State Legislative Assembly Melaka (Lendu); YB Datuk Seri Utama Sulaiman Md Ali inaugurating CONTENG Art Exhibition accompanied by the artists, marking the first opening show for TuAS - 10 November 2024 CHRONICLE OF THE NON FINITO: SKETCH In The Pocket Dictionary of Art Terms, ' Sketch' is defined as, 'A drawing, painting or model made as a rough draft of the composition, preliminary to executing a work of art. Alternatively called Pensiero, Sprezzature, Modello, Esquisse'. These four (4) alternatives of 'Sketch' are further described as below: Firstly, 'Pensiero' (Italian), in art is well associated with the term ' Primo Pensiero', literally defined as an 'initial sketch', and practically is regarded as a rough initial sketch by an artist, which delivers its 'first thought' in reality. If art were a window which separates imagination (mind), and reality (matter), then its first light-rays which touches the surface be
(Figure 1: Illustration between Human CI and AI - Image Source 1) TATE Art Terms defines ‘FORM’ in relation to art as accompanying two meanings: it can refer to the overall form taken by the work; or within a work of art it can refer to element of shape among the various elements that make up a work. Alan Fletcher in The Art of Looking Sideways remarks (Fletcher, 2001); “Man invented things by imposing a shape on nature” “Man discovered things by revealing the pattern of nature” Apparently both ideas communicate the same vision on works of art, as a check-and-balance process, between imposing the presence, and revealing the absence of reality (truth), in where we find ourselves. (Figure 2: Acheulian hand Axe - Image Source 2) Approximately more than 1,500,000 years ago, across Africa, Europe, and Asia, archaeologist have discovered the earliest human-made tool, identified as the ‘Acheulian hand Axe’, since the Lower Paleolithic Period. The ‘Form and Function’ of such tools demand