Skola Gambar: Ahmad Fuad Osman in conversation with Simon Soon and Felice Noelle Rodriguez
Channel: ILHAM Gallery
Date: 2022-06-08

TITLE:  Skolar Gambar - Enrique de Malacca 
SPEAKERS: Ahmad Fuad Osman, Simon Soon and Felice Noelle Rodriguez

Watch Ahmad Fuad Osman’s discussion with curator Simon Soon and Felice Noelle Rodriguez on the exhibition at ILHAM Gallery titled, “Skola Gambar: Enrique de Malacca.” 
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The first circumnavigation around the world by the Magellan-Elcano expedition in 1519 has, over time, gained allegorical significance, marking the start of the age of globalisation. And yet, this story of heroism, tribulation and adventure is primarily told through a Eurocentric (Western-centric) lens. Records show that among the 270 crew members who undertook the perilous three-year-long expedition on five ships was an enslaved Malay sailor and interpreter named Enrique de Malacca. This insight offers us an opportunity to revisit this historical moment, through the perspective of a person from the Malay Archipelago. Skola Gambar Enrique de Malacca is the fourth iteration of the Enrique de Malacca Memorial Project by Ahmad Fuad Osman. The project was previously exhibited at the Singapore Biennale (2016), the Sharjah Biennale (2019) and most recently at Ahmad Fuad Osman’s mid-career solo exhibition at the National Art Gallery of Malaysia (2019–2020).
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Ahmad Fuad Osman (b. 1969, Kedah, Malaysia) graduated with a BA in Fine Art from MARA Institute of Technology (now UiTM) in 1991. In the 1990s, Fuad was involved in the Malaysian film and theatre industry, and this period influenced a shift in his artistic practice from Neo Expressionist painting to conceptual multi-disciplinary works encompassing installation, sculpture, print and video. Socio-political themes have long been a key concern as he investigates subject matters including identity politics, the abuse of power and historical amnesia. Using a potent mix of wit and philosophy Fuad speaks to broad spectrums of society on challenging subjects.

Recorded on 19 May 2022

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