KHAIRULLAH RAHIM

Formally trained in the field of painting, Khairullah Rahim has also further explored other mediums such as sculpture, installation and video in developing his practice. In his works, he creates engaging and sometimes challenging stories of the marginalisation of minorities, among other social issues in Singapore and are often contextual analogies for human societies. He is especially intrigued by the conflict and tension dealing between expressing the intimacy developed in these proscribed issues , of which their obscurity is a condition, and his desire to bring its context into visibility. Both factual events and personal experiences were fundamental in his works as he mixes fact and fiction to compelling and convincing effect, thus, creating a discourse. However, while he guards their inaccessible nature, he also testifies to the eroticism, sensuality, and life present in these contexts and characters.