
Vasylchenko
2017
Vasylchenko is a delicate graphite work on paper from 2017, rendered at an intimate scale of 29 by 22.9 centimetres that invites close, unhurried looking. The drawing depicts a young girl with the quiet intensity characteristic of Roby Dwi Antono's practice, her expression suspended somewhere between childhood innocence and an almost uncanny self-possession. Executed entirely in graphite, the work demonstrates the Indonesian artist's command of tonal gradation and fine draughtsmanship, achieving a luminous quality from a single, restrained medium. Antono occupies a compelling position within contemporary figurative art, drawing visual and conceptual threads from Pop Surrealism and the dreamlike vocabulary of Classical Renaissance portraiture to create something distinctly his own. His starry-eyed figures call to mind the aesthetic worlds of Mark Ryden and Yoshitomo Nara while resisting easy comparison, filtered as they are through a sensibility shaped by Indonesian cultural identity and Antono's ongoing interest in layered symbolic meaning. Even in a work as spare as Vasylchenko, the subject carries a charged interiority, suggesting that the image is not simply observed but carefully constructed to hold a message beneath its surface calm. For collectors, this signed graphite drawing represents a rare opportunity to acquire a work on paper from an artist whose reputation has grown substantially since 2017. Works of this intimacy and finish are seldom available outside of Antono's paintings, making Vasylchenko a particularly significant addition for those who wish to understand the full range of his practice.
- Medium
- Graphite on paper
- Overall
- Signed
- Yes
- Location
- Beinart Gallery, Brunswick, VICTORIA
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Beinart GalleryView on map
For Sale — $1180
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