Practical with the best sculptor..thanks to my lecturer En.Azwan :)

Raja Shahriman Bin Raja Aziddin (Abang Man)

Birth 1967 (Kuala Kangsar, Perak)

Often Known For sculpture

Raja Shahriman Bin Raja Aziddin, born November 17, 1967, Kuala Kangsar, Perak.

Education:Diploma in Art & Design (Fine Art), Universiti Teknologi Mara (Majoring in sculpture).

Exhibitions:2008: Group Exhibition “The German Connection:ART’”-Pelita Hati House of Art, Kuala Lumpur.

Group Exhibition “Semangat Chandan”-Galeri Chandan, Kuala LumpurGroup Exhibition ”Arttriangle”-Sokko Gakai, Kuala Lumpur2007: Group exhibition “Pancawarna’-Pelita Hati’s House

The Collection of Abang Man work :

Gerak Tempur 11

Gerak Tempur 10

Gerak Tempur 9

Gerak Tempur 4

Gerak Tempur 3

Raja Shahriman Raja Aziddin formally known as Abang Man :)

GERAK ALAMAT HIDUP, DIAM ALAMAT MATI...




Shahriman could draw before he learned how to talk. That is how I remember him. Being youngest in the family he got away with becoming an artist. His family's love and support have always encouraged him to be the best in whatever he decides to do. Shahriman however produced works which many have described bizarre... and his family became his worst critics.

Abang Man

Shahriman was undeterred in his mission and set out to produce one bizarre work after the other. He seems so sure of the path he alone has to take. He describes his work as a part of him, part of his search in finding himself. His early works when he was a student was figurative. They were rough and raw and angry, quite unlike the person he was on the outside. Shahriman has moved away further and further away from the figures he once seemed obsessed with. He has now come full circle. When I first saw the works he made for this e exhibition, I asked him: "Why figures?" He looked at me and said that it had to be done. They were inside him and he had to let them out. His eyes appealed to me to understand. He said it was the last time he would ever do figures. Somehow I know Shariman is right. It is something he had to do.

The works of Shahriman for this solo exhibition, Gerak Tempur, is still very typical of his identity, yet there is something different. These works although touching on a violent subject-matter, seem soft and gentle in their movements, very much like the Shahriman we know. Perhaps Shahriman has been successful in finding himself, perhaps it is just the beginning. In all the battles he will face, I wish him well.