Latiff Mohidin’s Serangga series represents a profound intersection of his dual identities as a master painter and a celebrated poet. This 2012 work emerged from a pivotal creative period during which Latiff was immersed in translating Wolfgang von Goethe’s Faust into Bahasa Malaysia. Inspired by the imagery and microscopic details of the natural world found in that seminal text, the Serangga (Insects) collection offers a radical shift from his monumental landscapes toward an intimate, microscopic exploration. Executed on textured, handmade Tibetan paper, the work features rhythmic, gestural lines that evoke the delicate yet skeletal structures of insects as if viewed through a microscope. These forms are not merely biological studies; they are transformed into, metaphysical entities. Originally debuted in a landmark solo exhibition at the Bank Negara Malaysia Museum and Art Gallery (2012–2013), this series is a testament to Latiff’s enduring ability to bridge the intellectual depth of European philosophy with the organic, raw energy of regional modernism.  Latiff Mohidin, the compendium of painter, printmaker, sculptor, poet, breached world stature when his landmark Pago-Pago (1960-1969) series were exhibited at the Centre Pompidou (now closed for five-year renovations) in Paris from Feb 28 to May 28, 2018. Latiff is a living national treasure. He was accorded a major Retrospective (Latiff Mohidin 60 Years) by the National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, in 2012-2013. He is also an acknowledged Southeast Asian literary giant having twice won the SEA Write Award in Bangkok in 1984 and 1986. He also won the Malaysian Government national literary prize, from 1972 to 1976. His tutelage was in three different institutions: the Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste, Berlin; the Atelier La Courier-Frelaut, Paris; and the Pratt Institute, New York. He also won 2nd Prize (Graphic) in the first Salon Malaysia in 1968.