HAMIR SOIB MOHAMED

The Great Malaysia City Scape, 2005

When asked about this painting Hamir states: “It’s a question of perspective.”

He has used the technical - the art of painting and perspectives - to talk about the conceptual. This work was debuted at Hamir’s groundbreaking exhibition Pameran Tunggal, which has gone down in Malaysian exhibition history as it was one of the first time monumental canvases were shown during a period when galleries often displayed works in a four-foot by four-foot canvas dimension. Through this exhibition and works such as The Great Malaysia City Scape, Hamir altered the way in which we look at art locally, establishing himself as one of Malaysia’s leading contemporary painters.