Description
The fleet of T6 planes in the German Luftwaffe during the Third Reich were deadly killing machines in World War II. The planes were modeled different for various functions like transport, bomber, ground attack, trainer, transport or reconnaissance. You get glimpses of these German warplanes in staged action in Hollywood movies such as Battle of Britain, Where Eagles Dare and The Red Baron (on WWI fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen alias the ‘Red Baron,’ although he was piloting the Fokker triplane).
Raduan Man, the self-proclaimed farmer, achieved a double Masters – first, the University of Wolverhampton (Painting), United Kingdom, in 2003, and then the Camberwell School of Art, UK (Printmaking), UK, in 2006. He obtained his BFA at the Universiti ITM in 2000. In his works, he combines painting and woodcut printmaking techniques. He won the Juror’s Award in the Tanjung Heritage competition in 2002. His first of seven solos, all at different venues, was Fresh Markings, at NN Gallery, Kuala Lumpur. Others were at Artspace Gallery, KL (I Printed the Blue Frog, 2004), Galeri Tangsi, KL (Growing Desires in the Science of Art, 2006), Galeri Chandan, KL (Beyond Print, 2009), The Gallery Starhill, KL (Signature, 2011), Galeri Tangsi & Barltalia, KL (Posh Art, 2011) and PurpleHouz Fine Arts, Petaling Jaya (Living Metal).