Lot 048: Poster For Ahmad Zakii Anwar’s Solo Exhibition ‘Primordial Dream’ At Singapore Tyler Print Institute by Ahmad Zakii Anwar | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers
Primordial Dream was a solo exhibition by Ahmad Zakii Anwar in 2005, featuring works produced during his residency at the Singapore Tyler Print Institute. The works displayed are a continuation of Zakii’s interest in a universal representation of human nature. Majority of his works are etchings, lithographs and paper pulp works. On offer here is a poster of Primordial Dream exhibition. One of the few posters printed for Ahmad Zakii Anwar’s solo exhibition entitled “Primordial Dream” held at the Singapore Tyler Print Institute, 12 November - 3 December 2005. Hand-signed by the artist n presented to Dato’ N Parameswaran who opened the exhibition.
After graduating with Graphic Design from the Mara Institute of Technology in 1977, Ahmad Zakii had a lucrative career in Advertising but decided to switch to Fine Art. He was an immediate hit with his cool Smokers Series (1997) and his dark vignettes of urban realism. A series of significant solos abroad and at home led to his major mid-career survey exhibition called Disclosure at Galeri Petronas, Kuala Lumpur, in 2008. His solos abroad include Presence (New York, 1999); Shadowland (Hong Kong, 2001); Sublimal (The Philippines and also Thailand, 2006); Baik Art (South Korea, 2013); in Indonesia – Borobudur, Amanjiwa, Arangbali (2004), Kota Sunyi (2007), Nafsu (2010); and in Singapore – Paintings, Drawings and Prints 1991-2007 (2007), Bones & Sinews (2011), Being (2009), Primordial Dream (2005) and Distant Gamelan (1981). His Kuala Lumpur solos include Kota Sepi (VWFA, 2012), Icons (Richard Koh Fine Art, 2005) and Interpreter Of Desires (Taksu, 2003).