Ismail Awi often observes and unravels concepts behind current affairs and this work presents a phantasmagorical scenario depicting contrasting opinions. Pencinta Ideologi narrates issues highlighted on social media through a multitude of entertainers attending a celebration, replete with lavish treats and presents. Each character is depicted in separate poses and emotions as if keeping a valuable secret. Various small grey colored masks in different expressions are also illustrated around the banquet table. Two of the masks held in the center have long noses, producing a sense of disconnect. The thick permeating fog and hurls of smoke suggest a vibrant but unsettling dystopian universe – a display of smoke and mirrors. Ismail Awi is a rising star who was among 12 artists featured in the Tanah Air Ku showcase at the Malaysian Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It was organised by Galeri Chandan and all the works belong to the Embassy. Group exhibitions include The Collective Young: From South East Asia, presented by Mizuma gallery, Singapore in 2015 and Aftermath, Segaris Art Center, Art Expo Malaysia 2019. In July-August 2016, his work made it to the Curate Henry Butcher exhibition called A Raya Celebration Of Generations In Art, and in January 2018, The Young Contempo Showcase II (organised by Curate Henry Butcher) held at Galeri Prima. His first debut in Sotheby’s Hong Kong auction sale in April 2018 saw his pricing skyrocketed, and in the October 2018 edition, soared almost five times higher!