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Malaysian artists show us that books are much more than pages of words

By HANIS MAKETAB
Samsudin’s 'Buku Belenggu' (etching on paper, acrylic box wrapped in rice paper with linocut and photopolymer resin, 2023). Photo: Dinn Diran

What makes a book? Is it something that can only be seen or touched or heard?

Artist-printmaker Juhari Said sees them as something more conceptual.

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