Lot 248
  • 248

Budi Kustarto

Estimate
80,000 - 150,000 HKD
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Description

  • Budi Kustarto
  • The Power of (G String Series)
  • Signed and dated 2006; signed, titled, inscribed and dated 2007 on the reverse
  • Oil and acrylic on canvas

Provenance

The 2007 Sovereign Asian Art Prize
Private Collection, Hong Kong

Exhibited

Hong Kong, The Landmark, The 2007 Sovereign Asian Art Prize, 5-15 September, 2007

Condition

The work is in overall good condition. The paint layers are intact and the canvas taut. Upon ultraviolet light inspection there are no signs of restoration. On a stretcher.
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Catalogue Note

Budi likes balanced compositions, but also loves to represent the incredible on canvas. His bodies are depicted in positive or negative spaces, indicating appearance or disappearance, and defiance or adherence to the laws of gravity. The color green is prevalent in his works and is meant as a symbol of nature or culture. He also plays with scale and varies the height of his figures according to the meaning he wants the whole scene to impart.

Marc Bollansee and Enin Supriyanto, Indonesian Contemporary Art Now, SNP International Publishing, Singapore, 2007, pg. 82.