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About the artwork

Adi Gunawan’s playful sculpture features two figures with his signature rotund shape and afro-like hair. In “Terbang”, a man sits on the shoulders of another figure with his arms pumped in the air as if in victory. This sculpture highlights Adi Gunawan’s skill in conveying expressions, emotions and personalities in his characters as the ‘flying’ figure looks happy and victorious while the other expresses his physical exertion. Adi Gunawan conveys humour and a rich narrative in this piece, piquing one’s imagination and allowing the viewers to ascribe multiple stories to this one situation.

About the artist

Born in Yogyakarta in 1974, Adi Gunawan received his education at the Institut Seni Indonesia. He is a prominent Indonesian sculptor known for his distinctive and often playful and satirical bronze sculptures. In his symbolic sculptures, Adi invokes exploration of themes related to human behavior, social issues, and cultural traditions. He uses his cultural positioning as a tool to visualize motions, gestures, characters and expressions of various subjects that he sculpts. He often incorporates elements of Indonesian folklore and everyday life, giving his pieces a rich cultural context. Growing up in an Agrarian society, he depicts a lot of animals in his work. The symbiotic and mystical relationship between animals and humans is well expressed in his artworks.