A figure, faceless for the anonymity and the head deliberately obscured, sits slouched slightly back, one hand (right) visible and the other resting on an upraised surface. With basically only configurations, it is in keeping with Islamic aniconic strictures. The figure, presumably male, is wearing Ihram robes typical of one performing the umrah (small haj) in Mecca. In the Journey To The Land Of Heaven exhibition with the umrah theme, Yusri Sulaiman’s work was shown with those of five others namely Khalil Ibrahim, Raja Azhar Idris, Jalaini Abu Hassan, Raduan Man and Shafee ‘The Chief’ Ramlee, at Art Case Galleries in Great Eastern Mall in Kuala Lumpur in September 2009. Rendered in his trademark fabric collage portraiture, the figure is in self-reflection mode, with the layering process of cut canvas a kind of life’s ritual of ibadah (self-effacing worshipping) and also for aesthetic purposes. Writing in the Young Masters exhibition in February 2014, about six Master degree graduates, Dr Suzanne Standkard noted that “the concept of collage, layer upon layer, has symbolic meaning for the layers of his (Yusri’s) life; finding, keeping, selecting, altering, rearranging and patching fabrics to interpret his inner feelings to reflect himself through his artworks.” Yusri Sulaiman graduated with a Diploma from the Mara Institute of Technology in 1999. He won 1st Prize in the Maybank Expressions of the Malayan Tiger exhibition in 2010. Apart from fabrics, Yusri had also used aerosol spray, polyvinyl chloride glue, nylon and graphite in his work.