PHOTO ART EXHIBITION : ARTWORKS QR CODE #24
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 Ungku Abdul Aziz.
Ungku Abdul Aziz bin Ungku Abdul Hamid was born into Johor Royal Family on 28th of January 1922. His father, Ungku Abdul Hamid was a Malayan prince and military officer. Ungku Abdul Aziz was a mixed of Malay-Turkish (father’s side) and English (mother’s side). He attended both English school in Johore Bahru and Malay school in Batu Pahat. He graduated with a Diploma in Arts from Raffles College of Singapore, Bachelor of Arts in Economics at University of Malaya and defended his doctoral dissertation in Waseda Univesity in Tokyo. Ungku Abdul Aziz was mostly known as both economist and lecturer in which he held the position as vice chancellor of University Malaya from the year of 1968 to 1988. He was also awarded with the title of Royal Professor from the same university in 1978.Ungku Aziz passed away at the age of 98 due to old age. He was survived by his wife, Rohayah Ahmad Bahiran and his only daughter, Zeti Akhtar Aziz. His final resting place is located at Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery, Kuala Lumpur.
