I still remember
the first day I started to help Azimin Tazilan on his artwork. He started to
work on his artwork a few months before our wedding and yes, he completed it
with a guide from Akif, Khairina & a few more people from School of Design &
Art of Limkokwing. He then used our last room @ our small apartment as his art
studio. Things work on well and he did paint ‘me + my 7th months of
pregnancy’ on canvas. I do love the artwork but then I decided not to display
it with my own reasons J..
At my end of 8th
month of pregnancy, Azimin won the 1st prize of Dupont International
Art Competition. Memang rezeki baby masa tu… And in the same time, he was one
of the Bakat Muda Sezaman finalist, and the only finalist without fine art
formal education background.
And one of his
artworks (seriously aku tak ingat apa nama title nya, tapi ada bunyi macam ‘The
Anggun + dragonfly’, which lama lepas tu baru aku sedar, nama Anggun tu memang
dah lama ada in his mind. Even in the artwork, ada six-screen gambar scanning Anggun
masa my 1st pregnancy scanning) was exhibited by Pelita Hati Art
Gallery, Bangsar. Pak Samad yang masa tu datang untuk rasmikan the exhibition
was so impressed tengok the artwork and finally, Pelita Hati bought the artwork
as their personal collections.
After that I
decided to help him on his art field. So, aku banyak buat PR work, introduce
Azimins’ artwork, jaja nama dia dari satu gallery to another bukan kerja
senang. Gallery kat KL & Selangor je dah cukup buat aku lelah. But its
work!!! A few galleries were interested and its exhibited in the galleries.
Muse Gallery of Star Hills was one of the high prestigious galleries yang
exhibited Azimins’ artwork. Thank you very much Phillip!!!
Throughout the journey, banyak dugaan &
rintangan of course. I am nobody in the art industry and Azimin Tazilan name
was very new. Amat baru. And kondisi art di Malaysia,masih lagi suka yang
berbunga-bunga, berkerawang-kerawang. Azimin’s artwork more on abstract,
bulldozer, steel, installation on the canvas, etc. More on the current issues
based on his research. This is one of the ways for him to serve the community.
After his PhD,
Azimin told me yang dia mahu adakan solo exhibition. Ingatkan dia main-main.
Rupanya betul-betul. Wady and me working like crazy to put his dream into a
reality. Looking for curator, venue booking, event planning, invitation,
printing materials and the artworks itself!! Last but not least, the MONEY…
Using our own saving, I am really hoping something miracle will happen.
Thank you Salmah
for willingly to give her full support & guide to us. Yes, we are not able
to pay her at her price but we made the deal works!!! Salmah is a A++ curator,
yang selalu manage top artists esp in international exhibition. But for his
ex-student (Azimin was 1 of her ex-students back in ITM long time ago and now
they are colleague in UKM), she did it and siap share her contact lagi. I have
to thank to many people who gave us a hand during the ADAjalan by Azimin
Tazilan Solo Art Exhibition in Annexe Gallery, KL. Seriously it works!!!!
ADAjalan II was
happened a few months after that at Rill’s Jalan Tun HS Lee. The owner of the
Rill’s Fine Dine & Gallery; Tengku Rill approached us during the ADAjalan
exhibition. And slowly, Allah tunjukkan jalan yang dari mulanya hanya ada SATU
simpang kepada BANYAK simpang yang boleh aku pilih.
Kemudian sampai
kepada idea gila, mahukan gallery sendiri. Itu bukan gila bagi aku sebab
perkara itu dah lama ada dalam otak aku. Dari awal-awal our marriage lagi.
Tinggal masa, keadaan & $$$ saja yang belum mengizinkan.
Warung Seni
Galvanize Lab adalah lambang kekuatan jiwa & semangat aku. Ia juga jiwa
& semangat kami semua yang sama-sama menubuh, membentuk, membangun dan
mengerjakan Warung Seni Galvanize Lab dari 0 hinggalah ke hari ini
Sending few
artists’ artworks for Arts KL-Miami with a hope, ‘at least 1 kena pun
jadilah’.. Hahaha… On the day I received
a call from Nik from Image Connection telling me ‘We has chosen 3 of the
artworks from Galvanize Lab to be exhibited in Miami’.. ‘All 3 belongs to
Azimin Tazilan.’
Mak aii,
tergamam, tercengang, semua ter ada. Thanks God, Syukur Alhamdulillah..
Liaising all the necessary requirements, getting ready the artworks, dan banyak
lagi bukan perkara mudah. Ini kisah nak prepare artworks untuk bawak ke Miami,
bukan kisah nak bawak ke KL. Jadi kerjanya pun memang banyak. Documentations,
agreement, etc
Dan akhirnya aku
diapproach Art KL-Miami, CEO of The Connector Group in Miami, Norsham Blasko.
Perkenalan singkat membuatkan banyak benda yang tak jelas jadi makin terang
sekaligus buat aku rasa macam Miami tu tak la jauh sangat.. Cewah.. Macamlah
kau boleh jalan kaki pegi Miami tu jumpa Haritio Caine Eleen oii… The artworks
yang sepatutnya hanya 3, dah jadi 10 dibawak ke Miami. What should I say?? And
now we are preparing more artworks for Miami lagi.
Terima kasih Ya
Allah, akhirnya ada jalan yang diarahkan pada aku. Its not an easy way but the
hard work paid by the best memories ever. Membawa satu nama insan yang bukan
calang-calang dari design & education industry, tapi orang tak pernah kenal
dalam art industry bukan perkara senang. All the PR & communication by
people around us do help a lot. Dari tiada siapa yang kenal, masterpiece Azimin
Tazilan dah berada dengan beberapa collectors di Australia, Germany, etc dan
akan berada di Miami nanti.
Bringing a name
from ZERO to Miami bukan mudah. Jangan tanya berapa banyak hati yang terkorban,
berapa banyak duit yang dah terlebur.. Apa nak buat, redha sajalah. Dengan
harapan, segala yang terkorban, masa, harta, hati & rasa akan mendapat
hikmah yang amat berbaloi…
