IlmuAdab

a solo exhibition by Ahmad Shukri Mohamed

  • Rumah Ibu

    Mixed media on canvas/wood
    244cm x 337cm (triptych) | 2006-2026

  • Cahaya dari Bukit Tursina

    Mixed media on canvas
    Framed: 173cm x 186cm (diptych) | 2025-2026

  • Jangan diusik Bintang di Langit

    Mixed media on canvas
    153cm x 215cm (diptych) | 2025-2026

  • Menara Cinta 'Tanah Airku'

    Mixed media on canvas
    244cm x 244cm (diptych) | 2023-2026

  • Dari Tanah ke Tanah

    Acrylic on canvas
    183.5cm x 152.5cm | 2026

  • Asas Kebudayaan Kebangsaan

    Mixed media on canvas
    Framed: 154.5cm x 124.3cm | 2024

IlmuAdab” presents an aesthetic journey through humanity’s quest for the meaning of the self and life. Emotional expression is reflected across eleven works that ‘flow’ through themes of humanity, historical timelines, nature, and divine revelation. Everything is blended through artistic expression to embody the essence of human wisdom and virtue, while pondering the question: “Who is man in the midst of the universe, and who am ‘I’ in the midst of mankind?” 

For amidst the onslaught of an era increasingly driven to ‘breathe’ through automated artificial intelligence machines, “IlmuAdab” seeks to balance the shifts of time by channelling the power of human intellect and high moral order. In the end, this exhibition does not merely invite viewers to enjoy art. More passionately, it is a call to take heed of the earliest guidance of divine revelation: 

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