Latiff Mohidin, born in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia in 1941 completed his primary education in Singapore. While in Singapore, at an early age, Latiff’s precocity in understanding paintings earned him the nickname, ‘Wonder Boy’. From 1960-1964, Latiff studied art at Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste in Berlin, Germany and did brief residencies in Paris and New York. Inspired by his exploration of Southeast Asia in 1964, Latiff has since produced compelling series of artworks – the result of a synthesis between his European experience and the rediscovery of his homeland. He is also a poet who has published several volumes of poetry. ‘Mindscape 49 (Blue)’ is exemplary of Latiff’s immaculate productions of the Mindscape series. In this series, Latiff invites the viewer to a focal point where the complicated yet calculated colour textures are concentrated in a dome-shaped area. In order to achieve better control of the desired effects, Latiff dripped, splashed and flicked on the surface with his fingers.
