This is a late Segerak III around 2006-2007, the movement of the figures are well captured. Two main figures seem to be in a hurry, and from the angle of the one at the back, probably a pursuit. The figures are better defined than the artist Yusof Ghani’s Siri Tari, certainly with more swift and deft motions, if not gestures. On April 3-7, 2017, Yusof Ghani unveiled his Segerak VI – Transcendent Figures – at Asia House in London, returning to a balance after his aggressive, even violent Biring.
It staggers the mind that Yusof Ghani was at a late 31 when he had formal studies in art, for his BFA at the George Mason University in the United States in 1981, and then MFA at the Catholic University in Washington, USA (1983). Previously, he had worked in art-related job for 10 years! When he returned, he lectured at the Mara Institute of Technology. But he has electrified the art scene with his series like Tari, Topeng, Wayang, Hijau, Segerak, Biring, Wajah and Ombak. In 2016 and 2018 respectively, his Tapak gallery organised the Shah Alam Biennale.