The dalang is the puppeteer in wayang kulit performance. He sits behind a screen made of white cotton stretched on a wooden frame. Above his head, hanging from beams attached to the top of the screen, is the lamp, which projects the shadows onto the screen. His job is to tell stories and usually uses Kelantan dialect as the main language. As can be seen in this piece he was accompanied by a group of musicians which makes the shows more exciting to watch. Together with his artist friend Nik Zainal Abidin, both have highlighted the enigmatic quality and tradition of wayang kulit. Long Thien Shih won a French government scholarship to study art in 1966 and was enrolled in the internationally renowned printmaking studio Atelier 17, founded by William Stanley Hayter, a prominent figure in British Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism. He presented a retrospective exhibition titled Man Of The Times at National Art Gallery Malaysia in 2014. In 2018, he participated in a group exhibition titled The Art Of Printmaking: Lasting Impressions, which was held at Bank Negara Malaysia Museum and Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur.