SGM Art Collection Exhibition > Discovering Beauty – SGM Art Collection Exhibition
15 October 2016

Discovering Beauty – SGM Art Collection Exhibition

FEATURED ARTWORKS

Prosperity

Artist :

Medium :

Dimension :

Year :

Fatimah Chik

Dye on fabric

400 x 400 cm

1997

Cluster

Artist :

Medium :

Dimension :

Year :

Sharifah Fatimah Syed Zubir

Acrylic on canvas

84 x 72 cm

2002

Co-Existence

Artist :

Medium :

Dimension :

Year :

Choong Kam Kow

Acrylic on canvas

152 x 122 cm

2004

Bukit Nenas

Artist :

Medium :

Dimension :

Year :

Chia Yu Chian

Oil on canvas

50 x 60 cm

1964

Nanyang Scenery

Artist :

Medium :

Dimension :

Year :

Cheah Thien Soong

Ink and colour on rice paper

178 x 95.5 cm x 2pcs

2002

Battling with the Sea

Artist :

Medium :

Dimension :

Year :

Koeh Sia Yong

Oil on canvas

90 x 180 cm

1973

Le Desir Hyperrationnel (Hyperrational Desire)

Artist :

Medium :

Dimension :

Year :

Salvador Dali

Crystal

40 x 25 x 11 cm

1984

The Red Lanterns

Artist :

Medium :

Dimension :

Year :

Chen Qiong, Chen Tuijian

Wood

80 x 50 x 40 cm

1965

Crossing the Snow Mountains

Artist :

Medium :

Dimension :

Year :

Lin Fashu

Shoushan stone

30 x 35 x 20 cm

1966 - 1976

Tunnel Warfare

Artist :

Medium :

Dimension :

Year :

Lin Fashu

Shoushan Gaoshan stone

45 x 33 x 18 cm

1966 - 1976

The Land is So Rich in Beauty

Artist :

Medium :

Dimension :

Year :

Chen Lizhong

Shoushan Furong stone

88 x 82 x 20 cm

2002

Reminiscing in Autumn

Artist :

Medium :

Dimension :

Year :

Chen Junde

Oil on canvas

70 x 90 cm

2004

Autumn in Suzdal

Artist :

Medium :

Dimension :

Year :

Wang Shaolun

Oil on canvas

60 x 81 cm

2001

Spring Lotus

Artist :

Medium :

Dimension :

Year :

Ma Changli

Oil on canvas

80 x 100 cm

2003

Jiangnan in Spring

Artist :

Medium :

Dimension :

Year :

Wu Guanzhong

Ink and colour on rice paper

48 x 44 cm

1980

Reading

Artist :

Medium :

Dimension :

Year :

Huang Yongyu

Ink and colour on rice paper

50 x 45 cm

1977

Squirrels on the branches

Artist :

Medium :

Dimension :

Chen Wen Hsi

Ink and colour on rice paper

33 x 44 cm

Bridging the heavens

Artist :

Medium :

Dimension :

Jia Youfu

Ink and colour on rice paper

270 x 34 cm

Along the River

Artist :

Medium :

Dimension :

Year :

Nie Ou

Ink and colour on rice paper

69 x 137 cm

1995

The Girls and a Goat

Artist :

Medium :

Dimension :

Year :

Cheng Shifa

Ink and colour on rice paper

46 x 61 cm

1986

Two Sparrows

Artist :

Medium :

Dimension :

Sun Qifeng

Ink and colour on rice paper

32 x 30 cm

Tang Poem - "Wuyi Lane"

Artist :

Medium :

Dimension :

Year :

Cui Zifan

Ink on rice paper

67 x 136 cm

1990

After the Qingming Festival

Artist :

Medium :

Dimension :

Year :

Lin Sanzi

Ink on rice paper

23 x 117 cm

1978

Guanyin of A Thousand Hands and Eyes

Artist :

Medium :

Dimension :

Unknown

Mix Media

205 x 220 cm

The Sisters of the Taiwan Paiwan Tribe

Artist :

Medium :

Dimension :

Year :

Jiang Caiping

Ink and color on paper

98 x 76 cm

1996

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

About Exhibition

The renowned 19th century French sculptor, Rodin once said, “Beauty is everywhere. It is our eyes which fail to perceive her.” To what extent can we be sensitive and open-minded in discovering beauty in every single entity around us? This will determine how much our souls can be sensitised and touched.

The annual Soka Gakkai Malaysia (SGM) Art Collection Exhibition entitled “Discovering Beauty” held in October 2016, carried great significance as it was held in conjunction with the 15th Anniversary of Wisma Kebudayaan SGM (WKSGM). With the hope of bringing a soothing breeze of truth, good and beauty to the busy city, this exhibition showcased a selection of 55 pieces of artworks, including oil paintings, sculptures, ink paintings and calligraphy.

In order to produce a masterpiece, an artist not only needs to have rigorous discipline in refining one’s painting techniques but one also needs to understand the undercurrent and spirit of the times. For example, we may, “feel” the simplicity of life and his “resistance” against the unrelenting urban life, in “A Wonderful Morning” by Bob Yan, a young Chinese contemporary artist; “perceive” the artist’s wish for “Prosperity” through the batik masterpiece by our national female artist Fatimah Chik; and, “discover” Dali’s unique view on “perfection” through his work by which he dissected Venus, the goddess of love and beauty. Though art does not have a fixed form and there is no specific rule for beauty, yet, an excellent work of art must harmoniously integrate many aspects.

Beauty requires our keen observation before we can obtain in-depth experience of it. Otherwise, we will only perceive mediocrity and appearances lacking in liveliness. When we are keen in discovering the beautiful side of things, our souls will be purified by beauty itself. We will become happier and this happiness will permeate our life and influence the people around us. The founding president of Soka Gakkai, Mr Tsunesaburo Makiguchi once asserted that activities comprising the values of “beauty, gain and good” lead to happiness.