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This is a rare masterpiece of absolute quality. In Tari Series known for complex but discernible figures interacting in sinuous movements, a phalanx of boxy barriers offers a restraining element to the central blob of red and the more ambiguous goings-on in the peripheral white spaces. It comes from the first tranche starting in 1985, actually earlier since when he was studying at the Catholic University in Washington in 1983. It looks unusually more like an obstacle course of enmeshed forms circumscribed somewhat by an open L-shaped perimeter, and with the white forms more fragmentary. The first Tari Series exhibition was unveiled at Galeri Citra, Kuala Lumpur, in 1989. Yusof Ghani started out doing Art-related jobs for 10 years without formal education. He was artist-illustrator at the Agriculture Ministry (1967), instructor in the Fisheries Institute, Penang (1971) and a graphic artist at Radio-Television Malaysia (1977). Then he got a scholarship to study for his BFA at the George Mason University in the United States (1981), and MFA at the Catholic University in Washington, USA (1983). On his return, he lectured at the Universiti ITM with the rank of Associate Professor, but unleashed some of the most memorable art series: Tari, Topeng, Wayang, Hijau, Segerak, Biring, Wajah, Ombak and Kuda. He singlehandedly organised the Shah Alam Biennale involving artists from 15 countries in 2016. Yusof Ghani made his London foray with an exhibition, Segerak VI - Transcendent Figures, at the Asia House in early April 2017. Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers with partners Galeri Prima and Pinkguy Gallery organised Segerak VIII: Utopia, the final edition of Segerak series, in August 2019. The exhibition received good responses.