Zulkifli Yusoff ’s works are known for its fighting spirit be it Malay culture or customs. Constructed in a warrior-like manner this sculpture titled Semangat is probably one of his manifestations about fighting spirit. At 58, Zulkifli Yusoff looks among the front-runners for the mantle of Malaysian art. He showed at the 1998 Venice Biennale’s Modernities And Memories: Recent Works From The Islamic World and the 2019 edition. He won the Grand Minister’s Prize in the Salon Malaysia III in 1992, and the Major Award in the Young Contemporary Artists in 1988 and 1989 (jointly). He was accorded the National Academic Award (Visual Art) in 2007. He was selected for the Asia Pacific Triennial in Brisbane, Australia, in 1993, and the Singapore Biennale in 2013. Trained at the Mara Institute of Technology, Zulkifli graduated with a Masters at the Manchester Polytechnic in 1991.