Description
Roslisham Ismail, or better known as Ise, was perhaps one of the most well-travelled Malaysian artists invited to all parts of the world, but who died last year at the age of 47. In this work, he collaged text and images partly using comicdom’s bendot made popular by Pop artist Roy Lichenstein. A pretty face of a blonde girl face dominates the whole picture, with the thought bubble with street credo, ‘…you’ve got to ask yourself one question, ‘Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya punk?’ A wry humour is suggested with the text, Ha Ha, but what’s so funny? The bigger text, Think Global, throws a read herring into this inconsequential enactment.
Roslisham Ismail had guested in major art events such as the Singapore Art Biennale (2011), Asia Triennale in Manchester, UK (2011), Asia-Pacific Triennale in Brisbane, Australia (2012), Jakarta Biennale (2009), Istanbul Biennale (with Indonesian Collaborative Ruangrupa) (2005), the Asian Art Biennale in Taiwan in 2013, and the Gunnery Studio Art Space in 2006. He set up the alternative art space, Parking Project in Kuala Lumpur and founded the Sentap art publication. His solos included Super Fiction (2008), Time Capsule (Indonesia, 2007) and Keluar (Sydney, Australia, 2006). He graduated from the Mara Institute of Technology in 1997. He was featured in Henry Butcher’s The Young Contempo Auction on Sept 29, 2012.