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Affandi
Description
- Affandi
- New England Shore Dinner
- Signed and dated 1962
- Oil on canvas
Provenance
Private Collection, USA
Exhibited
Washington, DC, USA, Indonesian Festival, Affandi in America, 1990-1991
Condition
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Catalogue Note
Flavio de Aquino cited in Affandi: Exposição Retrospectiva 1940-1966, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paolo, Exhibition Catalogue, 1966
Affandi is celebrated as one of the founding fathers of modern art in Indonesia. An advocate for Social Realism and a self-taught artist, his paintings focused on the everyday happenings that took place in the country, for he believed that the essence of humanity could be found within the lives of the laymen and their stories. The painting New England Shore Dinner is a special piece from his oeuvre. The work can be seen as a still life painting per se, with the food a symbolic representation of American daily life. Affandi was regarded as Indonesia's Van Gogh, and works such as the present piece are evident of the artist’s passionate depictions of the ordinary lives of the Everyman. As seen through the energetic brushstrokes and attention to color, Affandi’s solidarity with his peers, and desire to portray their lives honestly, has garnered his paintings with a special kind of energy.