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TO BE COMPLETED (FOR KRISHEN JIT) - Coggle Diagram
TO BE COMPLETED (FOR KRISHEN JIT)
Aspects that related
SOCIAL
Malaysian society
Cultural difference
Multicultural identity
Ethnic issues
Changing society
Krishen Jit is an Indian and involved in Malay-language theatre
CULTURAL
Malaysian identity
Malaysian theatre
Malaysian art
Traditional vs contemporary theatre
Post-colonial identity
Krishen Jit live in Multicultural background
POLITICAL
National identity
National culture
Ethnic tension
Krishen Jit win glory for the country
Changing Malaysian identity
OVERALL MESSAGE
Identity is not fixed
A portrait cannot fully define a person
Malaysian identity is still developing
Malaysian art history is still being written
Art does not always provide one answer
The viewer completes the meaning
RELIGIOUS
no religious connotation
BASIC INFORMATION
Artist: Redza Piyadasa
who?
Malaysian artist
Art critic
Art historian
Art educator
Pioneer of Malaysian conceptual art
Gender
male
Born: 1939, Pahang
Died: 2007, Selangor
Artwork
To Be Completed (For Krishen Jit)
Year: 1979
WHEN?
Malaysian art changing
Conceptual art developing
Cultural identity being debated
Krishen's career still developing
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Dimension: 95 × 83.5 cm
Collection: National Visual Arts Collection
Accession: BSLN1993.005
Location visited: Balai Seni Negara, Level 1
Other artworks
The Haji Family (1990)
Lihat di Galeri Maya(1939)
Main subject
Portrait of Krishen Jit
who?
Krishen Jit a/l Amar Singh
who?
Achievements
Co-founder of Five Arts Center
Malaysian theatre icon
Lifetime Achievement Award at the BOH Cameronian Awards 2003
The Astro-Krishen Jit Fund was established
Gender
male
RACE
Multicultural background
Non-Malay cultural figure
Malay-language theatre
Indian
Position
Theatre director
Theatre critic
Historian
Educator
Writer
Important Malaysian cultural figure
born: 1939
died: 2005
WHY KRISHEN?
Important cultural figure
Cultural identity
Multicultural Malaysia
Experimental practice
Relationship with Piyadasa
Strong monochrome appearance
Blue text
“TO BE COMPLETED”
WHY BLUE TEXT?
Only strong colour
Creates focal point
Separates text from portrait
Cool colour
Makes the words important
WHY "TO BE COMPLETED"?
Unfinished identity
Unfinished history
transforms portrait into conceptual artwork
means Malaysian art still Developing
creates questions
Portrait cannot fully represent a person
Viewer must complete the meaning
Symbolic
Portrait freezes a person, but not freezes his career and his influence on Malaysia.
Theatre changes over time
"To Be Completed" = ongoing identity
This image is only one version of this person
Portrait = incomplete representation
Artist’s intention
leave its meaning incomplete so that the viewer has to “complete” the artwork through interpretation.
Not simply to make a realistic portrait
To make viewers think about Krishen as a cultural figure
To question how a person is represented
To make the viewer participate in completing the meaning
black and white
WHY BLACK & WHITE?
Serious
Restrained
Minimal
Strong value contrast
Less decorative
Focus on concept
Figure appears serious / tired / emotionally distant
why?
The portrait does not present Krishen as a cheerful celebrity
It presents him as a serious intellectual
This can connect to his role as:
theatre thinker
critic
historian
cultural commentator
Minimal background
WHY?
removes unnecessary information
focuses on Krishen
avoids distraction
