Zainon
Abdullah
Dailog
Dalaman II : Hembusan Dingin
Acrylic
on Canvas
36 x 48
inches
2014
Artwork inherits the artist’s
reflection about the world; which they formed into an object of art based upon
the subjective point of view of the artistically expressed objective through
their artworks.
In
this series of “Dailog Dalaman II” we
can see how intimate Zainon Abdullah is. Intimism is “an exploration of the
domestic inerior in order to capture light and atmosphere of the moment.” It
was practiced principally by Pierre Bonnard and Edouard Vuillard. (Encyclopedia of Britannica)
Zainon uses the beauty of nature as
the main theme for his latest artworks. The artist has found a new form of
artwork themed the beauty of nature. (zainonabdullah1.blogspot.com).
Based on this set of artworks we can see that Zainon utilized the use of plants
(flora) surrounding him. He used taro plant as the subject matter. The
repetition of the subject with underlying of colors somehow making it appeared
to be ambiguous. He uses pastel color in his artwork to depict the mood
surrounding the environment of his studio. The color of this artworks somehow
reminiscence me of Rafiee Gahani’s solo show; Perfumed Garden where Rafiee also
used bright yet subdued colors impart a peaceful atmosphere to the painting. In
some of Zainon’s artwork there is a present of aggressive line that according
to the artist himself, the line depicting the wind as he said earlier, “Plant
and wind are two nature’s element or the signs of great marvel created by ALLAH
SWT.” (zainonabdullah1.blogspot.com)
As
I can interpreted on why the usage of taro plant as the subject matter of his
series of artwork maybe because of the characteristic of the plant itself as
well as the beauty of nature. As we know, taro plant is a plant that has leaves
that are waterproof. First of all why the leaves are waterproof? The leaves
have cuticle or waxy layer on their epidermis and because of that the leaves
are waterproof. When writing this article, I recalled a Malay proverb which
taro plant as the main subject, “Bagai
mencurah air ke daun keladi.” Which can be defined as to give advice to a
person in whom the person never bothers to listen too?
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