Sarena Abdullah
Biographic Data
| ID | 6879280 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarena Abdullah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarena |
| FAMILY NAME | Abdullah |
| SIGNATURE | ABDULLAH S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universiti Sains Malaysia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8067-4325 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Modern Ink Painting and Hybrid Identity
This study examines how three Nanyang pioneer artists, Chen Chong Swee, Chen Wen Hsi, and Cheong Soo Pieng, negotiated cultural identity through the practice of their modern ink painting. This paper argues that the artistic practice of these three artists could be read as embodying a sustained dialogue between inherited Chinese ink traditions and the modernist expressions of Southeast Asia. Drawing on Stuart Hall’s interpretation of diaspora and …
The Malayan Landscape Paintings
Landscape paintings were one of the earliest visual art renditions of the Malay land in Malaysia. Traveller artists who arrived in Malaya and Singapore during the 18th and 19th centuries illustrated various subject matters that they observed. The most common examples included tropical flora and fauna, various views and landscapes, British residences, and so on. The theme of a tremendously fertile land with beautiful natural resources and prospero…
Innovative paradigms in New Japanese art
Yokoyama Taikan is known as the 'giant of modern Japanese painting'. Throughout his life, he devoted himself to various fields, such as painting, art education, and art movement, making outstanding contributions to the reform of modern Japanese painting. The objective of this paper is to explore Yokoyama Taikan's reconstruction of 'Modern Japanese Painting' and reveal its underlying principles of artistic innovation. This aims to provide a better…
Exploring in a research-oriented art exhibition
The art exhibition PIONEERING: Chinese Artists Abroad in France and Chinese Modern Art (1911–1949) held by the CAFA Art Museum in 2019 has been recognised as the largest-scale research exhibition on the ‘early twentieth-century study-abroad phenomenon’ in art history to date. As a research-oriented exhibition with rich content and in-depth themes, it emphasises integrating art history, criticism, and related studies in the curatorial process to p…
Global trends and hotspots in Asian Art research from 1997 to 2023
In recent years, the field of Asian art has undergone extensive study. However, there is a fundamental gap in the bibliometric analysis of trends and directions in the field. The purpose of this article study is to provide a comprehensive review through bibliometric analysis. This study conducted a literature search in Web of Science databases, and screening included SCIE, SSCI, and A&HCI. In total, 676 studies between 1997 and 2023 were compiled…
National Policies and Their Reverberations on the Art Making and Art Scenes in Malaysia under Mahathir Mohamad’s Premiership
This article examines the direct and indirect reverberations of the 1971 National Culture Policy, followed by the indirect impact of the Islamic resurgence and the 1985 Dasar Penerapan Nilai-Nilai Islam dalam Pentadbiran (Inculcation of Islamic Values in Administration Policy) on Malaysian art and art scene. The National Culture Policy (NCP), reiterated the ethnic preference policy of the National Economic Policy which resulted in an espoused pol…
A Visual Analysis Between the Sheng Character of Shadow Puppets from the Central Plains of China and Sri Rama of Wayang Kulit Kelantan, Malaysia
Although research on cross-cultural influences between Asian nations has been widely published in the field of fine arts, there is a near absence of studies that directly analyse the connection of visual characteristics between the People's Republic of China and Malaysian shadow puppets, or the visual design elements that are unique to China's Central Plains Sheng shadow puppet.Using the classic shadow puppets Sheng and Sri Rama, this paper inves…
Socially Responsive Performance Art
Since the 1990s, Malaysian artists have been using performance art as an artistic medium. Nevertheless, the history and context of performance art in Malaysia have not been examined in the context of Malaysian art history in particular. Coming from the fine arts background, artists such as Intan Rafiza, Sharon Chin, Aisyah Baharuddin, Rahmat Haron, Azizan Rahman Paiman, Mislina Mustaffa, and Fared Ayam, are among Malaysian artists who have been p…
Iconological Analysis of the “Man on a Bicycle” Relief in North Bali Created During the Dutch Colonial Period | Analisis Ikonologi Karya Relief “Laki-laki di sebuah Sepeda” di Bali Utara Jaman colonia…
Temple in North Bali. The relief was created around 1904, when North Bali was under Dutch colonial rule. It is the first relief created that deviates from Balinese society’s traditional art style. As with other works of art, there is a message and a particular purpose for the creation of this relief. This paper provides a more in-depth study of the relief by using the iconographic and iconological theory of Erwin Panofsky as a method for analysin…
Nation-building in the Post-war Period
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Internationalising Arts, Gaining Visibility
The early history of the Malaysian National Art Gallery has been thoroughly elucidated through many different sources but its role as promoter of Malaysia’s art in the first ten years of its early formation have never been critically examined. This paper will trace the transnational relationship of the National Art Gallery through its exhibitions co-organised with the Commonwealth Institute in London within the larger context of the post-World Wa…
Wak Ketok and the Quest for Malay Identity in 1930s Malaya
Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society - Volume 91, Part 2, No.3 15, December 2018
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Wak Ketok and the Quest for Malay Identity in 1930s Malaya
Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society - Volume 91, Part 2, No.3 15, December 2018
Internationalising Arts, Gaining Visibility
The early history of the Malaysian National Art Gallery has been thoroughly elucidated through many different sources but its role as promoter of Malaysia’s art in the first ten years of its early formation have never been critically examined. This paper will trace the transnational relationship of the National Art Gallery through its exhibitions co-organised with the Commonwealth Institute in London within the larger context of the post-World Wa…
Nation-building in the Post-war Period
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Socially Responsive Performance Art
Since the 1990s, Malaysian artists have been using performance art as an artistic medium. Nevertheless, the history and context of performance art in Malaysia have not been examined in the context of Malaysian art history in particular. Coming from the fine arts background, artists such as Intan Rafiza, Sharon Chin, Aisyah Baharuddin, Rahmat Haron, Azizan Rahman Paiman, Mislina Mustaffa, and Fared Ayam, are among Malaysian artists who have been p…
Iconological Analysis of the “Man on a Bicycle” Relief in North Bali Created During the Dutch Colonial Period | Analisis Ikonologi Karya Relief “Laki-laki di sebuah Sepeda” di Bali Utara Jaman colonia…
Temple in North Bali. The relief was created around 1904, when North Bali was under Dutch colonial rule. It is the first relief created that deviates from Balinese society’s traditional art style. As with other works of art, there is a message and a particular purpose for the creation of this relief. This paper provides a more in-depth study of the relief by using the iconographic and iconological theory of Erwin Panofsky as a method for analysin…
National Policies and Their Reverberations on the Art Making and Art Scenes in Malaysia under Mahathir Mohamad’s Premiership
This article examines the direct and indirect reverberations of the 1971 National Culture Policy, followed by the indirect impact of the Islamic resurgence and the 1985 Dasar Penerapan Nilai-Nilai Islam dalam Pentadbiran (Inculcation of Islamic Values in Administration Policy) on Malaysian art and art scene. The National Culture Policy (NCP), reiterated the ethnic preference policy of the National Economic Policy which resulted in an espoused pol…
A Visual Analysis Between the Sheng Character of Shadow Puppets from the Central Plains of China and Sri Rama of Wayang Kulit Kelantan, Malaysia
Although research on cross-cultural influences between Asian nations has been widely published in the field of fine arts, there is a near absence of studies that directly analyse the connection of visual characteristics between the People's Republic of China and Malaysian shadow puppets, or the visual design elements that are unique to China's Central Plains Sheng shadow puppet.Using the classic shadow puppets Sheng and Sri Rama, this paper inves…
The Malayan Landscape Paintings
Landscape paintings were one of the earliest visual art renditions of the Malay land in Malaysia. Traveller artists who arrived in Malaya and Singapore during the 18th and 19th centuries illustrated various subject matters that they observed. The most common examples included tropical flora and fauna, various views and landscapes, British residences, and so on. The theme of a tremendously fertile land with beautiful natural resources and prospero…
Innovative paradigms in New Japanese art
Yokoyama Taikan is known as the 'giant of modern Japanese painting'. Throughout his life, he devoted himself to various fields, such as painting, art education, and art movement, making outstanding contributions to the reform of modern Japanese painting. The objective of this paper is to explore Yokoyama Taikan's reconstruction of 'Modern Japanese Painting' and reveal its underlying principles of artistic innovation. This aims to provide a better…
Exploring in a research-oriented art exhibition
The art exhibition PIONEERING: Chinese Artists Abroad in France and Chinese Modern Art (1911–1949) held by the CAFA Art Museum in 2019 has been recognised as the largest-scale research exhibition on the ‘early twentieth-century study-abroad phenomenon’ in art history to date. As a research-oriented exhibition with rich content and in-depth themes, it emphasises integrating art history, criticism, and related studies in the curatorial process to p…
Global trends and hotspots in Asian Art research from 1997 to 2023
In recent years, the field of Asian art has undergone extensive study. However, there is a fundamental gap in the bibliometric analysis of trends and directions in the field. The purpose of this article study is to provide a comprehensive review through bibliometric analysis. This study conducted a literature search in Web of Science databases, and screening included SCIE, SSCI, and A&HCI. In total, 676 studies between 1997 and 2023 were compiled…
Modern Ink Painting and Hybrid Identity
This study examines how three Nanyang pioneer artists, Chen Chong Swee, Chen Wen Hsi, and Cheong Soo Pieng, negotiated cultural identity through the practice of their modern ink painting. This paper argues that the artistic practice of these three artists could be read as embodying a sustained dialogue between inherited Chinese ink traditions and the modernist expressions of Southeast Asia. Drawing on Stuart Hall’s interpretation of diaspora and …
Art (9 works) · Asian Studies and History (7 works) · History (6 works) · Visual arts (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Socioeconomic Development in Asia (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Architecture and Cultural Influences (3 works) · Art history (3 works)