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Raduan Man is a Malaysian artist with extensive education in the visual arts. He attained a Bachelor of Fine Art and Design from UiTM in the years of 2001 and 2000 respectively as well as a Master of Fine Art in Painting from University of Wolverhampton, UK (2003) and Master of Fine Art in Printmaking from Camberwell School of Art, University of the Arts, London (2006).

Raduan’s colourful works involve the use of ordinary objects and animals as metaphors to articulate his observations and insights on human character and behaviour. Concerned with tensions of modern urban society, Raduan portrays the absorption of art traditions and cultural sensibilities in his work through references from popular culture and his own experiences of life in the city.

To date, Raduan has had 5 solo exhibitions: ‘Fresh Markings’ at NN Gallery (2003), ‘Raduan, I Printed the Blue Frog’ at Artspace Gallery (2004), ‘Growing Desires in the Science of Art’ at Tangsi Gallery (2006), ‘Beyond Print’ at Galeri Chandan (2009) and ‘Signature’ at Starhill Gallery in 2011. His list of group exhibitions is extensive, having shown at Taksu, National Art Gallery Malaysia, Galeri Shah Alam and more. His achievements thus far include being selected to participate in the Nokia Art Competition in 2000 and receiving the Jurors Award at the Tanjong Heritage Art Competition in 2002.

In this piece by Raduan, a rooster is portrayed crowing with a vacant stare in bright splashes of colour. A feeling of violence and angst emanates from it expressed by means of drips, bleeding of darkness around the rooster as well as utilisation of prominent blood red pigments.