Suhaimi Fadzir revisits the Merdeka Independence ‘shout’ with a cacophony of cynical images with that of a bunch of unripe bananas just below a wayang kulit figure looking out, and above a crowd of red toy people, with a green toy car outside under the parameters. Two wooden sticks painted in black and white are crossed in an ‘X’ and placed on the top left. What it portends is not immediately clear. From his Merdeka Series, it was first exhibited with other works at the GZ Art Basel in the Dublin Biennial in 2012. Suhaimi lives and works in Kuala Lumpur and St Louis (the United States). He graduated with a Master’s and Bachelor’s of Architecture from the Washington University, St Louis, in 1989 and 1986 respectively. He won an Award of Excellence in the Dublin Biennale in 2012, and also took part in the Florence Biennale in 2011, the Berlin Biennale and the Effetto Biennale in Merida, Mexico, both in 2012. He took part twice in the Venice Architecture Biennale, in 2012 and 2014. He was also selected for the Arts KL-Miami on the fringe of Art Basel Miami Week in 2013. He was an artist-in-residence in Art St Louis in 2008 and 2009. His earliest solo was Earth/Us at Componere Gallery, St Louis, Missouri, United States, in 1991 and the last, Art With Heart, at the National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, in 2016. He took part in the International Art Expo Malaysia in 2009 and 2012 under Espi and G13 respectively.