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‘Tuan,’ meaning ‘Boss (Master),’ is a term that can conjure two diametrically opposed emotions; one something out of reverence, and the other a cynical reaction against any exertion of control, force or bullying. ‘Tuan’ can be a Chinese surname or given name, and Vietnamese have ‘Tuan’ in their names too. There was also a 1979 Malay film called Tuan Badul, starring comedian A.R. Badul, of course. Of course, the last thing artist Fauzul Yusri is interested in, is the honorifics form of address. During colonial times, the servants or underlings of the British overlords and their wives would be addressed as ‘tuan’ and ‘memsahib’ respectively. So, this type of class hierarchy often gets stereotyped by one’s skin colour. But with the new affluence of Bumiputras via the New Economic Policy, a New Bumi upper class may have emerged in a phenomenon dubbed by activist Hishamuddin Rais as “arriviste culture.” “Yes, Tuan!”Fauzul Yusri graduated from the Mara Institute of Technology in 1999, majoring in Drawing. His solos include Works on Canvas, Cages, Pop Primitive, Neolithic, Ground, Raw, Coreng and Guris at such as Elm Quay Fine Arts, Galeri Izu and Taksu, all in Kuala Lumpur. His last solo was called Whiteground at Taksu in September 2017. He received the Incentive Award in Galeri Shah Alam’s Open Show in 2000, and Special Mentions in the Young Contemporary Artists (BMS) and Kijang Awards competitions in 2002 and 2004 respectively.