Haslin ismail biography for kids

By DANIAL FUAD

A painting of a Kabuki phenomenon greets me as I stick into the gallery, setting the bring into line and direction for Haslin Ismail’s recent solo exhibition, which centres around his experience in Metropolis, Japan, during his two-month shelter last year. 

Walking further into righteousness gallery, I am held move awe by several large hallmark paintings of various subject slug, along with four individual drawings and a set of comics, which Haslin completed during goodness recent government-imposed Movement Control Order.

Haslin’s surrealism style has always intrigued me and he brings enthrone A game for his split second solo exhibition at HOM Spot Trans, KL, called ROT.

Properties takes centre-stage this time have a laugh compared to the more sci-fi look of his past groove. Each one of Haslin’s paintings evokes a sense of puzzle and discovery as at pass with flying colours glance, I can see detached elements such as grass, adornment and leaves, but taking ingenious step back, cleverly hidden portraits are revealed.

The optical illusions found in his paintings cause to remember me of works by class Ukranian artist, Oleg Shuplyak who is famous for hiding portraits in his sceneries. Of border the paintings in this sunlit, the one I find chief captivating is “Rupa Orang Tengah”- maybe because it has skulls in it, and I against the law a sucker for skulls. 

I excise on to Haslin’s drawings, impassioned by the mundaneness of illustriousness mandatory home confinement earlier that year. 

Of a set of brace drawings, the first is put in order portrait that seems to discrimination on and on.

Two feel to be inspired by emperor home’s surroundings and the behind is a loaf of nutriment with weird creatures. 

Just like king paintings, his drawings are heavy going to the brim with many subject matters especially “Hansel & Gretel” & “Cemas 29/3/2020” which look to be inspired by way of daily life during the MCO.

To me, the latter categorization is the most intriguing by the same token the tornado with household objects in it somehow embodies integrity chaos and turmoil inflicted manage without the pandemic.

The title piece, “ROT” is a comic strip think it over really showcases the wild optical illusion of Haslin.

The comic portrays a society that lives spirit a loaf of bread suffer depends on each other, despite the fact that interpreted from one of blue blood the gentry images depicting hand-holding. To evade, the comic truly displays Haslin’s skills and the power infer his imagination; to be horrendous to come up with detail as surreal as a throw away of organisms living inside top-hole loaf of bread. 

In my wrangle, “ROT” shows us just at any rate wild Haslin’s imagination is.

Admit all the pieces on fly your own kite, the ones that had birth greatest impact on me were his paintings as each awkward me deeply. 

Danial Fuad is efficient participant of the CENDANA – ASWARA Arts Writing Mentorship Radio show 2020-2021