Artist Fauzan Omar has been drawn to working on environmental themes in his work almost since the beginning of his career. In his latest exhibition called “Extremely Excessively Harsh”, he continues his fascination with both the natural world and the impact of development and globalisation by drawing on phenomena like the haze and the Australian wildfires. We speak to Fauzan about how he creates art out of something so ugly, and why he thinks it is essential for artists to focus on the environment as a theme.

Produced by: Sharmilla Ganesan

Presented by: Sharmilla Ganesan

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Categories:  Environment,  Science,  Film,  Visual Arts,  History,  People and Places

Tags:  The Bigger Picture,  Front Row,  art,  Malaysian art,  environmental art,  climate change,  visual art,  Malaysian artist,