Green Solitude represents a polemics of more ponderous hard geometrics, transcribed by architectural parameters – the push-pull between contemplation of the proverbial ‘dot’ station and a careless dissipation over a wide expanse. It is a solitude that is disquieting for its silence, but hey, Dato Tajuddin Ismail, therein lies the resonance.
Tajuddin graduated in Graphic Design at the Art Centre College of Design in Los Angeles, the United States, in 1974. He did his Post-graduate Interior Architecture at the Pratt Institute in New York in 1979-81. His accolades include the Major Award, National Drawing Competition in 1977; Minor award, National Graphic Art, National Art Gallery, 1978; Minor Award, Salon Malaysia, 1979; and Minor Award, National Design Council, 1994. He set up Tj Fine Art in 2004. After teaching at the University Mara Institute of Technology for several years, he joined Sunway University as Fine Arts Department Associate Professor and Academic Adviser.