This sequence of fourteen polychromatic images on a large canvas is illustrated in a comic strip manner and in the abstract style – its figures are the main characters of a celebratory and joyous narrative - a subject matter that is uniquely explored by Zulkifli Yusoff, as evident in this bold and vibrant composition. The figures are certainly indulging themselves in their activities, having loads of fun. It's a blissful moment.
Zulkifli won the topmost Grand Minister’s Prize in the Salon Malaysia in 1992, apart from the 1st and 3rd Prizes in Sculpture. He won the Major Award in the Bakat Muda Sezaman in 1988 and jointly in 1989. He had taken part in the Venice Biennale twice, in 1997 under the ‘Modernities and Memories: Recent Works from the Islamic World, and then again in 2019. He taught at the Universiti ITM and Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris in Tanjung Malim, which won him the National Academy Award (Visual Art) in 2007. His credentials were the Masters at Manchester Polytechnic in England (1991) and Diploma at the Mara Institute of Technology (1989). He was selected for the 1st Asia-Pacific Triennial of Art in Brisbane in 1993, the Seychelles Biennale 1992, and Singapore Biennale 2013.