Friday, February 20, 2009

ibrahim husein (1936-2009)


two days ago (feb 19) one of our nation great artist passed away. Since my younger day I never missed to visit the national gallery every weekends just to see his paintings over and over again. Never had a chance to meet him and now he's in haven. Ibrahim or Ib once said:


My paintings have parallel lives of personal emotion and social commentary. Artists, creative people, we're not practical, we work from the heart. It comes out of your private world and into the world everyone knows.
Here's to you Ib...

2 comments:

Stephen Dell'Aria said...

Great sketch. You capture an engaging side to Ibrahim.

aminsaim said...

thanks steve, i have plan to visit his gallery in langkawi island malaysia and shake his hand but i guess its too late...