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KELUARGA by Abdul Latiff Mohidin is one among two of the earliest printmaking works by Abdul Latiff Mohidin that was acquired into the collection. The artwork visualized a negative photographic print consisting of 3 figures at the bottom of the work that was composed with long totemic rectangular structure that at first glance, resembled embedded patterns alike to scribbles of writings, divided by a fine line of negative space.

Abdul Latiff Mohidin was born on 1941 in Lenggeng, Negeri Sembilan. He attended Kota Raja Malay School in Singapore, and held his first ever exhibition at said school and since known as “the magical boy with the gift in his hands” due to its success. He later flew to Berlin to further his study at Academy of Arts on full scholarship (Deutscher Akademischer Austrauschdiesnt) from 1960 to 1964.

He found his passion in writing and birthed his writing career that mainly focused on Southeast Asian art after returning from Germany and travelled throughout Indochina. His first establishment as a poet was via his collection of poems Sungai Mekong which published in 1971.

Abdul Latiff Mohidin is considered as one of Malaysia’s most successful modern masters with regional and international acknowledgement for his contribution toward the Abstract Expressionism movement within the South East Asia Region.