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This is one of Justin Lim's morbid fascination, and confrontation, with dying and decay, with the figure, a Manimal perhaps, shown upside-down Baselitz-like. It was shown in the Arcane Fantasies for the Flesh and the Sublime solo exhibition, his fifth, at RKFA, Kuala Lumpur, in 2013. It followed his artist's residency at the Red Gate Gallery in Beijing sponsored by Khazanah National. Man is the apex predator harking from the archaic hunter-gatherer, sustaining through wild animals and marine life, and later growing crops, wild and cultivated. The figure sprouts tentacular branches which also resemble femur, while enmeshed in the hive of activities are a bird, flowers, meat, fishes and a skull with antlers. In 2006, Justin Lim obtained his Masters of Fine Art from the Open University UK conducted at Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore, where he had a BFA (Hons), majoring in Painting. In 2003, he had a Diploma in Visual & Digital Art at the Limkokwing Institute of Creative Technology. Apart from Red Gate Gallery, he had residencies at Rimbun Dahan (2008), Vermont Studio, USA (2011), University of Tasmania, and Taksu Kuala Lumpur (2007). His notable internationals are the Asia Young 36 Survey (South Korea), Art Stage Singapore (2012, 2014, 2016), Art Expo Malaysia (2015), ArtSG (2024), Art Basel Hong Kong (2025) and the Asian Biennale in Taiwan (2009).