Zulkifli Yusoff’s Itik Pulang Petang II bursts with the layered iconography and pop-historical wit that has long defined the artist’s practice. A kaleidoscope of imagery including ducks, scooters, bar stools, Malay text fragments, and balloons, collide in a composition that feels both nostalgic and subversively alive. Central to the work is a pair of stylised glasses, rendered almost like a logo or cipher, ringed by geometric arcs that evoke targets, optics, or cosmic diagrams. Zulkifli Yusoff, one of Malaysia’s foremost artists, often uses collage-like painting to reflect on nationhood, memory, and vernacular life. Here, the titular itik pulang petang (ducks returning at dusk) alludes to an idiom evoking rural routines and fading light; perhaps also gesturing toward the end of an era, or the gentle return of the marginalised into view.