Roby Dwi Antono

The Battle

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Roby Dwi Antono pulls from hazy recollections of his childhood in Indonesia to inform uncanny, surrealist scenes.

The Battle is an original oil pastel drawing on paper — an expressive and informal example of the artist’s distinct character stylings and quietly sinister narratives.

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Arrives float-mounted on acid-free mount board using archival Japanese paper loops, inside a solid oak frame fitted with UV plexiglass for protection.

Medium

Oil pastel drawing on paper.

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Release date

June 15, 2021

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Roby Dwi Antono12 collaborationsIndonesian artist Roby Dwi Antono is best known for his surreal and macabre portraits of manga-esque, wide-eyed children. Inspired by many pools of art history from the Renaissance to Superflat, he creates pictures that feel like a children's storybook or dark fairytale – cute and enticing, weird and grotesque. As a kid, Roby's father was a blacksmith, and he would often draw with charcoal outside his father's studio, copying characters from manga, film and TV. This animation style carried over into his adult paintings, which propelled him onto the international art scene in the mid-2010s. But as Roby has matured as an artist, he's strived more and more to uncover the spirit of his inner child. Over time, his brushstrokes have loosened and become more colourful and expressive: "recalling my childhood memories, when I just drew using my hand freely without thinking about art rules, style, or anything else."

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