Ibrahim Hussein Museum Langkawi -- The Living Museum In The Forest

Ibrahim Hussein Museum Langkawi

Have you visited the Ibrahim Hussein Museum Langkawi? It is the white building on top of a hill near Pantai Pasir Tengkorak just on the way to Datai Bay.

If you love arts & cultures, this Ibrahim Hussein Museum Langkawi is a must visit place!

Ibrahim Hussein Museum & Cultural Foundation a private, non-profit foundation set up in 1991 by one of Malaysia's most prominent artist, Dato' Ibrahim Hussein. It is dedicated to the promotion, development and advancement of art and culture of international stature.

The gallery of the Ibrahim Hussein Museum Langkawi is white and spacious, built over two floors.

At the museum's open gallery, you can admire Dato' Ibrahim's intricate works of arts. Immediately, upon entering you can see "Ib's" signature style lines.

Scattered all over the upper floor of the Ibrahim Hussein Museum Langkawi gallery are tree branches, giant pea pods and gnarled tree trunks that he collected around his property -- all dressed in his colours.

The door to the washroom has a poster promoting his paintings that were inspired by the literature of a female poet who wrote,

"Give me the paradise of the end of spring...and I'll wrap for you an endless summer."

There are plans to feature collections of other prominent artists from around the world in the future at the Ibrahim Hussein Museum Langkawi.

Ibrahim Hussein Art Profile:

1959-1963 Byam Shaw Scholarship London

1961-1962 Award of Merit (travelling scholarship to France and Italy)

1962-1963 Award of Merit

1963-1966 Royal Academy Scholarships

1964 Griffin Prize

1967 Fullbright Travelling Scholarship

1967-1968 John D Rockefellar III Fund Fellowship

1970 American Workshop Venice Italy

1970-1971 Lee Foundation Fellowship, University of Malaya

1984 XVIII Prix International D'Art Contemporian de Monte Carlo

1988 Japan Foundation Cultural Award

1993 Order of Andress Bello, Venezuela

1995 Order of Bernado O'Higgins, Chile

AMN and KMN from the King of Malaysia Granted two "Datuk" titles

1997 Crystal Award, World Economic Forum, Switzerland

Ibrahim Hussein Museum & Cultural Foundation
Pantai Pasir Tengkorak
Jalan Datai
07000 Langkawi
Kedah Darul Aman
Website: http://www.ihmcf.org

Phone:
Tel: (60)4-959 4669
Fax: (60)4-959 4670

Opening Hours:
Opens Daily: 9 am to 6 pm

Entrance:
Adults : RM12
Children under 17 : Free

When I was a young aspiring artist all I ever wanted was the freedom to express myself in the way that I wanted without any expectation from anyone -- Ibrahim Hussein.
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