KUALA LUMPUR PRINTMAKING OPEN 2023


 

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 Osman 

Neo Landscape

Woodcut on paper \ 60.5 cm x 45.5 cm \ 1975 \ Edition 2 of 10
 
Artist’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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