A comparative study on social commentary painting of three different eras in Malaysia / Muhammad Afiq Hanafiah and Mohamad Kamal Abd. Aziz

With over decades, social commentary painting has become
a crucial approach for artist discontentment towards political,
economic, society, culture, humanity, and global issue. The
artist is like contexture in time and location, become eyes and the
ears of the culture. It is very important the artist play its role in
line with the development of the nation. The painting approach
will define the timeline as socialize civilization in that three
different eras which is Malaysia pre-independence era,
Malaysia post-independence era, and the Malaysian
millennium era. The research will focus on trend of
the content and context in selected social commentary
painting and summarize inline with Malaysia era. This
study will arrange using qualitative research, which is
primary data will be collect base on interview with artist,
curator, art writer, art gallery staff, art educator and art
student with artwork sample. The secondary data will be collect
using books, journals, unpublished journal, articles, news clip,
exhibitions catalogue, and seminar paper. The conclusion is this
research will justify the flow history of social commentary in
Malaysian painting. This will benefits to source of influence
academician study, writer, art student, and art educator. This
study also can be source for curator, art gallery and higher
institution as well as the general public.