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Artist : Yusof Ghani

Title : Hijau Series - Gunung Semanggul 1999

Medium : Mixed Media on Canvas

Size : 190x110 cm

Yusof Ghani is a painter, sculptor, writer, professor and a curator. His career spans over three decades which catalyzed into diversed series that dealt with Southeast Asian motifs with an abstract expressionist approach. His work blend painting and drawing into visual entity with controlled play of sculptural and collage elements.

Originally a graphic artist between 1969 & 1979, Yusof Ghani's transition to fine arts started when he received a scholarship to study graphic arts at George Mason University, Virginia USA in 1979. He soon became interested in the work of abstract expressionists such as Jackson Pollock & Willem de Kooning. Yusof Ghani obtained his master's degree at Catholic University of America in Washinton DC. After completing his master's degree, he had his first solo exhibition at prestigious Anton Gallery in Washington DC. His work, "The Protest Series" was very well received. Upon returning to Malaysia, Yusof continued to work with a series of collections, Tari, Topeng, Wayang, Hijau, Segarak,Biring,Wajah,Ombak,etc...