Friends in Need
1979 – 1993
Throughout her life, Nim actively engaged with global catastrophes, including the Vietnam War, the Bosnia War, and various refugee crises. In 1986, her work, Save the Seed That Will Save the Black People, which depicted Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher in a criticism of American and British involvement in South African apartheid, was abruptly taken down by staff at the National Art Gallery before an exhibition opening. This stirred controversy in the press, but Nim was supported by the then Director General of the National Art Gallery and fellow artist, Allahyarham Dato’ Syed Ahmad Jamal, along with British art critic Mary Beaumont, who said the incident proved that “political art is alive and well in Kuala Lumpur”.

1973 Acrylic and collage on board 60.5 × 76 cm

1979 Collage and acrylic on canvas (triptych) 132 × 81 cm Collection of National Gallery Singapore

1979 Collage and acrylic on canvas (triptych) 132 × 81 cm Collection of National Gallery Singapore

1979 Collage and acrylic on canvas (triptych) 132 × 81 cm Collection of National Gallery Singapore

1979 Acrylic on canvas 122 × 122 cm

1980 Collage and acrylic on canvas 122 × 122 cm

1980 Acrylic and silkscreen on canvas 73 × 122 cm

1980 Acrylic and silkscreen on canvas 122 × 122 cm

1983 Acrylic and silkscreen on mounting board 76 × 50 cm

1983 Acrylic and silkscreen on canvas 122 × 206 cm

1983 Silkscreen on linen 91.5 × 61 cm

1984 Acrylic on paper 97 × 76 cm

1986 Collage and acrylic on canvas 61 × 81.5 cm

... Will Save the Black People 1986 Acrylic and collage on canvas 122 × 206 cm

...Will Save the Black People" 1986 Collage, acrylic and ink on canvas 122 × 122 cm

1987 Acrylic and collage on canvas 122 × 122 cm

1988 Mixed media on canvas 97 × 137.5 cm

(Commemoration of Hiroshima Day) 1988 Acrylic on canvas 206 × 122 cm

1988 Acrylic and silkscreen on canvas 122 × 206 cm

1988 Acrylic and silkscreen on canvas 61.5 × 82 cm

c. 1988 Acrylic and silkscreen on canvas 61.5 × 82 cm

1989 Collage and acrylic on canvas 122 × 206 cm

1991 Acrylic, collage and photomontage on canvas 81.5 × 61 cm

1991 Acrylic on canvas 91.5 × 61 cm

... – Victims of War 1991 Acrylic and collage on canvas 81 × 61 cm

1993 Etching with aquatint 45 × 30 cm