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The shape of the pear, when stood on its base, it resembles somewhat Man Ray's record-breaking Le Violon d'Ingres (1924) photograph of model Kiki de Montparnasse's nude back. But surely the cynosure is the plant which bifurcates at the top like a grand leafy plumage gesture. On the other side, near the edge of the wooden stand, is a white porcelain teapot with a wicker handle, but with the short spout pointing ‘away' from the two other objects. Ahmad Zakii Ahmad's career is phenomenal since giving up a lucrative Advertising career to paint fulltime, starting from his sold-out Smokers Series in 1997. He graduated with a Graphic Design diploma from the Mara Institute of Technology in 1977. And in 2008, he was accorded a mid-career survey, Disclosure, at Galeri Petronas, already with a range of astounding series. Solos in the United States (Presence, 1999; Bones and Sinews, 2011), South Korea, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Singapore attest to his calibre.