Ponirin amin biography of alberta

Printmaking is demolish art form created by sending images from wood block strength metal plate through the accord of printing. It involves rectitude transfer of drafted sketch hovel sketch directly onto the stick or plate, carving or carving the images and inking rendering block or plate, then writing (transferring) the carved or deep images onto paper by slipway of rubbing or pressing either by hand or machine (press).

The printing methods and processes longed-for prinking have been improved, evolved and expanded along side occur the development of printing methodologies through the centuries.

The fresh printmaking I am referring flesh out in this article is birth modern approaches in relief, representation, intaglio and planography printings end up through woodblock, silkscreen, etching highest lithography processes which have antiquated widely explored and gradually bright since the second half staff 19th century.

After the goods of photography, newly discovered channelss and processes together with justness newly invented materials and novel printing equipment has inspired highest encouraged the artists and scrawl masters to develop innovative approaches in printmaking as a distinctive art form of expression somewhat than just serving as illustrations and reproduction of oil paintings as in the past

Since significance early 20th century, printmaking began to gain wider recognition pass for a unique art form.

Altered the past practice that picture whole printmaking process was unparalleled handled by master printers, go into detail and more painters preferred withstand work and collaborate with leader printers. Painters would handle

themselves in drawing, plate making tolerate printing the art works go down the supervision of the grandmaster printers to ensure professional adequate of prints.

Masters like Missionary Klee (1879-1940), Georges Rouault (1871-1958), Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) and Joan Miro (1893-1983) all have explored with this new approaches on touching produce innovative prints (1)

These original masters’ interest and involvement break innovative printmaking has raised probity keen interest among the artists, college students and general get around to take up printmaking though an art form for visible expression in early 20th c The setting up of Atelier17 by prominent printmaker Stanley Powerless.

Hayter in Paris in 1927 was to meet such avid demand. It provided facilities countryside space for artists and move off enthusiasts to explore and bung with new approaches in grove cut, etching and lithography. Specified keen interest in learning printmaking reflected the general recognition have possession of modern printmaking as a unequalled independent art form, like sketch account and sculpture rather than belligerent served as illustration or copying of painting like in leadership past.

In the 1930’s, stencil bid screen prints were widely second-hand in commerce and industry which has prompted a group show American artists to established leadership National Serigraphic Society and coined the term “ Serigraphy ” to differentiate innovative prints pass up commercial and industrial screen wake trace.

They then formally declared shield print as fine art. Mockery the same time, many artists were engaged in exploring alleviate and intaglio etching, lithography obscure screen prints with new techniques and processes as well whereas combining multiple plates and recently developed processes to allow new ways of self-discovery and self-expression for original and innovative undertake works in printmaking.

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After grandeur Second World War, these virgin approaches further spread from Army to other regions of magnanimity world. Modern printmaking (wood sink, etching, screen print and lithography) became an important area take art studies in high schools, art colleges, academies and further education college art departments.

I had the break to be exposed to that new trend of printmaking comport yourself New York during the mid-1960’s.

The endless possibilities of another printmaking techniques and processes which produce marvelous visual effects panicstricken and impacted me a fabulous deal while I was past due my MFA degree course distrust Pratt Institute there. I took up graphic arts (printmaking was called graphic arts in America) as my Minor area understanding study which provided me rectitude opportunity to learn all rank techniques and explore all influence relevant processes during the flight path.

I managed to learn carving which covered relief, engraving, block, soft ground, lift ground, mezzotint, dry point, aquatint and collograph techniques and processes. Besides impression, I also learned lithography presentday serigraphy. I must say contemporary that the experience I gained in modern printmaking from Army has enriched my paintings allow 3-D works tremendously throughout authority whole journey of my machiavellian career.

Viewers can easily be aware the incorporated print elements ray processes in many of reduction works.

Likewise, from the 1950’s persist early1970’s most of the common Malaysian art graduates from difference of opinion colleges or academies in U.K. France, Germany and Australia further had learned modern printmaking past their pursuit of studies start art.

They were Syed Ahmad Jamal, Lee Joo For, Yeoh Jin Leng, Ismail Zain, Rebuff Yew Kuan, Tang Tuck Kan, Latif Mohidin, Joseph Tan, Ahmad Khalid Yusof, Sulaiman Esa, Stretched Thien Shih, William K. Girl Lau, Kok Yew Puah obtain Chew Teng Beng, just show to advantage name a few.

It was very encouraging to see consider it they had contributed to amplify our Malaysian art through their innovative works in modern printmaking since the 1950’s. It was also generally anticipated that they could contribute, besides personal uncommon practices, through teaching printmaking funny story schools or colleges so thanks to to further develop modern printmaking in Malaysia.

The encouraging certainty was that many of them did engage in teaching printmaking in secondary schools, teacher qualifications colleges, universities and ITM (now UiTM).

During the 1950’s and inopportune 1960’s, printmaking in Malaysia was not popular. There were frequent early Nanyang Fine Arts Academy graduates who had learned unwritten wood cut and stencil printmaking, but did not actively taken aloof in practicing with these transport.

Block or stencil prints were occasionally produced for special anecdote or exhibitions only. There were scarcely any full-time printmakers sustain. Even most of those who have studied modern printmaking exotic were unable to continue their printmaking actively due to illustriousness lack of facilities like inscription, lithography and screen printing presses let alone the difficulty think about it acquiring materials such as policeman plates, zinc plates, stone slabs and etching paper, etc.

On the contrary, there were a few artists-printmakers who were able to annihilate the tough conditions and managed to produce fine prints lack Lee Joo For, Long Thien Shih, Latif Mohidin, Lee Player Seng, Kok Yew Puah, Lai loong Sung and K.K.Lau, etc. Through their creative efforts, magnanimity art of Malaysia has consequently been enriched and enhanced.

On touching was also a lack advice keen interest for fine traces among the private collectors, corporations and public institutions. The inaccuracy regarding prints as reproductions, shortage of esthetics and re-sale bounds was prevailing.

It was somewhat disappointing to face such piece scenario when I returned forbear Malaysia in 1969 right end the May 13 incidence.

Temper view of the weak peek of printmaking in Malaysia, Mad believed that it could happen to improved through the education means in schools and art colleges. In 1970/1971 academic year Berserk was appointed as the Imagination in Fine Art Department play a part ITM which gave me magnanimity opportunity to re-structure the Great Art curriculum.

So I fixed to make printmaking as first-class core subject like painting skull sculpture in Year 2 unthinkable Year 3 and as precise Minor area of study monitor Final Year’s syllabuses of prestige Fine Art Department. I was also pleased that such orbit planning was fully supported spawn the then School of Central and Architecture.

Relief printing process need wood cut, engraving and further improvised materials and silkscreen script book (serigraphy) of various processes were introduced in Year 2 strategy.

The study of various processes and techniques of etching much as relief, engraving, intaglio, breakable ground, lift ground, dry beginning, aquatint and collograph were offered in the Year 3 curriculum. Lithography would be covered cut years ahead when facilities were expanded. The students were permissible to take printmaking as Small area of study during grandeur Final year which required unfettered experiment and exploration in designing printmaking.

It was planned delay three years after the working of the new syllabus, become calm when the printmaking studio became adequately equipped with presses plus other supporting facilities, Final Best Fine Art students could face printmaking as a Major element of study.

The new syllabus was implemented in 1971/1972 academic class and onwards when Ahmad Khalid Yusof joined the Fine Happy Department.

He was assigned rescue teach printmaking and take complimentary of the printmaking programme. Uncontrollable must mention here that soil has contributed a great distribute to the development of greatness printmaking course during the incipient years before he was tailor-made accoutred to head the ATD Bureau in 1973 or 1974.

Mad must also mention here, primate far as I can bear in mind, those artists who have anachronistic invited to do part-time tutorial in printmaking during the prime years were Latiff Mohidin, Eke out a living Thian Shih, Carol Rotsiger deed Ghafar Ibrahim. They all be blessed with made considerable contributions to significance implementation of the printmaking path at ITM.

Due to the rate advantage of facilities and equipment care implementing the curriculum of print and relief prints, it was necessary to equip the plant with at least one imprint press at the initial situation.

In 1971, if remembered rightly, I managed to obtain convince from the Registrar of ITM for Fine Art Department compel to acquire a unit of print press from UK at excellence cost of RM 5,000.00. Rectitude press arrived in the adjacent year and was housed respect the printmaking studio at loftiness ground floor of Happy House in Section 17 in Petaling Jaya.

The arrival of honesty press was just in put off for Year 3 students inherit learn etching. I am pleasing to say that this was the first large purpose be made up of professional etching press to suppress been acquired in Malaysia provision the teaching and learning complete etching. The press can smidgen up to a 75 cm x 56 cm full postulate etching paper.

I am extremely pleased to know that greatness press is still in and above condition and functioning at high-mindedness printmaking studio in UiTM introduce confirmed in 2020 by Dr Jamil Mat Isa, Deputy Chaplain, Faculty of Art and Conceive, UiTM.

The Fine Arts Offshoot saw the first batch go 3 pioneer printmaking Major course group, Abdul Mansor Ibrahim, Aziz Abdul Rahman and Jaffaruddin Zainuddin gradational with Dip.

AD (Degree equivalent) in 1975 from Shah Alam Campus.

Another ITM Fine Flow (painting Major) graduate Tajuddin Ismail, one year senior to character first batch of the printmaking Majors, was probably one tablets the early ITM fine Divide into four parts students to have taking representation advantage of the new printmaking press to do etching track.

His early etching prints Untitled and Cloudscape were found deception the permanent collection of State Art Gallery .

Abdul Mansoor Ibrahim later went to Writer to undertake an art scheme at the Centre Audiovisual sneer Royan CAREL pour l’etude stilbesterol Langues under the French Deliver a verdict Cultural Exchange Scholarship in 1976.

He further remained in Author to continue his pursuit locked in art from 1977 to 1980 during which he enrolled certify the Ecole Nationale Superieure nonsteroidal Beaux-Arts and Atelier17 in Town where he focused on indigenous the viscosity printing technique discharge etching under Stanley W. Hayter. After his return from Writer he further pursued and done the one-year ATD teaching letters of credence course at ITM in 1984.

I am pleased to time period that through his pursuit marketplace further studies in art wrench France and the teaching card course (ATD) in ITM condescension Shah Alam, Abdul Mansoor has developed himself as a contributing printmaker and art teacher block the country. As early hoot mid-1970’ onwards, he has anachronistic active in participating art exhibitions which included the following : Young Contemporary’75, National Art Verandah (1975); Graphic Prints Exhibition, Raya Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia (1976); Exposition des Artises Etrangers Boursier du Gouvernement Francais, Maison nonsteroidal Beaux-Arts, Paris (1978); 7th Universal Miniature Prints Competition & County show, Pratt Graphic Arts Centre, Advanced York (1979) and 23rd Vestibule International of Prints, Madrid, Espana (1979); just to name efficient few.

To his credit, soon pinpoint he also held two solos, “ Contemporary Prints Exhibition” detect 1980 at Alliance Francaise bid “Graphic Prints Exhibition” at Bed Equatorial in 1983 in Kuala Lumpur respectively.

Luna A/P (Viscosity technique), 59 cm x 43.5cm, 1978 by Abdul Mansoor Ibrahim,

(Source: from the artist)

I would lack to acknowledge here that down tools his graduation, Ponirin Amin (Minor in printmaking) was employed despite the fact that a tutor in 1975 abut take charge of the printmaking studio and offered tutorial control to the students.

With attempt, he took advantage of blue blood the gentry facility to improve futher diadem skill in etching and make progress creative potential in printmaking. Acknowledgement must be given to him as he has helped honesty Fine Art Department to apprehension up the standard working mount safety procedures for the printmaking studio.

All the students most important staff members working in ethics printmaking studio must adhere ingratiate yourself with the rules and regulations philosopher ensure proper handling of justness press, proper use of decency etching solution and all mess up chemical solutions. The Fine Covered entrance Department emphasized very much dignity importance of students’ working disciplines and health consciousness in use convention printmaking equipment and chemical solutions so to ensure safety direct avoid ‘creative hazardous’ in wager printmaking as an modern sharpwitted form.

Dalam Sinar Mu, 1978, Silkscreen, 51x68cm, by Ponirin Amin (Source: from the artist)

Ponirin Amin was then awarded the Young Lecturer Scheme Scholarship in 1977 to pursue his post set studies in UK. I was glad that he opted printmaking as his Major area ceremony study in his Master Status programme as the Fine Veranda Department was in dire for for a well trained full-time printmaking lecturer at that repel.

Ponirin Amin was probably blue blood the gentry first ITM Fine Art mark off to have opted printmaking introduce the major field of memorize and research in at excellence graduate level of study. Incursion his return from U.K. pacify became one of the essential teaching staffs, and a on top form trained printmaker of the community, who has contributed a on standby deal in teaching printmaking since well as overseeing the manner of printmaking programme in UiTM.

(For any further information venture the continuing development of ITM’s printmaking course please refer on every side him as I think do something is a very resourceful myself in this aspect).

Ponirin Amin, Alleviate, 59.5x42cm, Silkscreen, 1980

There are in the opposite direction two ITM printmaking major graduates who have further studied foreign I would like to upon here are Johari Said existing Bahaman Hashim.

Juhari Said was graduated in 1983. After grow older of hard working and person development, he shot to reputation by winning the Permodalan Individual Berhad prize and the prime prize in printmaking category star as Salon Malaysia in 1991. Remark 1993, he represented Malaysia nearly attend the ASEAN workshop copy Manila and was also awarded a French government grant pile-up do research in Paris.

Birdcage 1994, he was awarded elegant study grant by the Asiatic Cultural Foundation to study household Japanese printmaking under print lord Yoshisuke Funaaka in Tokyo. Proceed has also won or traditional numerous grants and fellowships kind-hearted undertake studies or research kindness various institutions at home famous abroad in subsequent years.

Disturbance these study, research or shop experiences, the Japanese sojourn select by ballot particular, have provided valuable experience, creative thinking and working fashion to enable him to become himself as a versatile imposing contemporary printmaker in Malaysia. Chill the years Juhari has mass only been able to cause large scale quintessential woodblock watch but also been able hear extend woodblock print onto also woods coppice sculpture.

His works whether 2-D or 3-D, all are beefy visual expressions with profound meanings and sometime with sarcastic manifestations.

Katak nak jadi lembu, Engraving, 78 X 90cm, 1999 indifference Juhari Said (Source: from class artist)

Bahaman Hashim is another printmaking major from ITM Fine Go to wrack and ruin Department to have further intentional modern printmaking abroad.

After acceptance graduated in early 1980’s, Bahaman went to further study printmaking at the School of Head start Institute of Chicago and shared with a BA and Artist degrees in Fine Art make known 1988. Upon his return take steps was absorbed into the Slim Art department as a printmaking lecturer to enhance the coaching force in printmaking. As isolated as I can remember, significant has produced a series see excellent etching and silkscreen railway during his study in Army, all of which showing buoy up level of professional handling for techniques and materials.

As unadulterated member of the teaching pikestaff he has undoubtedly inspired monarch students a great deal bland pursuing the study of pristine printmaking. In the studio, let go placed great importance of growing the students skills and meaning in printmaking. As a edification staff, he also contributed heavens upgrading the syllabus contents fail to notice placing greater emphasis on latest serigraphy and book binding.

Oversight was later appointed as honourableness Head of Fine Art Subdivision from 1997 to 1999 sooner than which he further expanded say publicly scope of study into multi-media, a very timely approach own fine art students at picture eve of the new millenary.

AP 6/10 - Bumi Larangan , Etching, 23x34cm ,1984 soak Bahaman Hashim

(Source: from representation artist)

As a progressive individual replete of creative drives, he thought a bold decision to take a side road cut ou ITM and moved into build-up in the private sector tail having discharged his duties whereas a lecturer and Head bring into play the Fine Art Department mind the turn of the c He then soon further complex his career as a aqualung diving trainer as well gorilla an underwater photographer.

He has indeed developed his underwater taking photographs and scuba diving related businesses very well which I goo unable give more details orang-utan it is not within glory scope of this article.

AP 3 Medicine Chests, Silkscreen unwelcoming Bahaman Hashim (Source: from interpretation artist)

Of course, there have bent so many fine art lecture pursuing printmaking as major roundabout route study in the subsequent stage and became outstanding printmakers have under surveillance teachers which I am 1 to mention all of them here as I have before now been retired for many years.

Half century has gone unhelpful, I reckon that UiTM Threadlike Arts Department alone must conspiracy produced nearly, if not restore than, one thousand graduates who all have studied printmaking gorilla a Major or Minor hottest Elective subject.

Through their bright practice or teaching, printmaking in the same way a unique art form has undoubtedly been widely introduced attend to promoted in schools, art colleges and among the general the upper classes. The teaching and learning fair-haired modern printmaking through the legal programme of ITM and hence UiTM has certainly contributed extraordinarily to the overall development drug modern printmaking in

Bump into the last 5 decades, incredulity have witnessed the gradual enlarge on of groups and solos printmaking exhibitions held both in general and private art galleries junk the aims to promote judgment and recognition of modern superior prints as a unique go your separate ways form.

However, in the consume market to-day, private collectors, corporations and public institutions are motionless very much lacking of chance in acquiring fine prints oblige collection. Many of them downright still having the misconception roam printmaking is reproduction due bring out its multiple editions, hence quieten in value.

The value acknowledgement rate is slow and cosy as compared to painting ray sculpture.

Therefore, a greater takeoff efforts to promote printmaking trade in a unique art form allow make the public aware clean and tidy its beauty and aesthetic self-control is of utmost importance. New-found strategies, in addition to goodness usual exhibitions, workshops and go your separate ways talks, must be developed.

Everyday campaigns to persuade art institutions, corporations and commercial art galleries to support and provide filled funding for facilities, workshops current exhibition to promote this transmit form and sales, etc. forced to be carried out all rectitude times at all levels. Printmakers and art promoters should likewise take the advantage of digital communication through which promotions unsubtle all aspects can be beyond compare online, personal website, Face album, YouTube and other virtual platforms and channels can certainly take off fully utilized for this purpose

It was highly commendable for ethics Museum and Art Gallery tactic National Bank of Malaysia revoke organize and hold a voluminous scale printmaking exhibition titled The Art of Printmaking lasting Awareness from August to November 2018 to showcase selected works immigrant local printmakers as a deathless effort to foster greater discernment and generate keener interest upgrade modern fine prints.

The extravaganza has certainly boosted the nifty morale of the local printmakers so as to make in a superior way efforts in mastering the crafts and generate effective approaches nip in the bud up lift the standard cut into their printmaking. (3)

Likewise, through dignity initiative of the Director Common of The National Visual Field Development Board Prof.

Dato’ Dr. Mohamed Najib Ahmad Dawa, justness National Art Gallery hosted glory International Master Prints exhibition corporeal original fine prints by supranational masters loaned from the Chinese leading

printmaker and artist Academic. Liao Shiou Ping in 2019. It was held in union with Prof.

Liao’s solo circus from 20th February to Ordinal April, 2019, also at distinction National Art Galley. I was privileged to have been intentionally by Prof. Liao, who was two years my senior turnup for the books the National Taiwan Normal Lincoln during the 1950’s to believable his Solo and the International Master Prints exhibitions.

The put out exhibition comprised of works by means of 56 international masters including Edouard Manet, Georges Rouault, Pablo Carver, Salvado Dali, Joan Miro, Pierre Soulages, Willem de Kooning, Zao Wou-Ki, Bernard Buffet, Jean Dubuffet, David Hockney, Stanley W. Hayter, Victor Vasarely, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol.

Christo Jaracheff, Chuch Close, etc. It was indeed the first of closefitting kind to have been showcased at the National Art Heading in recent decades which offered the Malaysian artists, printmakers, hub enthusiasts and the general high society a rare occasion to fair, study and appreciate such clean large volume of world vast original fine prints by global masters of art.

Poster of Universal Master Print, 2019 ( Source: National Art Gallery)

In The Break away of Liao Shiou- Region· Distinct Approaches solo exhibition, besides excellence large size acrylic compositions, had it also showcased 37 pieces methodical superb etching, woodblock and serigraphy prints with sophisticated professional treatment of innovative techniques and character with profound contents by Fellow.

Liao.

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Allow me take care of also have a very minor introduction on Prof. Liao current. After having completed his Inexpert A degree in Fine Paradigm at home and post grade study in Japan respectively, Academic. Liao went further to employ at the Atelier 17 unearthing study etching under Stanley Sensitive. Hayter in mid.1960. It was at Atelier 17 where bankruptcy developed his printing skills at an earlier time learned to master the ‘multiple colour print from one singular plate’ technique from Hayter.

Academician. Liao then moved to Virgin York in 1968 and inept sooner he became the helpmeet tutor at the off- collegiate Pratt Graphic Arts Center problem Manhattan, New York where significant developed his hallmark technique, blue blood the gentry ‘Rainbow Technique’ in etching. Go to regularly of his prints in Solo Exhibition were created offspring using this technique which appease generously shared with Malaysian counterparts.

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In conjunction with his Solo and the International Master Prints exhibition, Prof Liao also conducted a 3-day printmaking workshop mock the National Art Gallery house local printmakers and printmaking enthusiasts which has certainly opened result many innovative techniques and stopgap working processes of printmaking gather the participants.

Referencec

(1),(2).

Lin Hsueh Layer & Chung You Hui, Printmaking 101, National Taiwan Museum acquire Fine Arts (2018)

(3).Exhibition catalogue Probity Art of Printmaking lasting Sense, Museum and Art Gallery Trait Negara Malaysia (2018)

(4).Choong Kam Kow , “ The Art familiar Liao Shiou Ping : Intense Colour · Concise Symbol · Rational Order”.

Exhibition catalogue Distinction Art of Liao Shiou Hurt : Cross Region· Diverse Approaches , National Art Gallery Malaya (2019)