In Duchampish cheek-in-jowl, Najib Ahmad Bamadhaj created this “worthless” art work as an exercise during his last year at the Universiti ITM, Shah Alam, in 2010, when he graduated with a BFA (Hons), Majoring in Painting. The work is just a notice with typeset words: ‘This box contains documents of no value’ put in placed by a set of rusty door hinges on the right, and with a small look over a hook on the right edge, apparently to prevent theft. Indirectly, it also questions 1) What is it that makes a work to be construed as art, and who decides? Can a found object or something mediated by an artist be deemed ‘art’?; 2) How does one value an artwork?; 3) Does an artwork have to be “beautiful,” or at least clean and without blemishes? The year 2010 proved eventful for he won 1st Prize (Mixed Media) in both the Tanjung Heritage and Nandos competitions, a Consolation Prize in the Maybank competition, and the UiTM Vice-Chancellor’s Award. His other awards include 2nd Prize in Johor Open (2009) and Malacca TYT Action Portrait (2007) and Consolation Prize in Nando’s Art (2007), and a finalist in the MRCB Award (2008) and the Visual Arts Award (2011), both in the National Art Gallery. He had had solos titled ‘Great Migration’ and ‘Survival’ in Taksu Galleries in Kuala Lumpur (2012) and Singapore (2015) respectively. He’s also one of the busiest, taking part in Art Stage Singapore (2016, 2017), Art Kaohsiung (2015, 2016), Art Expo Malaysia (2013-2016) and Gwangju Biennale (2016). His Diploma in Fine Art was secured from UiTM campus in Lendu, Malacca, in 2008.