The unnerving picture of a ‘Tree Man’ with feet in cement cast and the right side of the body self-bevelled is a morbid psychological contemplation. Some kind of ennui has set in after years of being an artist, and the ‘victim’ feels that he has to resort to a self-mutilation of sorts to set himself free, so that he can move on to new things. On another level, it could be read as a degradation of the environment where the ‘Tree Man’ faces inevitable doom. Samsudin Wahab graduated with a Bachelor (Hons) Fine Arts, Majoring in Printmaking, from the University Mara Institute of Technology (UiTM) in 2007. His diploma was at its Seri Iskandar, Perak, campus in 2005. He is co-founder of Cetak Kolektif (focusing on printmaking), and a member of the Sebijipadi Studio and sound-performance group SO. In October, he took part in the Kuandu Biennale in South Korea. He won the Juror’s Award in the Young Contemporaries national competition in 2013, the Malaysia Emerging Artists Award in 2009, 2nd Prize in Goethe-Institut’s Salon Meets Art (2007), and Consolation Prizein the Tanjung Heritage 2005 competition. He was selected for art residences in Rimbun Dahan (2009), Taksu Kuala Lumpur (2009), and Khazanah Nasional’s Art residency in Mumbai, India (2010) and was among 16 Malaysian figurative artists showcased in the Art Stage Singapore in 2013. His solos include Enough (Taksu Gallery, KL, 2008), Not Enough (Galeri Chandan, KL, 2010), Self-Parody (15th Rimbun Dahan, Selangor, 2010), and ‘Propositions for the Future’ installation (Fergana Art, Penang Whiteway, 2015).