FOREWORD
“A print, however it is produced, is considered an original artwork (albeit in multiple forms) if it has been conceived by the artist or the chosen medium. It can be derived from a painting or drawing using the artwork as source material, and can still be considered an original. However, if the work is directly transposed onto a screen, block or plate by photographic, or other means, solely in order to produce it in duplicate form, then this is not considered an original print but a reproduction, and should be labelled and sold as such.”
Printmaking is respected as a fine art medium because of its historical background and its initial intent as a communication and sharing tool. It is a form of art that has influenced even in the coming age of technology of printing machines, maturing into a remarkable development and gaining significant interest as one of the refined methods of expression.
We have always perceived printmaking as a practice in the Malaysian art industry as something “not quite there” yet due to certain developments that have affected this practice’s growth. The quote above remarked on a substantial and fundamental need to understand why prints are often misunderstood as an artwork that is acquired through determining the source material as a singular original piece – despite numerous times explaining that prints, regardless of the amount it is printed in, are each an original artwork.
For the Kuala Lumpur Printmaking Open 2023, we attempted to bridge the understanding and awareness of the importance of distinguishing printmaking as an exceptional form of expression. We accepted admissions from international artist-printmakers hailing from more than 10 countries as a show of support and as an exchange of views on what is it like to practice printmaking in Malaysia compared to other countries. The idea is to maintain and grow the international network so that we may have a good comparison of the progress of this practice, reminding local artists as well that there is a latent demand that can be found outside of the country
Our core intention for this exhibition is straightforward as it does not have a specific theme, although some international prints are obliged to submit their prints within certain sizes. There is a focus on various printmaking techniques that will be showcased as a juxtaposition of skills and experiences as well as a fresh outlook on printmaking from each country’s perspectives, emphasising distinctive visual literacy that caters to their respective sensibilities.
We are also honouring our established printmakers in their unwavering faith in this practice who have agreed to join our exhibition as an extension for redefining our local printmaking landscape. We are deeply grateful as well for the overwhelming responses to participate in this annual exhibition. In an effort to rekindle the passion for printmaking, we hope to initiate this Open Call as a program that is sought after by future printmakers.
To be at this phase, it is detrimental to address this practice by consistently exhibiting printmaking artworks, providing a platform to reconcile the fact that we lacked the facilities before. We are laying the groundwork, but it is also in our best interest to encourage the present generation of artists to continue this practice as a highly potential medium, recognising it as an influential contribution to our art industry.
CHETAK 17 & HOM Art Trans
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Kuala Lumpur International
Printmaking Exhibition 2023
(KLIP Exhibition 2023)
Seni Cetak Konvensional: Satu Penghormatan untuk Menjulang Obor Perjuangan.
Satu perkara yang menakjubkan dan penuh dengan penghormatan apabila sebuah disiplin dalam seni halus iaitu ‘seni cetak’ memiliki sebuah ‘konvensyen’ yang tersendiri. ‘Konvensyen’ ini secara tidak langsung menjelaskan tentang ciri-ciri utama sebuah disiplin kesenian yang tidak boleh diambil mudah dan perlu dipandang melalui perspektif yang lebih besar. Nilai ‘konvensyen’ ini bukan hanya sebuah sistem maklumat deskriptif berkaitan ‘edisi’, tajuk karya dan tanda ‘authorship bersama tahun’ semata-mata; lebih jauh lagi menjadi evidence-based yang terkait dengan tuntutan undang-undang yang membawa kepada pembuktian sistematik oleh pendakwaraya terhadap tertuduh (kes yang berkemungkinan – curi atau plagiarism karya seni).
Inilah yang dikatakan sebuah perjuangan kepada disiplin seni cetak konvensional yang dianggap sangat rigid operasinya; tetapi hasil karya yang diketengahkan pasti akan dizikirkan keindahan imajannya dan ketelitian seniman seni cetak tersebut. Dalam ruang blok yang sangat terhad, dan proses cetakan beredisi yang sangat rumit; seniman senicetak jelas mempamerkan kemampuannya untuk menampilkan hasil karya yang cukup mempersonakan. Bukan itu sahaja, sifat ‘pemilikan lebih dari seorang’ menjadi satu elemen ‘kebersamaan dan kekitaan’ dalam seni cetak; turut sama penting iaitu ‘tanda proofing’ memberi maklumat berkaitan pemilikannya.
Secara prinsipnya, konvensyen dalam seni cetak seumpama menjadi medium kepada ‘sebaran am’ bagi satu-satu maklumat; berperanan menjadi medium kepada ‘perang saraf’; dan menjadi sebuah platform untuk merakam doktrin-doktrin yang dipercayai oleh seniman seni cetak. Menjulang obor perjuangan dalam seni cetak yang memiliki karakter ‘indoktrinasi’, secara jelas merupakan satu ‘konvensyen’ tersirat yang membentuk sebuah manifesto kepada sesebuah perjuangan. Seni cetak konvensional telah beratus tahun membuktikan kemampuannya menyogok informasi-informasi penting dalam perkembangan revolusi-revolusi besar dalam pembentukan sebuah tamadun atau negara baru.
Setiap teknikal dalam disiplin seni cetak memiliki kualitinya tersendiri seperti seni cetak relief, seni cetak intaglio, seni cetak serigrafi, seni cetak litografi dan banyak lagi. Melalui teknikal yang berkualiti akan mempamerkan imajan yang bermakna. Secara jelas, kualiti cetakan dan kemampuan mempamerkan imajan yang bermakna; memberi satu tanda kepada intelektual seorang seniman melalui medium seni cetak. Seni cetak konvensional ini sangat penting untuk dikuasai kerana menjadi titik tolak kepada mengembangkan disiplin seni cetak melalui pendekatan ‘bukan konvensional’.
Oleh sebab itulah, KLIP Exhibition 2023 yang menerima sejumlah 167 karya dan selepas melalui proses saringan yang teliti, hanya 83 karya dipilih untuk di pamerkan. Sangat mengujakan, sejumlah 42 karya seni cetak dari lebih 15 buah negara melalui pelbagai teknikal dalam seni cetak telah berjaya dipamerkan melalui KLIP Exhibtion 2023 ini. Hal ini sesuatu perkembangan yang sangat baik terhadap refleksi tanggungjawab seniman dan ahli akademik di Malaysia dalam mempromosikan bidang seni cetak secara berterusan. KLIP Exhibition 2023 dilihat sebagai satu platform antarabangsa yang menyatukan kelompok seniman seni cetak.
Ishak Ramli, Ph.D
Program of Fine Art, College of Creative Arts,
UiTM Seri Iskandar
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Yusoff Osman
Neo Landscape- Penang 2
Woodcut on paper \ 45.5 cm x 45.5 cm \ 1975 \ Artist Proof
Artist’s collection
Yusoff OsmanNeo LandscapeWoodcut on paper \ 60.5 cm x 45.5 cm \ 1975 \ Edition 2 of 10Artist’s collection
Mustapa Hj Ibrahim
Orang Orang
Silkscreen on paper \ 38 cm x 60.9 cm \ 1978 \ Edition 6 of 12
Private collection
Ilse Noor
Kenangan
Silkscreen print (transparent ink) of 6 frames \ 25.3 cm x 20 cm \ 1979/1980 \ Edition 8 of XVII
RM15,000
Ilse Noor
Istana Mestika
Intaglio / Etchingon paper \ 29.5 cm x 19.5 cm \ 2002 \ Artist Proof
RM8,000
Abdul Mansoor Ibrahim
Tergelincir Nilai
Wood engraving on Incisioni paper \ 22 cm X 25 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 3 of 6
RM1,800
Abdul Mansoor Ibrahim
Cahaya Ku
Wood engraving on Incisioni paper \32 cm X 25.5 cm \2023 \ Edition 3 of 5
RM2,200
Mad Anuar Ismail
Potrait
Etching on paper \ 22 cm x 33.5 cm \ 1977 \ Edition 3/3
A. Rahman Mohamed
Terap Ulang
Lithograph on paper \ 24 cm x 63 cm \ 2018 \ Edition 2 of 10
RM4,500
A. Rahman Mohamed
Semai
Lithograph on paper \ 35.5 cm x 25.7 cm \ 2023 \ Artist Proof
RM1,600
Juhari Said
Mimpi Semalam
Etching on Hahnemühle paper \ 19.2 cm x 24 cm \ 2023 \ Artist Proof
RM2,200
Juhari Said
Bertongkat Paruh
Etching on Hahnemühle paper \ 19.2 cm x 24 cm \ 2023 \ Artist Proof
RM2,200
Jamil Mat Isa
I Have the Numbers
Serigraph on 300gsm BFK Rives paper \ 20 x 39 cm (Vertical Diptych) \ 2023 \ Edition 1 of 5
RM2,000
Fuad Pathil
My Private Collection
Engraving on paper \ 44.5 cm x 38 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 2 of 15
RM1,500
Izan Tahir
Kebaya
Multi-block & Reduction Print on paper \ 33.5 cm x 28 cm \ 2016 \ Edition 3 of 4
RM900
Izan Tahir
Kebaya Putih
Blind Embossed on paper \ 56.3 cm x 72 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 3 of 3
RM1,000
Mursyidah Zainal Abidin
Pesan Pada Diri
Linocut & gold leaf on 35ogsm watercolor paper \ 14.5 cm X 21 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 2 of 3
RM1,200
Nik Syahida Sabri
Alive: Dendrites
Jelly print on paper \ 30 cm X 30 cm \ 2022 \ Monoprint
RM2,800
Wan Samiati Andriana
Rumah Kampung
Tetra Pak dry point etching/intaglio \ print - oil-based ink on paper
18.5 cm x 27.2cm \ 2023 \ Edition 1 of 2
RM650
Wong Siew Lee
Mary & The Merry Tree Frogs
Woodcut on paper \ 41 cm x 52 cm \ 2022 \ Edition 5 of 20
RM1,400
Alexandra Hon
Summer Break
Linocut on paper \ 39.7 cm x 30 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 1 of 15
RM1,000
Khairul Basyar
Quit
Linocut on paper \ 6 cm x 4.8 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 1 of 5
RM250
Afiq Zainal
The Way
Etching and Aquatint on paper \ 30.5 cm x 12 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 2 of 5
RM800
Muhammad Idrus Mohd Rani
Platonic Solid
Etching and Aquatint on paper \ 17.5 cm x 24.5 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 1 of 10
RM750
Joseph Jalong Bilong
JELIPAN
Aquatint & Etching on 200gsm Watercolor paper \ 9.3 cm x 6.4 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 9 of 12
RM480
Saiyyidah Maryam Aminah Zulkafli
Tentang Isteri Arjuna
Etching and Aquatint on paper \ 32.7 cm x 24.4 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 10 of 10
RM450
Muhammad Asyraf Hidayat Zulkarnain
The Power of Migration
Linocut on 300gsm watercolor paper \ 20 cm x 15.5 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 1 of 10
RM300
Muhammad Arash Ab Jabbar
This is Georgian
Etching and Aquatint on paper \ 42 cm x 30 cm \ 2023 \ BT
RM350
Nurul Hani Ezzati Hafizeen
Intersection
Screenprint on paper \ 60.3 cm x 33.8 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 5 of 8
RM800
Farah Emilya Khairudin
PHILAOTIA
Mezzotint on Watercolour paper \ 10 cm diameter \ 2023 \ Edition 3 of 4
RM680
Syaza Farhana Mohd Faesal
Drowned in Doubt
Silkscreen on paper \ 58.8 cm x 41.1 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 1 of 3
RM700
Amirul Aiman Mohd Zaim
Irama
Linocut on paper \ 30.2 cm x 21.5 cm \ 2022 \ Edition 1 of 3
RM350
Nurulain Nabilah Mohd Sufian
Rumah Morteh
Silkscreen on paper \ 59 cm x 41.5 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 2 of 14
RM550
Thong Yoon Onn
Constraint Meaning
Woodcut on paper \ 69 cm x 33.5 cm \ 2021 \ Edition 1 of 10
RM1,400
Wong Jia Jin
Midsummer Memories
Etching on paper \ 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 2 of 3
RM500
Tan Sze Yu
Dreaming of you
Collagraph on 200gsm paper \ 24 cm x 6 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 1 of 3
RM600
Aleya Elaiza Azaruddin
Some Peace is Needed
Linocut on Rice paper \ 26 cm x 39.9 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 1 of 2
RM600
Wan Jamarul Imran Wan Abdullah Thani
Japanese Girl in Malaysian Batik #2
Japanese Woodblock cut on paper \ 35 cm x 25 cm \ 2004 \ Edition 2 of 4
RM1,200
Nurul Shaza Salwa Sawal
Kuih yang Mak Buat
Screenprint on paper \ 41.3 cm x 29 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 1 of 10
RM1,800
Ong Hieng Fuong
Kuala Lumpur
Etching on paper \ 20 cm x 15 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 4 of 15
RM1,700
Muhamad Muqrith Mohd Nor
STRIKE!
Silkscreen on paper \ 59.8 cm x 42 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 4 of 10
RM1,500
Follysia Julan
Behold
Drypoint on paper \ 29 cm x 14 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 1 of 2
RM350
Nur Alya Natasha Hashim
Kembang
Tetra pak on paper \ 16.8 cm x 14.6 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 2 of 5
RM350
Muhamad Arif Mohd Hassan
Asal
Etching and Aquatint on Paper \ 28.8 cm x 20.4 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 1 of 8
RM600
Anith Liyana binti Amin Nudin
Kopiku
Linocut on paper \ 36 cm x 26 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 7 of 7
RM600
Zaidatul Assyura Zabri
Tepak Sirih Pak Njang
silkscreen on paper \ 34 cm x 56.3 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 4 of 15
RM500
Farah Farhana
The Cause of Firefly Extinction II
silkscreen on paper \ 28.8 cm x 40.5 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 4 of 5
RM350
Aniissa Najwa Zulhaimi
Shutshugen (Emergence)
Silkscreen, lino and stencil on paper \ 45 cm x 60.3 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 10 of 18
RM700
Siti Nur Zulaikha bt Md. Ghazali
Laksana Sampan Pukat
Woodcut on paper \ 59.4 cm x 84.1 cm \ 2023 \Edition 2 of 10
RM1,500
Suraya Kahar
Rajuk Si Adik
Etching & Aquatint on paper \ 35.6 cm x 26.3 cm \ 2022 \ Edition 2 of 4
RM500
Farhan Rizuwan
Imagination Memories II
Aquatint on paper \ 29.3 cm x 41 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 2 of 10
RM800
Agata Perzyńska (Poland)
Vide Xi
Dry Point Print (C4) \ 35 cm x 45 cm \ 2022 \ Edition 8 of 10
RM1,000
Anna Kodź (Poland)
Totems II
Serigraphy on paper \ 70 cm x 50 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 2 of 5
RM1,600
Ambie Abaño (Philippines)
Between Earth and Sky
Woodcut on handmade paper mounted on 300gsm Fabriano acid-free paper
37 cm x 50.8 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 1 of 1 VP
RM2,500
Bernhard Cociancig (Austria)
Six Pegs and a Rag
Linocut on paper \ 40 cm x 24 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 1 of 2
RM700
Caroline Ongpin (USA)
Some Version of Paradise
Lithograph and linocut on paper \ 54.61 cm x 76 cm \ 2022 \ Edition 4 of 5
RM2,000
Cleo Wilkinson (Australia)
Then V
Mezzotint on paper \ 10 cm x 10 cm \ 2020 \ Edition 26 of 40
RM1,000
Colette Cleeren (Belgium)
MINDeSCAPE Ill
Black P.V.C., Intaglio, Dry techniques, Drypoint & Offset on Zerkall 340 gsm
14.8cm x 21 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 1 of 6
RM2,000
Gabriel Mondor (Canada)
Mezzomeme II
Mezzotint on paper \ 36 cm x 41 cm \ 2022 \ Edition 4 of 10
RM2,000
Guy Langevin (Canada)
Aube 5 (Dawn 5)
Mezzotint on paper \ 40 cm x 76 cm \ 2021 \ Edition 4 of 10
RM3,800
Henryk Krolikowski (Poland)
Bus Bus
Lithography on paper \ 31 cm x 62 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 6 of 9
RM2,000
Jone SIbugan (Philippines)
Plenty of Fish in the Sea
Drypoint and Monotype on 200gsm paper \ 12.7 cm x 22cm \ 2021 \ Edition 1 of 1
RM1,400
Kamil Kocurek (Poland)
Security System 2
Intaglio on paper \ 54 cm x 76 cm \2022 \ E/A
RM1,800
Kean Larrazabal (KaraTula) (Philippines)
Radiant Child
Mixed media Serigraphy on cut-out paper \ 58.5 cm x 46 cm \2023 \ Edition 2 of 2
RM8,000
Kevin Jordanus (Indonesia)
Mencetak Sampah
Silkscreen on paper \ 35 cm x 25 cm \ 2022 \ Edition 5 of 8
RM3,000
Liliana Esteban (Argentina)
Living in Nature
Linocut on paper \ 50 cm x 70 cm \ 2022 \Edition of 6 of 6
RM2,600
Łukasz Koniuszy (Poland)
Industrial Structure II
Intaglio (etching, aquatint, drypoint) on paper \ 70.5 cm x 50 cm \ 2019
Edition 1 of 20
RM3.600
Magda Szplit (Poland)
Silence
Lithography on paper \ 75 cm x 55 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 5 of 7
RM2,000
Marta Śliwiak (Poland)
Twilight
Relief & Intaglio on paper \ 56 cm x 76 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 3 of 6
RM400
Martin R. Baeyens (Belgium)
Ex Libris Jiang Daafang
X + S1 on paper \ 22 cm x 19 cm \ 2023 \ Artist Proof
RM550
Milan Jakšić (Serbia)
KOLON (Serbia)
Graphics, Dry point on paper \ 50 cm x 50 cm \ 2022 \ Edition x of 15
RM1,500
Nada Denić (Serbia)
MOVE
Graphics, Dry point on paper \ 50 cm x 50 cm \ 2022 \ Edition x of 15
RM1,500
Nihar Ronjon Singha (India)
The Face
Planography on paper \ 56 cm X 41 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 1 of 6
RM1,500
Savip Raj Parjapati (India)
A Portrait of a Bull’s Defiance
Etching & Aquatint on paper \ 23 cm x 24.6 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 4 of 10
RM500
Serhii Hulievych (Ukraine)
Gravitation
Etching on paper \ 20 cm x 20 cm \ 2019 \ Edition 24 of 26
RM2,000
Silvana Blasbalg (Argentina)
In Focus
Mixed Media on paper \ 30 cm x 60 cm \ 2023
Monoprint
RM1,800
Syahrulfikri Salleh (Cambodia)
I’ve Had Enough of Your Bullshit
Risograph on Via Vellum 216gsm paper \ 21 cm x 14.85 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 1 of 30
RM650
Valerie Syposz (USA)
Statue
Lithography (ball-grained plate and kitchen litho) on paper
59 cm x 50 cm \ 2021 \ Edition 4 of 4
RM2,300
Weronika Siupka (Poland)
Lethe
Etching on Paper \ 29 cm x 39cm \ 2023 \Edition 2 of 50
RM2,600
Yas Doctor (Philippines)
Lato-Latong Diskurso
Reduction print on paper \ 43 cm x 37 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 1 of 4
RM1,500
Yas Doctor (Philippines)
The Maritess in All of Us
Linocut on paper \ 43.3 cm x 38 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 1 of 6
RM1,500
Bernhard Cociancig (Austria)
Six Pegs and Three Pairs of Sox
Linocut on paper \ 28 cm x 28.4 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 3 of 3
Private Collection
Jaco Putker (Netherlands)
Interior No.61
Photopolymer etching on paper \ 28 cm x 38 cm \ 2023 \ Edition 11 of 25
RM1,800
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