Proposal for the Commission artworks for Bristol Benallie 2015

" This was my idea for an artwork propose for Bristol Benallie in 2015, even though it was not succeed into getting commission but it pass the top 70 over 700 participant. the artwork idea is still relevant to the art scene in Malaysia as it really depict the social norm of working institution. Rather letting this idea and proposal collecting virtual dust in my computer, i would like to post and hoping there will be a person that would commission me to do this artwork. and yes most of my kind of artwork are not sell-able or market wise, or maybe not that intellectual based of artwork or critical in a sense of communicating or realizing a society but for me its mine expression of taught and feeling  "  

                                                            Muhamad Nizar Bin Sulaiman 19 May 2016

Proposal for the Commission artworks for Bristol Benallie 2015

Artist – Nizar Sulaiman

Title for propose artworks – Obey

Introduction

Graduate of Degree in Fine Art, and major in Painting and minor in Art Liberal studies at UiTM in 2013, and currently interested in ready-made art especially in Malaysia art scene. The pursuit of this particular art form started in the studies in 2012, which was influenced by Marchell Duchamp, Jasper John, and even Martin Heidegger. Most of my artwork that got exhibit are not commonly accepted by public, especially the Malaysian art scene. Other than commercial exhibition, I also have involved in art for community, the reason was, that I found the experience of connecting through people via art is quiet interesting and also as a way to give back to the community. There have been two project that I was involve and that was Padang Jawa Art Street and also an NGO project from Marecet about the dolphin around Malaysia marine habitat ecosystem. I also had done a social experiment on the people that is color blind, and participate them in the interaction of looking at a painting, this was experimented during my studies in 2010.

For this particular project, the artwork seeks to reanimate the condition of society, organization, or institution under the certain rule and regulation made for containment. Obey use 36 pieces of standing fans lining up together and operates simultaneously mimicking certain behavior when put under control of higher authority (in this case the artist who operates the fans)

Artworks Material

·         36 pieces of standing fan

·         Extend wire cord

It will consist of 36 pieces of standing fan, similar in color, shape and sizes, it will be setup to move simultaneously and will be position in a well – organized position.

Concept of the artwork       

The reason of this particular artwork is inspired by an event surrounding the society with organization or institution. The nature of every organization and institution that they set a certain rule and regulation that will be need to be followed by the workers or employee to achieved the targeted objective of the organization, yet some denied the individualistic of a person as the worker or employee. The organization that sees the employee as a tools of their own in order to get profit, and putting them in order and enforcing them to be more like a machine every single day. It is also representing the hierarchy system that is embedded in every organization or institution, and in this particular system the person on the top will have the power to rule everyone that is in the system. The system sometimes strict in maintaining order and obeying rules, it also can restricting the individualistic and the freedom of a person.

Drawing for Obey

 

         

Budget for the propose artworks

	Item	Quantity	Cost
1.	Standing Fan	36
2.	Extend wire cord	27

My CV... in case i'm not certify to post..

INTRODUCTION

Graduate of Degree in Fine Art, and major in Painting and minor in Art Liberal studies at UiTM in 2013, and currently interested in ready-made art especially in Malaysia art scene. The pursuit of this particular art form started in the studies in 2012, which was influenced by Marchell Duchamp, Jasper John, and even Martin Heidegger. Most of my artwork that got exhibit are not commonly accepted by public, especially the Malaysian art scene. Other than commercial exhibition, I also have involved in art for community, the reason was, that I found the experience of connecting through people via art is quiet interesting and also as a way to give back to the community. There have been two project that I was involve and that was Padang Jawa Art Street and also an NGO project from Marecet about the dolphin around Malaysia marine habitat ecosystem. I also had done a social experiment on the people that is color blind, and participate them in the interaction of looking at a painting, this was experimented during my studies in 2010.

Exhibitions

2014

                 99 Nama Allah – group show – Gallery Chandan, Publika.

2013

                 >    PLATFORM – group show – Gallery Chandan, Publika.

                 >    Padang Jawa Street Art – Padang Jawa, Selangor.

                 >    Degree Show – Universiti Teknologi Mara, UiTM.

2012

                >    Italian Week; Sounds, Sights and Senses – Organized by Embassy of Italy.

                >    The Precious Little Pieces – group show – Wei- Ling Contemporary.

                >    Urban Art Show – open show – Pelita Hati Gallery.

                >    GMI Painting Competition – 2^nd place – German Malaysian Institute, Bangi.

2011

               >    Ringgit Rice Plate Project – KL Convention Centre.

               >    Shah Alam Open Exhibition – open show – Shah Alam, Selangor.

2010

               >    Tunas Ilham – Diploma Show – Universiti Teknologi Mara, UiTM Melaka.

               >    Citra Terengganu 2010 – art competition – Terengganu.

2009

               >    Drawing with TYT TUN Melaka – art competition – 1^st Place – Melaka.

2013 – 2014

GEOMATIKA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

Fine Art Lecturer

               >    Teach Basic Drawing subject for Diploma in Graphic

               >    Teach in Painting and Drawing subject for Diploma Fine Art

 2014 – 2015

INTEC EDUCATION COLLEGE

Art & Design Lecturer

              >    Teach Drawing subject for Architecture and Animation

              >    Experience teaching in A-Level program and American Degree Foundation Program                            (ADFP).

Projects

2012

             >    Practical – Gallery Chandan – Damansara, Kuala Lumpur.

             >    Portrait Drawing – “Himpunan Jutaan Belia Koloni Anak Seni” – Putrajaya.

             >    Assistant – Art Classes by Fuad Ariff – Shah Alam, Selangor.

2011

             >    Museum Installation Artist – Numismatics Gallery – Salsana Kijang, Gallery Bank                               Negara, Kuala Lumpur.

2010

            >    Organize Art Booth – MAHA 2010 ­– UPM Serdang.

EDUCATION

             2007 - 2010

          Diploma in Fine Arts, Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM)

Degree in Fine Arts, 2010 - 2013

           >    Major in Painting

           >    Minor in Art Liberal Studies

References

References are available upon request

process making "the girl astronaut"

"80% of the problem in painting can be solve by drawing"

painting is a medium of communication of the artist with the audience, and it have develop from the caves painting till now in various kind of form. As i was once a student major in painting in an art institution, i was fascinate in painting not as the image maker kind, but in the way some artist painting manage to pull you into his or her reality, world, or even perspective. The problem was how can i make that kind of artwork, some would go into personal issues, memories, that would trigger a certain people that would have the same memories for them to relate or understand the painting. Nevertheless if in the painting the depiction of memories or personal issues are very image direct, would it be as you are reading a book that have pictorial to make you easy to understand, the audience would look in a glance and understand it would they appreciate it? if the technical is superb, photo realist, or abstract or surrealist they maybe appreciate it, but just until the technical stuff. How about the content, the meaning behind the meaning, do you want the artist spoon feeding you as he or she saying "hey! i miss the feeling of playing kite, now look at this realistic kite" or "every people look at the war, its horrible, and i paint a tank and a kid that i pick the picture from the internet".

for my current painting is still in progress, its after few of drawing i have made from 2015 in my sketch book, the picture of astronaut doing lots of random stuff, it was also inspired by the photo release by NASA. The motive is not about the space exploration, but more about the end that we would not able to inhabit our own earth, the content is still on going else well the painting in also work on progress. 

                                                     

Project on the Making

Two Best Friends

The Visual Addiction and the Pioneer Maniac

What is Visual Addiction and Pioneer Maniac? Who is this people? Is this an actual mental illness? Maybe this is not a real mental illness or problem, rather a merely a statement about the art scene in Malaysia nowadays. It is not a crisis or a problem, it is more like a shout out to the Malaysian artist new or old, educated or self- taught, establish or not, that there are more to the artworks rather than visually attracted.

First we will go to Visual Addiction, just like what the name stated addicted only to visual, solely because of the spectacular, grand, majestic, effect of the visual itself. Either the artist involved or not in the visual that he or she choose to be made as a subject matter of a painting, sculpture, print or even video art, is now the freedom of artist to choose. Why he or she choose that image can be interpreted by the audience and academicians, and is the work contribute in the narrative of the Malaysian art or it is contribute to their own pocket. Surely we can’t denied that they need to survive on keeping doing what there are doing best (market pressure). But can we actually say that the artist is actually speaking on the behalf of us by using their artworks? Or it is just a bundle of image put together so it can be nice in the eyes of the beholder? Since the introduction of television we have been bombarded by images beyond our need, in a form of message, advertisement and so on, this is what Marshall McLuhan quote saying, “The medium is the message”. If in the form of the fine arts it applies the same ways that we are being serve an infinite of visual needed or not. but suppose the paintings, prints, sculpture and so on should be presenting the things that enlighten, parody, critical, serious and many issues that people especially the society have miss look or unaware. So “We became what we behold” also stated by McLuhan, is it necessary to the audience or not is also subjective topics. As the artist become more and more addicted to their own visual presentation, slave to their own style, that now are nothing but visual on a plain field. Why not we put these two different yet similar object together for example an illustration comic and a painting, we see that the collector of illustration comic is because of the series, visual art, franchise, storyline and many more obvious reason. While the painting is collect for reason of the artist recognition, the content, the context of the artwork, interior purpose and so many reason, but does the message of the artist is important to the society, representing minority people, highlight important issues and indirectly contribute in the narrative of the Malaysian art scene, is it?

           
Pioneer maniac the term may seem a bit harsh for some people, but it seems to be what it supposed to be. As many people in the art scene very well know especially in Malaysia, there are certain artist that are too egocentric about material or subject matter of their own artwork. It became their one and only tools that recognize them as an artist, so if anybody else use it will become an insult to them. Usually the material are not well known in the practising of art making because the material are actually for industrial purpose and something non art related. So it seems that other artist will need to ask their permission if they wanted to use in their artwork, to put into words the first that use the so called rare material is the pioneer, thus it become their trademark. As Fuad Ariff once told about the material studies, the creation of the material purpose is created for the certain reason, firstly are for the benefaction of the human society in helping the everyday life of the society. Thus until we come to use it in art, without defining the material purpose but just to use it as a splash of effect, rare effect of colour, and so many on, we are just borrowing it for our own purpose. Is the artist nowadays try to create something new and extraordinary to compensate the lame idea or content and became famous so desperately. As the artist try to expand the work with the material without a detail research until the art work hit a certain wall, thus artist repeat the same style until it is too obvious. 

Do these symptom that pile up in our art scene? Is not harming, not hurting anyone in particular, but there a lot purpose we can achieved in our pursuit of making art. Research based art, why it is only for those in the academician, researcher, or other institute, why not the artist involve in it, why most of the topic are very subjective very personal. Is because of these symptom that artist stuck on their own personal individual point of view and becoming very rigid. These term or symptom are already appear in our art scene a long time ago, but if it became our main identity will it display our real image our civilization. ‘The visual addict and the pioneer maniac” are they the players of our art scene or just another product maker that non-stop supplying product to be monopolize by a higher key players?