NANZUKA UNDERGROUND
EXHIBITION
EXHIBITION
ROBY DWI ANTONO
Born in Indonesia in 1990, the self-taught Yogyakarta-based artist Roby Dwi Antono grew up in a household that encouraged his artistic ambitions by allowing him to draw freely on the walls at home. Inspired by his artistic idols, such as Mark Ryden and Yoshitomo Nara, Antono’s singular visual language forges connections between classical Renaissance artworks, Futurism, and Surrealism, as well as science fiction and natural history. His brand of contemporary Surrealism is filled with chimerical figures made up of human, animal, and alien elements mixed with mythological creatures and pop cultural icons. On display in this solo exhibition will be paintings on canvas and wood, single-channel video installations, and drawings in oil stick, oil pastel, and pencil.
VENUE
VENUE
NANZUKA UNDERGROUND
- D7
- Harajuku
Nanzuka Underground was founded in 2005 in Shibuya as an experimental space dedicated to redefining design, illustration, street culture, fashion, music, and other creative fields as subjects for rigorous study. In particular the gallery aims to rediscover figures who were not considered “fine” artists by the Japanese art world that developed after World War II, including Toshio Saeki, Hajime Sorayama, Keiichi Tanaami, and Harumi Yamaguchi. Nanzuka Underground collaborates with many international galleries to support the broader reception of emerging Japanese artists such as Haroshi, Masato Mori, Ryuichi Ohira, Makoto Taniguchi, and Hiroki Tsukuda. The gallery also works with international artists to introduce global perspectives on contemporary art to Japan.
