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Roby Dwi Antono — Nira
Roby Dwi Antono

Nira

2021

Nira presents a softly rendered, stylised face suspended in quiet intensity, the spray paint medium lending the work its characteristic atmospheric diffusion and velvety tonal gradations. Roby Dwi Antono applies aerosol with the control and sensitivity more commonly associated with oil or pastel, coaxing a delicate, almost dreamlike quality from a technique often linked to street art and immediacy. The result sits in a compelling visual space between tenderness and unease, where the subject's gaze carries an emotional weight that resists easy resolution. The Indonesian artist has developed a singular visual language that draws from Pop Surrealism, Classical Renaissance portraiture, and the flat graphic sensibility of Japanese contemporary art, producing work that feels at once timeless and firmly rooted in the present. Antono is known for figures that appear deceptively innocent while concealing layered symbolic intent, and Nira is consistent with this approach. The soft focus treatment heightens this ambiguity, blurring the boundary between the fantastical and the achingly human. At 59.9 by 49.8 centimetres, the work is an intimate scale well suited to focused, close encounters, allowing the nuances of the spray paint surface to reward sustained attention. The canvas is signed by the artist and offered unframed, giving the collector the freedom to present it according to their own aesthetic. Antono has attracted significant international interest, and works of this scale and medium represent an accessible yet substantial entry point into a practice that continues to grow in critical and collector recognition.

Medium
Spraypaint on canvas
Overall
Signed
Yes
Location
Beinart Gallery, Brunswick, VICTORIA

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Roby Dwi Antono, Nira, 2021

Nira presents a softly rendered, stylised face suspended in quiet intensity, the spray paint medium lending the work its characteristic atmospheric diffusion and velvety tonal gradations. Roby Dwi Antono applies aerosol with the control and sensitivity more commonly associated with oil or pastel, coaxing a delicate, almost dreamlike quality from a technique often linked to street art and immediacy. The result sits in a compelling visual space between tenderness and unease, where the subject's gaze carries an emotional weight that resists easy resolution. The Indonesian artist has developed a singular visual language that draws from Pop Surrealism, Classical Renaissance portraiture, and the flat graphic sensibility of Japanese contemporary art, producing work that feels at once timeless and firmly rooted in the present. Antono is known for figures that appear deceptively innocent while concealing layered symbolic intent, and Nira is consistent with this approach. The soft focus treatment heightens this ambiguity, blurring the boundary between the fantastical and the achingly human. At 59.9 by 49.8 centimetres, the work is an intimate scale well suited to focused, close encounters, allowing the nuances of the spray paint surface to reward sustained attention. The canvas is signed by the artist and offered unframed, giving the collector the freedom to present it according to their own aesthetic. Antono has attracted significant international interest, and works of this scale and medium represent an accessible yet substantial entry point into a practice that continues to grow in critical and collector recognition.

Medium
Spraypaint on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 59.9 x 49.8 cm
Year
2021
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Beinart Gallery, Brunswick, VICTORIA

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