english essay artwork

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Xavier Ooi Win Yang 0307620

Lim Fang Shiuan 0310399



Art, is the conscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the

production of aesthetic objects and also works being produced. Each and every

art is a design whereby it is the core of architecture. This assignment was given

by our lecturer as a great opportunity for us to understand deeper, play the

storyline in our mind which first impresses us what the painting is all about and

looking at the detail artworks being done by artist. Each group of two were

assigned to specific art galleries. We were assigned to Galeri Petronas which is

situated in Suria KLCC in the middle of the town. Both of us visited the gallery the

weekend right after the assignment was assigned to us.

The first artwork that caught our attention was an art piece by an artist of

the name Raja Azhar Idris. This painting titled Hujan di Jalan Pahang, Kuala

Lumpur. This artwork was created in the year 1994 which is now eighteen years

old. In Malay language, the title of the painting means raining in Pahang Road

which is in Kuala Lumpur. It is an oil on canvas of painting. Our first impression

givin towards this painting was why were there so many objects in the painting

but most of the objects in the painting wasn’t clear. After looking at the painting

for a moment, we managed to roughly figure out what the objects were. It was an

idea viewing outside the windscreen of a car when heavy strikes. The clearest

object seen in the picture was the pair of hands on the steering wheel and the

viper sweeping off water. The pattern of the painting was very organized

because although the image is blurred we were able to figure our what was going

on in the painting. The next step we did was to make analysis of the painting.

This painting has a very good proportion of dividing and organizing the elements

in the painting. Then after looking at the painting for some time, we tried to



figure out what was the artist trying to convey to the viewers. To us, what the

painting tried to show the viewers was how dangerous and pitiful others on the

road. For instance, without the existence of viper, the risk of getting into an

accident will be very high on rainy days. I automatically felt the danger of

pedestrians and also motorists. On the other hand, it is actually very sad to see

stalls set up by the road side because once heavy rain suddenly occur, the sellers

will have no time to keep or cover their goods and also look for shelter for

themselves instead, getting wet and splashes of puddle of water from cars and

motorcycles. Personally, Fang Shiuan and I like this artwork very much as it

brings a lot of important meanings behind this picture. The point that we have

learnt about this artwork that made us felt how we did was when the more we

we think off what the artist was trying to convey to the viewers, the deeper the

feelings toward others who do not have cars on rainy days and their risks of

their lives just to earn a living just like others. This painting can be put

everywhere because it gives a proper image to everyone to understand and view

things of a daily life from many different perspective.

The other artwork that striked our eyesight was a painting by the artist,

Hasnul Jamal Saidon. This artwork is named Hijab Nurbaya Series which was

produced in the year 2003. This piece of artwork has mixed media on board

which means the artist used many different materials in making this painting a

successful piece. When looking at this painting, the literal object that can be seen

was a pair of hands. When looking at the painting, we can see like a pair of hands

stretching downwards holding on something. The colour of the painting is

mainly red with a very blurred irregular shape. While analyzing this artwork, we



focused on the contrast and the emphasis of the painting. The contrast of the

artwork was the pair of hands that was being projected out very detailed in the

painting. Besides that, this painting has a very strong emphasis when looking at

it because it developes a very strong deep feeling trough the heart which slowly

brings meanings to the viewers of the painting. To us, what we felt and

understand so far from this painting was a pair of hands carrying a head off a half

splitted body. It’s pretty scary when trying to imagine and abstact the image

drawn on the drawing by the artist when it’s almost impossible to see what the

blurred part is. This painting gave a great thought to us of people in war that was

being chopped into half while sacrificing themselves. After looking and analyzing

the artwork, the artist was trying to tell the viewers how important a pair of

hands can be in any situation. We personally think that this artwork represents

other meanings which has came through the artist’s mind which we cannot dig

out from the artwork even after a long period of time. It might be an experience

that the artist gone through before. As a conclusion, we both liked this artwork

as it was much more outstanding compared to the others which seemed not

having much stories and deep feelings shown in the artwork. We both then

thought if it would be an idea of where t o display this kind of artwork. This isn’t a

very good piece to put it at home where children cannot learn how to understand

and interpret things yet and its best to be in an art gallery.

As a conclusion, the both of us did learnt a lot from this assignment and it

was one of the best learning curve of appreciating artwork done by artists. We

couldn’t take any picture because shooting pictures around the gallery is

prohibited. We would definitely go back to this gallery and visit more galleries in



the future in order to gain more knowledge and understanding of the

description, analysis, intepretation and judgement of a painting.

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