To be called a ‘cow’ is something derogatory as in also like ‘cow sense’, implying stupidity or stubbornness. Even in Malay proverbs, ‘lembu’ or cow doesn’t seem to have a good press: Lembu kenyang (well-fed cow), for instance, refers to one who is callous and bullying. To be called ‘lembu’ has the same insulting tones as when spoken in English. Here, the ostentatiously affected pipe-smoking male with a large ‘lembu’ head and a stars-and-stripes tie, exudes power and wealth. There is a smugness about him that inflates his sense of status with a disdain for those lacking money and intellect. Meor Saifullah obtained his diploma at the Universiti ITM Sri Iskandar campus in 2005, followed by his BFA (Printing Technology) in Shah Alam in 2007. He won the Consolation Prize in the Mekar Citra exhibition at Galeri Shah Alam and was a finalist in both the Maybank and Starhill art competitions in 2010. He took part in a two-men exhibition with Mahadi Ayob (b. 1984) under the tag, Tales of Two Cities, at the Three Sixty Art Development Studio, Kuala Lumpur, in June 2010. He was also finalist in the Malaysian Emerging Artists Award in 2009 and 2011 besides winning the Young Gun award in 2016 – all at HOM Art Trans. He won the NAFA (Yogyakarta, Indonesia) and Royal Overseas League (London) art residencies in 2013 and 2012 respectively. He was featured in the UNCUT Malaysian art exhibition at Gallery Shambala in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2009.