Abdul multhalib musa biography
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Our first project for semester 2 was to do an infographic board. Everyone was given a local artist to research on and I was given ABDUL MULTHALIB MUSA.
Abdul Multhalib Musa is a contemporary metal sculptor with international Backgrounds. He was born in Penang in 1976 and studied in University of Adelaide gaining a degree in Design Studies in 1998 then went to UITM to pursue a degree in Architecture. He uses metal because he likes to challenge himself to manipulate a hard material into something fluid.
His inspirations comes from many aspects but mostly from people and political issues.
Out of all of his prominent works. I chose 3 of his best works in my opinion.
TWO SIDES
Two Sides was constructed for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. It was said that it “illustrates the need for everyone to break barriers, in order to unite our opposing views.”
Before constructing the actual piece, being a former architecture student he did a series of study models for light studies.
RIMBUN DAHAN
SIXTY TURNS was made for Angela Hijjas 60th Bir
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‘Sixty Turns’, by Abdul Multhalib Musa, commissioned by Rimbun Dahan for Angela Hijjas’ 60th birthday, and now part of the permanent collection.
Artist’s Statement for Rimbun Dahan Exhibition
INTRODUCTION It is my intention to highlight in my work some of the issues related to
affecting everything that we perceive as tangible and implied, in an attempt to establish a complex relationship between art and architecture. When considering my work, it is necessary to be aware that current thinking suggests that each domain may be addressed in isolation from one another, and that academically there are perceptible similarities and differences between art and architecture. However, for me any distinctions are becoming more difficult to distinguish from what was preconceived. It is at this initially conceptual level that an intangible idea (re)shuffles between what can be classified as art and what architecture, and thus is materialized into the final body of work.
CONCEPTION Most of my work is derived from a sort of spontaneous, nonlinear, seemingly
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New Straits Times, 9 July 2008
Carving his mark on Beijing Olympics
by Malini Jeya Palan
Sculptor Abdul Multhalib Musa has won many international awards.
KUALA LUMPUR: Penang-born Abdul Multhalib Musa is one of Malaysia’s leading contemporary sculptors.
Multhalib with one of his pieces at the Wei Ling gallery in Kuala Lumpur.
Multhalib, who studied architecture in Australia, has won many international awards and residencies through his work.
He has been commissioned by the Chinese government, following his participation in an international competition, to create an outdoor sculpture for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
“All my exhibitions have been different, but mostly architectural oriented designs,” he said.
Multhalib received the Australian High Commission Residency in 2004 and was selected for the Rimbun Dahan Residency in 2001.
Multhalib expressed confidence he would make his mark as a sculptor on the international front.
He is current having an exhibition entitled “Twist” at the Wei Ling gallery from June 26 to July 10. The pieces on d
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