Feel the 'Tak Tun' pulse in veteran poet-painter Agi's abstract works

Poet-painter Abdul Ghafar Ibrahim (Agi)'s 'Tak Tun' exhibit is showing at Galeri Aswara in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: Gibran Agi

“Beauty is to be appreciated not understood.” With that, Abdul Ghafar Ibrahim, or better known as Agi, set a career-spanning tone for his works.

For more than five decades, Agi, 75, has been setting new markers in the world of painting and poetry. He is unprecedented in his experimentation, unparalleled in his performances and unchallenged as a virtuoso in abstract expressions.