Daerah Samad: 100 Sketches by A. Samad Said by Galeri Petronas - 2007

Galeri Petronas, 2007. Paperback. Very Good. Scarce. Minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. Daerah Samad (Samad's Land) is an exhibition of sketches in ink and handwritten documents by National Literature Laureate A. Samad Said. Having mastered the verbal language of novels, short stories, plays and poems, the artist demonstrates his ability to play with a visual language as well. The artistic elements employed - a basic play of line and colour is expressive, cleverly combining abstract and figurative elements that are not confined to the telling of a story. The calligraphic lines of various qualities and identities create their own expression. From the set of his handwritten manuscripts, we can see how he approaches this creative process with the same discipline and meticulous systems that he gives to his writing process. Text in English and Malay.