist β Art in Health Malaysia β Jointly founded by UK trade
Mission, The British Council, The Art Council Of England.
2000 : Impression Artist. Sharity Greeting ( M ) SDN BHD, Desa sri Hartamas,
-2001 Kuala Lumpur.
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