PHOTO ART EXHIBITION : ARTWORKS QR CODE #23

CURATOR NOTES:

The series Imaging Selfs is a long-term ongoing project by photographer Soraya Yusof Talismail whereas Soraya’s objective is to document 80 key Malaysian figures in the arts. The series Imaging Self portrays the icons in a black & white setting using silver gelatin prints, creating an emotive and personalized documentation of subject in the interplay of light and shadow, featuring local icons and personas. This particular work is a portrait of The late Dollah Baju Merah

Dollah baju merah was a known master shadow puppeteer based in Kelantan. Dollah was born in 1937. A Dalang, or puppet master plays several roles within a shadow puppet theatre, he is responsible of controlling the narrative of the story and movements of the characters though each scene. A shadow puppet show traditionally narrates stories from folklore as a source of entertainment and also the teaching of values, as such they play important part not only in entairnment but also the education of culture and moral values. Dollah Baju Merah passed away in 2005.