Vivacity is Khalil Ibrahim's irregular series since as early as 2003, with a 104 x 96.5cm large format, and this, in 2010. It bears some resemblance to the techniques used in his East Coast Series and his Perbicaraan Series, except here the figure forms are dark and darkened, as opposed to the use of different flat colours in the other series. Whether clothed and unclothed, the darkened figures are a camouflage, but mostly it is the congregation in public areas like market place, thus the title Vivacity. This is another way of abstraction by Khalil, apart from using geometric and organic forms in his say, Destruction works of the early 1960s. This is a rare masterpiece of absolute quality. Khalil Ibrahim was surprisingly not bound by any government contract when he returned in September 1966 from his studies at St. Martin's School of Art and Design (National Diploma of Design, with another year post-graduate studies) despite being on a Pahang State Government scholarship. And he became a fulltime artist ever since until he suffered a stroke which rendered his working left hand weak. He became noticed when he won 2nd Prize in the Malayan Life national art competition in 1959 for his painting of a fisherman. In 1970, he had a double solo at the Samat Art Gallery and another solo in Indonesia. He had taken part in the X Sao Paulo Biennale and other exhibitions at the Fukuoka Museum of Art, Japan; The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; The Victoria Gallery, Melbourne; and the Royal National Art Gallery, Jordan.