
DI RESTORAN
2021
Di Restoran presents one of Roby Dwi Antono's characteristic protagonists suspended in a moment of quiet, unsettling intimacy. Rendered across twenty layers of screenprint on Somerset Velvet 300gsm paper, the work demonstrates the Indonesian artist's mastery of a process that rewards close looking, each layer contributing to a surface of remarkable depth and chromatic precision. The restaurant setting implied by the title provides a framework of mundane domesticity, yet Antono's signature aesthetic transforms the familiar into something altogether more ambiguous, where the figure's oversized, luminous eyes carry that sense of knowing fragility that has made his characters so immediately recognizable across international contemporary art circles. The choice of screenprint as a medium is far from incidental in Antono's practice. The technique's inherent flatness and its capacity for saturated, almost hallucinatory color align naturally with his visual language, which draws on manga and anime conventions while pushing them toward a fine art sensibility that feels genuinely his own. Produced in an edition of 99 and hand-signed by the artist, Di Restoran occupies a compelling position between accessibility and collectability, substantial enough in scale at 51 by 69 centimeters to command a wall while remaining intimate in spirit. For collectors building a considered position in Southeast Asian contemporary art, this work represents an excellent entry point into Antono's printed output. His market presence has grown significantly since his early editions, with institutional and private interest from across Asia, Europe, and North America reinforcing what many collectors already sensed, that his deceptively simple visual vocabulary carries genuine emotional and conceptual weight.
- Medium
- 20 Layer Screenprint Somerset velvet 300gsm
- Sheet
- Signed
- Yes
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Dope! Gallery
For Sale — $3490
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