Mantra Mak Yong 4 (acrylic on canvas, 2015) is one of the 15 new works that form Ismadi Sallehudins Mak Yong exhibition at the Museum of Asian Art, Universiti Malaya in Kuala Lumpur. The show features pieces inspired by the ancient Malaysian dance form by from the Raub, Pahang-born artist.Photo: Puah Chin Kok
Mantra Mak Yong 4 (acrylic on canvas, 2015) is one of the 15 new works that form Ismadi Sallehudin's Mak Yong exhibition at the Museum of Asian Art, Universiti Malaya in Kuala Lumpur. The show features pieces inspired by the ancient Malaysian dance form by from the Raub, Pahang-born artist. Photo: Puah Chin Kok
"In my new pieces, I want to emphasise traditional Mak Yong roots of folk medicine and spirituality through movement and colour,” says an affable Ismadi Sallehudin, referring to the broad use of darker shades and charcoal with passionate brush strokes and tiny white scribbles in his newest offerings.
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