?Before we can make the world better, we must first be open to criticising ourselves.? - Dedy Sufriad
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REDEMPTION SONG. 150CM X150cm. Acrylic, marker, oil stick, and pencil, on canvas 2018
The 1960s saw drastic shifts in the artistic climate of Indonesia mirroring that of the country?s own socio-political and cultural evolution. Even as the Social Realism style championed by the then communist party made way for a little more integrated art styles during the New Order regime under President Suharto, art, literature, and dialogues contending the realities of ethnic, racial, and sexual relations endured despite constant stifling. A quick glance at the art of present-day Indonesia is bound to leave those less acquainted with the country?s historical progressions in doubt, since its current liberty in expression bears no apparent traces of oppression. On the contrary, even after its democratisation, mining through the depths of many Indonesian artworks? meanings quickly reveals that these works are often laced with social, political, and religious undertones underscoring the adversities of yesteryears, as demonstrated within the pieces of one Dedy Sufriadi. Dedy Sufriadi Depicts The Authentic Meaning of Life Amidst an Absurd World
INTO THE WILD. 200CM X 200cm. Acrylic, marker, oil stick, and pencil,on canvas 2018.
Born 1976, Sufriadi?s perspective on art was amplified towa...