Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 183cm x 457cm
Year: 2015

Brought up as a Muslim since birth, it is inevitable that Ali Nurazmal’s faith also plays a part in the formation of his works. His exploration of space in Ralik 2 is one example of this. The horizontal plane that the dance is performed on is a reference to the Islamic principles of hablum minallah and hablum minannas, our relationship with God and relationship with man respectively.

For the artist, the God to man relationship is expressed through the vertical, while the human to human relationship is expressed through the horizontal. Thus, for Ralik 2, he chooses the landscape format, as to him the work suggests that we need to work out our socio-cultural and interpersonal issues with others in order to make peace in our vertical relationship with the divine.

True to his nature, however, the allusion to his faith is never loud and always subtle. Even without knowledge of it, the viewer can still appreciate the artist’s skillful use of colour planes to give the impression of a tiered landscape receding into the shadows, a progression from the first Ralik in terms of the scene’s added depth.

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Artist Profile

Born: 1978

Hometown: Penang

Based in: Kuala Lumpur

Ali Nurazmal Yusoff is a mid-career Malaysian artist who achieved much acclaim following his figurative ALISM 2012 show with his magnificient colourful realist paintings, impressive self-portraits and reinterpretations of Caravaggio's paintings.

Since his early teens, he has actively participated in art competitions and later in significant exhibitions with Malaysian art masters such as Ibrahim Hussein and Anuar Rashid from as young as 16. Tracing through his career, the artistic development and keen progression is clear within Ali Nurazmal, from abstraction to figurative and now incorporating movement into his works. Always displaying strong technical skills, Ali Nurazmal aptly embeds powerful yet subtle messages within his aesthetic works.

Graduating in Fine Art from MARA University of Technology (UiTM) Malaysia in 2001, Ali Nurazmal has won numerous awards in national and international art competitions. His artworks are collected by public and private collectors internationally.

Following from his recent ReALISM solo show at Art Stage Singapore 2016, Ali Nurazmal gains further prominence within the art scene locally and regionally. His latest work, Resurrection, has been internationally recognised as one of the few Truly Asia artwork at Art Stage Singapore 2016.