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Simfoni Bumi Langit (Earth Sky Symphony)
Gajah Gallery
Simfoni Bumi Langit (Earth Sky Symphony)
About Artwork
Utilising painting and sculpture, Rudi Mantofani transforms the iconography of ordinary objects and landscapes into puzzling visual riddles. This overturning of reality is enacted through daring visual ploys such as flattening the pictorial space through heavy repetitions or creating illusions of three-dimensionality. His work entices the viewer into a playful dialogue on the act of seeing and interpreting imagery and reality.
In the Gold Series, the artist returns to a recurring theme in his work, grappling with the signs and symbols of power – and larger ideals of unity, or harmony in the world.
Artist Profile
One of the founding members of the Jendela art group, Rudi Mantofani is an Indonesian contemporary artist known to incorporate the unexpected in his work. He aims to challenge the intellect by instilling questions in the viewer, demanding their examination and interpretation. In the form of both painting and sculpture, he usually transforms the iconography of ordinary objects and landscapes into puzzling visual riddles. This overturning of reality is done with daring visual ploys such as flattening the pictorial space through heavy repetitions or creating illusions of three-dimensionality.
Artist:
Rudi Mantofani
Medium:
Acrylic on Canvas
Size:
200 x 200 cm
Year:
2020