Thursday, 28 August 2008

2008 - Treasures of the Nation's Visual Arts

The National Art Gallery of Malaysia (Balai Seni Lukis Negara) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Pos Malaysia released a set of three stamps on 28 August, 2008 to commemorate the event. The stamps portray some of the art work kept in the gallery. Among the three different art work in the stamps, I think I like "Fruit Season" by Chuah Thean Teng painted on batik.

Spirit of Ledang by Syed Ahmad Jamal (2003); painted using acrylic on canvas

Fruit Season by Chuah Thean Teng (1968); painted on batik

Pago-pago by Abdul Latiff Mohidin (1965); painted using oil on canvas