This exhibition features 65 rarely shown figurative artworks belonging to the PETRONAS Art Collection. The diverse artworks in this exhibition, grouped into four distinct categories - Self Portraits, Leisure, Work and Politics - are introspective and attempt to figure out issues concerning who we are, where we are now and where we are heading. The periods when these artworks were completed also vary, from as early as after independence. These include the photograph by Almarhum Sultan Ismail of Terengganu taken in 1958, pieces by pioneer artists such as Dato' Hoessein Enas, Datuk Syed Ahmad Jamal and Datuk Chuah Thean Teng, and contemporary works by Zulkifli Yusoff, Simon Soon and Anurendra Jegadeva. Curated by Dr. Zakaria Ali, Professor of Art History, Sultan Idris University of Education, Perak, the exhibition begins from 7 August until 11 November at GALERI PETRONAS.
