W. Rajaie
b. 1997, Malaysia
W. Rajaie is an emerging artist with a BA in Fine Arts from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Shah Alam. As an artist and designer, he has joined in various exhibitions, most recently in Locals Only! 2021, a group exhibition at TAKSU Kuala Lumpur.
His work is a gesture of him as an artist confronting and dealing with reality. It brings out the relation between the artist and his medium, soil. The soil is ‘poetically blooming’ and the elements of chances, randomness, and organic emerged in the process of ‘togetherness’.
His artworks deal with the relationship of himself perceiving the complexity of ambiguous reality, through the romantic and poetic engagement with nature in materialitical framing.
Mud Mother
Soil, sand, pigment and binder on formed canvas, 153 x 153 cm
Tinju Tanah (Soil Sparring)
Soil, sand, pigment and binder on formed canvas, 153 x 153 cm
They creep so far that their trail disappears
Soil, Sand, Pigment and Binder on Formed Canvas, 153 x 13 cm
Mysteriously wrought from the bosom of the earth
Soil, Sand, Pigment and Binder on Formed Canvas, 183 x 122 cm
The wanderer who seeks shelter in their own shadow
Soil, Sand, Pigment and Binder on Formed Canvas, 183 x 122 cm
As the sea recedes, the truth may be revealed
Soil, Sand, Pigment and Binder on Formed Canvas, 183 x 122 cm
Orb I
Soil, pigment and binder on wood, 24.5 x 27 x 24 cm
Orb II
Soil, pigment and binder on wood, 25 x 27 x 27 cm
A Block of Mud I
Soil, sand, pigment and binder on formed canvas, 168 x 138 cm
A Block of Mud II
Soil, sand, pigment and binder on formed canvas, 168 x 138 cm
Wild Block I
Soil, pigment and binder on canvas, 107 x 91.5 cm
Wild Block II
Soil, pigment and binder on canvas, 107 x 91.5 cm
Block III
Soil, pigment and binder on canvas, 107 x 91.5 cm
Block
Soil, sand, pigment and polyvinyl acetate on shaped canvas, 198 x 183 cm
Slab
Soil, sand, pigment and polyvinyl acetate on shaped canvas, 183 x 10 cm each
Slab II
Soil, sand, pigment and polyvinyl acetate on shaped canvas, 243 x 12 cm each
