UNSUR SPIRIT CATAN ABDULLAH EHLID AL WALID DALAM KARYA HUMINODUN SPIRITS (KADAZANDUSUN)
Authors: Misdih Musnin 
Published: February 2023

ABSTRACT
Huminodun Spirits (Kadazandusun) is an idea by Abdullah Ehlid Al Walid is artwork on the Sabah folklore of a Kadazandusun woman. The painter describes the narrative of the mythical story of the people of Sabah with his visual paintings. The work is edited by the painter based on his interpretation and expressed in visual art. This study was conducted is done qualitatively to interpret the real situation through the artwork of the artist. The main focuses of the study discuss the artistic and narrative elements of storytelling such as formalistic, beliefs in the character of Huminodon figures, and art criticism statements of visual art. The study also wants to unravel the Sabah Folklore that influences spirits that can be displayed in the work of artists. The results of the study can also provide an explanation of the delivery of emotions, feelings processed in a brushstroke, and the use of colour in the canvas of his work. Meanwhile, the narrative story is processed in a visual work through the movement of the spirit of the Huminodun figure. The implications of the study show that there is a relationship between the production of works using the application of formalistic aspects in the work and the cultural perspective. This includes messages conveyed through a philosophy of life, spirituality, social criticism, and self-interpretation in the form of experience or self-expression. Therefore, there are elements of the belief in the spirit of harvesting rice of this community that they inherited from time immemorial to the present. Thus, the painter can re-display in the form of visual art paintings.

ABSTRAK
Karya catan Huminodun Spirits (kadazandusun) adalah cetusan idea menerusi karya Abdullah Ehlid Al Walid tentang cerita rakyat Sabah seorang wanita kadazandusun. Pelukis mendiskripsikan pernyataan naratif cerita mitos rakyat Sabah dengan karya catan visualnya. Karya diolah oleh pelukis berdasarkan tafsirannya sendiri dan diekspresifkan dalam seni visual. Kajian ini dilakukan secara kualitatif untuk mentafsir keadaan yang sebenar menerusi pengkaryaan oleh pelukis. Fokus utama kajian membincangkan elemen seni dan naratif penceritaan seperti unsur formalistik, kepercayaan terhadap watak figura Huminodon dan pernyataan kritikan seni visual. Kajian juga ingin merungkai cerita rakyat Sabah yang mempunyai pengaruh spirit yang dapat dipaparkan dalam karya pelukis. Hasil kajian juga dapat memberi penjelasan terhadap penyampaian emosi, perasaan yang diolah dalam sapuan berus dan penggunaan warna dalam kanvas karyanya. Manakala, naratif cerita diolah dalam karya visual melalui pergerakan spirit figura Huminodun. Impilkasi kajian pula menunjukkan ada perkaitan antara penghasilan karya menerusi aplikasi aspek formalistik dalam pengkaryaan dan perspektif budaya. Ini termasuklah mesej yang disampaikan menerusi falsafah kehidupan, spiritual, kritikan sosial, dan interpretasi diri yang berbentuk pengalaman atau ekspresi diri. Justeru itu, terdapat unsur-unsur kepercayaan semangat menuai padi masyarakat ini yang mereka warisi sejak dahulu lagi hingga masa kini. Oleh yang demikian, pelukis dapat memaparkan semula dalam bentuk karya catan seni visual.