BALANCING THE SATIRICAL WITH THE MOROSE

Surreal absurdism at its finest, the Semarang painter Roby Dwi Antono focuses on creating persons and creatures of fantastical appearances conveying melancholic grace and a mysterious playfulness. Influenced by a variety of painters, including the pop surrealism of American painter Mark Ryden and Philippine artist Marion Peck, Roby’s technical and detailed paintings quickly turned heads with in the Indonesian art world, as well as the creative scene in general. Visually, Roby says he balances the satirical with the morose, “to create something that looks funny and cute at the outset, which then reveals its darker side”.

[Source: Jakarta Globe]

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