Raja Shahriman’s contemporary sculptures are influenced by issues pertaining to Malay culture. In Laksamana Berang, the body of the figure is constructed by a combination of welded whorls. The arms and legs spread out, and belts of bullets are placed around the body and legs. Muscle and bone forms entwine and overlap, resembling undulating ribbons. The sleek curve of the spine laid with bullets could be viewed from all angles. Associated as a warrior figure, the sculpture’s dignified pose seems to be resisting and fighting back against an unknown force, perhaps expressing an opposition to violence and destruction. Raja Shahriman’s works cover the spectrum of Nature, Religion and Culture, and are all rooted in Malayness, first captured the imagination with his Killing Tools (1994) in the Killing Tools, Lalang and Warbox exhibition. He used metal scraps for linear anatomical constructs. He had his first solo, Gerak Tempur, in 1996. He enrolled as a painting major at the Mara Institute of Technology but switched to Sculpture in the fifth semester, graduating in 1990. In 1994, after three years of teaching at the Malaysian Institute of Art (MIA), he returned to his hometown Kuala Kangsar.