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The Baju Kurung dan Secawan Kopi series - spanning 1989 to 1994 - deals with cultural issues related mainly to the Malays. It touches on the issues of lip service and empty talk at coffee-shops that are soon forgotten and not followed through by concrete action due to a lack of will. The series is marked by Juhari’s printmaking sojourn in France followed by another rewarding stint in Japan, where he reinforced his woodcut techniques, textile colour scheme and introduced his Kilimanjaro spilled and splashed coffee dash. Juhari is one of the country’s most consummate and versatile printmakers today, with an eye for superb composition and acute conception, as well as great sensitivity to colours and textures.