Provenance: Private Collection, Manila

ABOUT THE WORK

Contemporary artist Erizal As is among Indonesia’s most renowned artists working today. His unique artistic practice among his peers is what undoubtedly skyrocketed As to what he is today. Concerned with intuition and improvisation, As’ works do not start out as a premeditated fixed image or sketch. Instead the artist paints directly onto the canvas. Effectively giving way to a much more dynamic approach. Despite this, As was not always known for his intuitive abstractions. His early works were much more figurative; depicting animals, humans, and even musical instruments. But the artist would eventually shift towards a much more abstract approach, citing that through organic movement, we are able to be much more in-tune with our own identities. (J.D.)