Latiff sought to express states of transformative processes in nature and give forms to what he has perceived during his journey. Swift and expressive brushwork were internalized to reflect the mindscape of the artist. 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. His 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 in 2018. The Pago-Pago body of works were also on display at Ilham Gallery, Kuala Lumpur later that year.