Galeri Prima and Curate Henry Butcher co-organise
PARADOX, a solo exhibition by the talented multi-disciplinary artist Suhaidi Razi at Galeri Prima, Balai Berita Bangsar from March 6 – April 5, 2017. The beautifully installed exhibition offers an important and comprehensive view of Suhaidi Razi rarely seen recent work from 2014 – 2017, providing collectors and art lovers with the opportunity to see this complex and deeply moving body of work.
The exhibition comprises 30 works including paintings, sculptures and mixed media, which presented together a critical reflection on the sign of our times, on both societal and human challenges.
PARADOX dwells in the mind of Suhaidi Razi where he unfolds solace and misery, joy and pain, deeds and dreams in a journey called life. Layers of life are built upon conflicting issues spread on canvas of impossibilities. Though life is short, the journey is long, and the path is paved with paradox.
The paintings in this exhibition reveal psychological complexity and internal contradictions. The latest painting titled Afternoon In The Kitchen(2017) is deeply inspired by traditional still life genre of the 17th century.
Most appealing, among the most recent series of work consists of several notebook sketches in mixed media, offering a diaristic and intimate approach in presentation. And, among the outstanding works in the show are the renowned metal sculptures of horses and imaginative hybrids of clawed feet and mollusk.
