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Kuala Lumpur, Galeri Maybank, Pop Goes The Culture, 1997.

Jeri, as Ahmad Azhari was better known, died of cancer on the eve of the opening of his Integrity major solo exhibition at the National Art Gallery in 2006.In this work, Jeri reversed the Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dali’s handlebar moustache to a Levi’s ‘bottom cut’ sign. One of the most eccentric Malaysian artists subscribing to the pure sanctity of art, Jeri is perhaps best remembered for his art performance of rolling up newspapers and magazines in a 336-hour fast in a rented house in Bangsar, partly to wean himself off smoking.