Ahmad Azahari Mohd Noor, better known as Jeri, made Retro-Pop on canvas, assemblages or as objects, Found or otherwise, often very colourful, hung on walls or from ceilings. He was a regular Kilroy, splattering paint all over, even on his second-hand car parked on the porch. Pop Art to him was what popped out of his head, something spontaneous. Exploring issues of world events, his collection of images sourced from mass media publications have been integrated into his canvases. In this work, Jeri created an assemblage of prominent figures featured on Time Magazine.
Jeri studied at the Mara Institute of Technology in 1973-1974, but being a rebel, he opted out. He worked as a graphic artist at the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka for two years, and continued his work at the New Straits Times group of companies but quit in 1987. His solos include Pop Art at ParkRoyal Hotel, Kuala Lumpur (1996), Goethe-Institut director Gerhard Engelking's Space 2323, Kuala Lumpur (1997), Pop Goes The Culture at Galeri Maybank (1997), Celebration at Regent Hotel, Kuala Lumpur (1998), Relations at Galeri Petronas (2001, when he was a resident artist there) and Revolution at Balai Berita Bangsar (2004).