Malaysia’s Top 100 Auction Lots Across the Decade
By Ooi Kok Chuen
October 2020 PENANG PALETTE
WHO IS THE No. 1 Artist in Malaysia?Ibrahim Hussein’s Man with Possessions, 1964. Oil on canvas (122 x 122cm).Going by the market record of prices alone, gleaned from four major Malaysian auction houses in 11 years, the competition has been reduced to a battle royale between Latiff Mohidin (b. 1938, officially 1941) and Datuk Ibrahim Hussein (1936-2009). In the Top 10 grossers of Malaysian artists, Ib, as Ibrahim Hussein is popularly known, leads with six lots against Latiff’s four, five...
Ooi Kok Chuen
is an art-writer and journalist, and the author of MAHSURI: A Legend Reborn (Ooi Peeps Publishing), an adult contemporary fantasy “movel” (a novel conceived as a mock movie) spun from a local legend.
