HARMONICS IN
ISLAMIC CONTEMPORARY PAINTING
Figure 1. Sulaiman Esa,
Garden of Mystery/ 1992/ mixed/ 183 x 183 cm
In Garden of Mystery by Sulaiman Esa, the artist produces a diamond shape painting using paper mache on the woven yarn. Colours that he use were soft and harmonize applied with light and soften purplish. With the two big square patterns in this painting. The square boxes in the middle have a four line box shown sixteen pattern in light and white colors. The stars and geometrical pattern in more detail on the right side of this artwork.
Figure 2: Detailing 8 pointed stars
The eight-pointer star is made by joining or overlapping each other in static and dynamic positions. Describe the meaning of the overlapping and rotation of the square. Ikhwan al-Safa said the Ka’bah were found at the center of the world and the revolution of the outermost sphere and other Celestial Spheres around the four elements resemble the rotation of the pilgrims.
In this painting it shows he using and applying Islamic oriented art. He also has used the elements that found in Islamic art such as geometric shapes, repetition, and balanced. The the dark and smooth color that he uses shows, but not looks flat. In this painting he weaves the yarn to show the texture and gives an impact on the center of this painting.
Sulaiman Esa have a good background of studying and knowing art, especially Islamic art oriented. By using his experience and knowledge in material and medium makes his paintings was successful and can be considered a good an example of an Islamic contemporary artwork. His artworks serve a purpose to bring us closer to our creator, ALLAH S.W.T.
In this kind of contemporary Islamic oriented style could bring us a message and remembrance of ALLAH S.W.T no matter what kind of art or media they choose to use. The most important things are, the use of harmonics of colours of Islamic artists to convey their message such as the use of white means ‘nur’ or light.
Anwar Azhari
Kelana Jaya
August 2014.
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