Anuar Rashid

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b. Kedah, 1958
Anuar Rashid
Rebel Series: Inderaputra I
1981
signed ‘Anuar Rashid’ (bottom right), signed ‘Anuar’ (reverse)
acrylic on canvas
91 x 91cm
Provenance
Private collection, Kuala Lumpur; acquired through Anugerah Gallery, Kuala Lumpur.
Estimate
RM 20,000 – 30,000

Anuar Rashid, once described by Datuk Syed Ahmad Jamal - when he was only 20 years old in 1978 - as the “brightest star yet” in Malaysian art, had withdrawn from the local art scene after breaking in with his Inderaputra series in a solo exhibition at the Equatorial Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, in 1982. He made a great comeback in April 2006 at the Alpha Utara Gallery, Penang, after a hiatus of 20 years.

This work from his Rebel series is believed to be one of two that survived the artist’s tempest of rage when he burnt most of his other works, in protest over a controversial action by his lecturer then. It was sold at Anugerah Gallery’s 14th anniversary auction for the Hope, Run & Walk Charity in 2006, the other piece having been sold earlier to local conglomerate.