The collection, which showed at Anton for a month "were unique and exquisite and had promise. He had tremendous potential,"
says Enns, as she displays a piece of work by Yusof from the exhibition some eleven years ago. "This one has a mysterious
aura about it," she goes on to say as she carefully unfolds the dark and sombre painting about "government corruption".
The show drew rave review from
a singular honor for an "unknown artist".
Enns, who was in Malaysia earlier this year met Yusof in Kuala Lumpur and saw his
On his "Dance Series," Enns has this to say: "You can feel his underlying concern for humankind. It's (about) dancers, but
it's also something else. There are tremendous levels of subliminal content. The dancers are reaching out...for something more."
"The mask series are beautiful, simple, but yet show how much he cares about his surrounding, his environment."
But Enns feels that Yusof "needs to expand," and should get out of Malaysia more, be with other artists, meet with art
collectors and supporters.
"He's a real treasure. A very, very talented artist. For his long-range goal, I think he'd be
a wonderful art ambassador for Malaysia," says Enns as she prepares for another exhibition. This time for Tom Nakashima, a
well respected Washington artist, who happens to be Yusof's former professor in painting at Catholic University.
