This work, Xenobiosis, is listed on page 157 of the 1986 Ibrahim Hussein Retrospective catalogue. Xenobiosis is defined by Merriam-Webster as “symbiosis in which members of two species of ants live together in the same nest but do not rear their young in common.” In the three-month stint in the United States, first under the Fulbright travelling award (1967) and then the John D. Rockefeller III Award, Datuk Ibrahim Hussein innovated with a new technique of image transfer which he dubbed “printage” which he incorporated into his acrylic on canvas. He had two exhibitions in New York in 1968, first at the Newsweek Gallery and then the Galerie Internationale. Newsweek noted how Ib combined “hard-edged geometric design, complex linear patterns and sculptural form with unusually rich colour to achieve paintings filled with vitality, activity and energy.” He visited New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, North Carolina, Honolulu and the Deep South witnessing events like the Harlem riots and poetry reading by Allen Ginsberg. The figure in the “printage” could be the English model, actress, and singer widely known as Twiggy. She was a British cultural icon and a prominent teenage model in swinging sixties London. Twiggy was initially known for her thin build and her androgynous look consisting of big eyes, long eye lashes, and short hair. Few abstract figures are positioned at the bottom part of the painting, and few lines are spotted. Datuk Ibrahim Hussein in later years developed his world-famous meticulous lines compositions and expressions. This is a Masterpiece. Datuk Ibrahim Hussein was the first Malaysian to have taken part in the Venice Biennale under the Smithsonian Institute Workshop programme in 1970. In 1986, he was accorded a Retrospective by the National Art Gallery. He studied briefly at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Art in Singapore in 1956 but did not complete. He graduated from the Byam Shaw School of Drawing and Painting in 1959-1963, and the Royal Academy in London in 1963-1966. In 1977, he was featured in the eventful tripartite exhibition with Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali in Kuwait. His major awards include the Anugerah Tokoh Terbilang (2007), the Japan Foundation Cultural Award (1988), the Monte Carlo 18th International Exhibition of Contemporary Art (1984), the Order of Andres Bello of Venezuela (1993). He set up the Ibrahim Museum and Cultural Foundation in Langkawi in 2000 and celebrated it with the Langkawi International Festival of Arts. He also organised the Club Mediterranee Asian Arts Festival in Cherating (Pahang) and Bali.