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By the end of 1967, at just twenty six years old, Latiff Mohidin had presented three solo exhibitions, with his third held at Gallery 11 in Kuala Lumpur. He expressed a desire to "strive to get close to (contemplate) the presence of the inexpressible patterns of nature, as often as possible." Latiff's Pago-Pago series, which began in 1964, was a significant moment in his practice where he developed ideas and forms. Through this series, Latiff composed a dynamic arrangement of interwoven shapes reminiscent of bamboo shoots, pandanus leaves, shells, hills, and Southeast Asian architectural motifs. Drawing inspiration from nature's rhythm, Latiff synthesized these organic elements through the visual language of German Expressionism. One of Southeast Asia's leading modernists, Abdul Latiff Mohidin is a poet, painter, printmaker and sculptor. He received his education at Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste in Berlin, Germany, studied printmaking at Atelier La Courriere in Paris, France and Pratt Graphic Centre in New York, USA. He received honours and awards such as the Malaysia's National Literary Prize and the Southeast Asian's Writer's Award in 1984. Latiff was gifted in art from a young age, and was hailed as a 'boy wonder' by the local press when he held his first solo at the Kota Raja Malay School in 1951 at the age of ten. The exhibition Pago Pago: Latiff Mohidin (1960-1969) was held at the internationally renowned Centre Pompidou in Paris, jointly organised by Centre Pompidou and National Gallery Singapore.