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The story of the endangered dusky langurs as told in an art exhibition

GEORGE TOWN, Nov 9 — The dusky langur, usually called the dusky leaf monkey, is a common sight along the fringes of forests in peninsular Malaysia but little is known about this shy creature that often avoids humans.

Three of Nasir’s realistic paintings of the dusky langur take pride of place as before his death, the artist was excited about being part of the exhibition. Ivan said a footprint trail leads visitors through the exhibition so that they can explore each stage in the life of the dusky langur. The colourful depictions then slowly give way to the cause of the dusky langur’s endangerment with paintings such as one by Zaini Zainul, titledPenang-based artist, Bibichun, painted a mother dusky langur holding her baby with the headlines from a recent news article on the shooting of a family of langurs by Perhilitan and titled it, with a nozzle of a gun on one canvas and a trajectory of the bullet towards the other canvas of an image of a barely discernible mother dusky langur who holds her...

The narrative comes to an end with a poser to visitors on what it would be like if these gentle creatures were to become extinct.

 

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