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Under the study of the origins and development of the Abstract Expressionism movement, this article would show the comparative analysis of the creative process of the pictorial work of the South East Asian, Malaysian artist Awang Damit Ahmad and the South American, Peruvian artist Fernando de Szyszlo Valdelomar. The visual development of each artist is the subject of artistic expression which is intrinsic to them. In this parallel practice of both artists the study of the visual language and expressive elements are identified. This shows in one hand that through their symbolic language they create life, death, and love and on another it also shows an intimate sense of the personal struggle of Awang Damit Ahmad as it is expressed throughout his artworks; and Fernando de Szyszlo, expressing his mythical language of the pre-Columbian images that he built to form a coherent metaphor. Finally, this paper also evaluated the intercultural references that are part of the visual artistic expression and language of both artists, their artistic practices that produces a pictorial and a cultural proposal.