National Art Gallery

A trip to Nation Art Gallery ~~~


I travelled there by LRT and bus with some of my course mates. After gathering at the main door for awhile, we went into the National Art Gallery to visit and choose some paintings to do our "tasks".

The first painting which attracted my attention was an oil paint on canvas. It completed in 1983. Its theme was Mindscape and it considered as private collection. 

First of all, I saw the middle of the painting was an oval dark red door. It was around by dark blue with cracks. I could imagine that I was standing in and ice cave and looking forward from it. 

The temperature outside of the cave was extremely hot maybe there were more than a sun. I did not know how much height of the ice cave from the ground too. I was not willing to walk out from the cave because there might be a huge obstacle in front of me. 

The whole painting showed with dark colour and it brought me a strong feeling of hopeless.

Secondly, a painting with named with “Mengaji Koran” has impelled me successfully. This painting was an oil paint on Masonite board. It completed in 1959. An old lady was doing revision with her two kids in a house. 

The whole painting was dark and I could see there was a candle on the floor. It could show that the family was poor and they were using light of candle to do revision. When I saw this painting, I was ashamed because they were hard working than me even though their environment was worse than me. 

Moreover, this painting showed “mother’s love” to children. I could see the mother face was friendly and she taught her children patiently. I love this painting very much.