PRESS RELEASE
Opening : May 8 UNTIL : June 8, 2021 VENUE : https://www.vallettegallery.com Location: kuala lumpur - Malaysia Director & Curator : Patrice Vallette Assistant Curator : Jasone Arrausi Project Coordinator : Arif Hassan
Toward Decolonial Art Poster
Vallette Gallery is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by Indonesian artist Bob ‘Sick’ Yudhita Agung " Toward Decolonial Art". After the first Solo Exhibition, "SICK, An Exploration of the Human Condition", in 2019, we are honoured to bring this great artist's works back to our gallery in 2021.
The nine large-scale paintings in this exhibition are part of Bob's recent production, having been created between 2010 to 2019. In them, the artist approaches current postcolonial, social and political subjects, as well as personal experiences, among others.
Born in 1971 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Bob Sick currently lives and works in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Strongly influenced by graffiti, pop cultures including music and tattoo art, the primitive-naive charms Bob’s works expressing a sense of social awareness. In the early 90’s, Bob has found himself a distinctive style in mixed-media painting in a fairly short time. He has become the golden boy of the Indonesian Institute of Arts, Yogyakarta, received several awards including the Affandi Prize in 1994. A sense of losing one’s direction in life has come to Bob with its sudden and unexpected success, which haunted him for years until 2000. He realized the true meaning of painting, genuine happiness of living, and decided life is too beautiful to be wasted. “What I like about his works is that they are provocative, but done without provocation. It is not intended to be so, though it comes through from him trying to express himself — how he thinks, how he communicates … There is a lot of intensity and significant elements that he has continuously explored throughout the evolution of his creations.Out of the pain, there is bliss. There are still beautiful faces and moments at every turn of the life; paint exists as a beautiful language through the vibrating colors and melodious compositions of his paintings. At the same time, there is a sense of resilience,” says the curator Patrice Vallette. We are inviting the world to access freely the Exhibition "Toward Decolonial Art" by visiting www.vallettegallery.com and view his work by private appointment only to our gallery Space
Inside Bob Sick Virtual Solo Exhibition
RELIGIUS SUFI PARA NABI 2018, AOC, 180 x 180 cm, Bob Sick
HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN 2018, AOC, 180 x 300 cm, Bob Sick
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ALADIN NIGHT 2010, MMOC, 180 x 195 cm Bob Sick
UNTITLED 2019, AOC, 145 x 199 cm Bob Sick