Most noteworthy about this Faizin’s work on a neighbourhood barber shop is that all four men sport a thin sideburn, not the thicker Engelbert Humperdinck type. So that would set their ages upwards in the 40s. Using clippers and comb, the barber, who himself has receding hairline, is chatting with the two waiting customers, one holding a little girl. The barber is obviously an inveterate smoker as he has an unlit cigarette wedged between his lips as he talks and guides the razor across the seated man’s curly hair. Through the window, a motorcyclist can be seen outside riding straight in the direction of the barber shop. A self-taught artist, Faizin, shows the camaraderie still existing in small towns, where life is still unhurried and the people can go and sembang (loiter and chit-chat) during their free time. Faizin was a finalist in the Indonesian Art Award in Jakarta in 1999. He has taken part in exhibitions in Jakarta and Bandung in Indonesia, and in 2006, he took part in the Asian Art Mosaic exhibition in Singapore.