Known for his cutting-edge installations and visually stimulating and provocative paintings, Zulkifli Yusoff’s works have been described as socio-political in nature with strong references to Malay folklore and myths. This hand-drawn work on canvas dated 1995 showcases chess pieces, perhaps derived from his Siri Catur (Chess Series). Using charcoal and graphite, the artist outlines forceful grids and lines as demonstrated by the intensity of the medium creating a circular shape at the centre of the canvas and three knights on the foreground. Lines resembling railway tracks and stepladders are illustrated throughout the picture plane. Zulkifli Yusoff is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Art in Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Tanjung Malim, Perak. He was conferred the National Academic Award (Visual Arts) in 2007. He pursued his Masters at Manchester Polytechnic, England in 1991, after his Diploma at the Mara Institute of Technology in 1989. He became a local art superstar when he won the coveted Grand Minister’s Prize and the Major Award for Sculpture at the Third Salon Malaysia in 1992. In 1988 and 1989, he won the Major Award in the Young Contemporary Artists competition. He was selected for the First Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art exhibition in Brisbane, Australia in 1993 and exhibited at the Venice Biennale fringe in 1997. He also took part in the Seychelles Biennale in 1992 and was in the Malaysian team that won Second Prize in the Sand Sculpture Hong Kong competition in 1988. He has represented Malaysia at Art Stage Singapore 2013 with his compelling installation pieces Rukunegara 2 “The Voice 1” and Rukunegara 2 “The Voice 4”. Another installation piece entitled Pendita was displayed at The Collectors Show – Weight of History at the Singapore Art Museum in 2013. He has also participated in Singapore Biennale 2013, themed If the World Changed, with a six-piece installation titled Rukunegara 1 Belief in God, occupying a space on the ground floor of the Singapore Art Museum.