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MOHD SARIP ABD RAHMAN (b. 1981) PLAYING WITH INTE’GELI’TY, 2011, Mixed media on canvas

Western pop culture has been a part of Mohd Sarip Abd Rahman’s body of work, often, he combines them with Eastern renditions of heroes. In this case, however, the iconic Stormtrooper from Star Wars is bound and blinded, unable to come out from its cage — a dig at the fourth wall possibly. As non-fictional individuals, can we — or, are we able to — escape our cages, or are we blind and bound just as the Stormtrooper is doomed to be a faceless villain? With a Diploma in Fine Art from UiTM Perak, followed by a Bachelor of Fine Art from UiTM Shah Alam and a Master of Art and Design from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Mohd Sarip Abd Rahman is currently a lecturer in UiTM Perak, as part of the campus’ Foundation Art Department.