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How many figures do you see, and what are they doing? This Tari Series from the second tranche betrays a more static demeanour as can be gleaned from the more glacial strokes and sinuous lumps of undefined forms like locked in some form of entanglement. The figures are clustered in the centre facing viewer, while a passage on the left stands forlorn. Yusof Ghani's figures, erstwhile camouflaged and bandaged, were accentuated in subdued and contrasting tones, exuding a certain tension. Yusof Ghani's incipient Tari starting in 1983 when studying in Catholic University, culminated in his solo exhibition at GaleriCitra, 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.