This is an artwork produced by Redza Piyadasa. He is an opinionated and patriotic artist. This artwork looks creepy and scary at first, however, I calm down after look carefully on this artwork.
Firstly, it's weird that a coffin is standing upright as shown in the picture. Besides that, there is white curtain surrounds it. For me, I think the artist want to give the viewer some scary feeling about the production of this artwork. Thus, there is a separated Malaysia flag surrounds the coffin. This obviously shows the nation break in Malaysia.
According to the information, this artwork is produced after the incident May 13. Hence, I can relate something about this artwork. For example, actually May 13 can consider as a moment of Malaysia death as the artwork is portrayed in coffin shape. Coffin signifies death. The fragmented flag show the divided nation, we are not a whole nation in the incident. There is a mirror below the coffin. Maybe the artist wants to reflect million of coffin in this artwork. Perhaps he wants to show that many people are dead in this incident.
Then, there is white cloth at both side of the coffin. In my opinion, the white cloth signifies surrender. In this incident, both races stop fighting and bring peace to the nation.
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