Figure 1: Highlights on the components of WARNALOKA 22 February 2025- Marks the most awaited moment for the inauguration of WARNALOKA public art project in the town of Alor Gajah. WARNALOKA is a collaborative public art project by Julies Sdn. Bhd. as industry stakeholder, Majlis Perbandaran Alor Gajah (MPAG) as local municipal council, and Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Alor Gajah, Melaka as expert moderators representing the local academic institution. "The cornerstone of this beneficial public art project is based on the Sustainable Public Art Framework Guideline (SPAFG) developed by Research Interest Group (RIG), Public Art Creative Aesthetic Quality (PACAQ), here based in UiTM Melaka", explained Dr Sharmiza Abu Hassan, as PACAQ principle investigator and head of this WARNALOKA public art project. The synergy between all the parties involved has brought an inclusive approach towards managing a public art project from the people, and for the people of the town of Alor G...
Figure 1; A Time to Remember #31 (2020) by Mohamad Khalil Amran A TIME TO REMEMBER 2020 is a series that synthesises the whole career and experience of the artist as an art academician in a rather intimidate mixed medium painting on paper. The choice of pure abstraction and spontaneous approaches celebrate the intuitive power of expressing the feelings of joy, sorrow, and melancholy through the articulation of colours, shapes, forms, and textures. I consider my work as state of mind and source for visual enjoyment - ARTIST STATEMENT by Mohamad Khalil Amran ‘A Time to Remember 31 (2020)’ is one of the final abstract work series by Mohamad Khalil Amran before his retirement in 2021. This artistic Oeuvre happened to encrypt some 35 years of the artists Academic-Artistic journey. An expression which manifest the confrontations, as well as negotiations, between Art and Life. Time and Space paved a crucial role upon articulating the Body-of-Work (BOW) in this compelling art series. Tim...