Symon, Untitled, 2003
Oil on canvas
100 x 140 cm (visible), 100.5 x 140.5 x 2.5 cm (framed)
Condition: Good, slight mould on reverse
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A stylistic heir to seminal artists Walter Spies, Le Mayeur and his mentor, the Indonesian-Dutch painter Arie Smit, Symon (b.1947 - 2020, USA) was among the last in the lineage of foreign artists who have helped raise Bali’s international profile as an exotic destination for art and design. He was installed in the Puri Kaler of Ubud Palace by the Ubud royal family.
Symon’s art is cherished for its vivid colour, strong outlines and exuberant energy. His figurative paintings and sculpture project a friendly, fantastical appeal, combining the rawness of real-life models and scenes within compositions from mythology and lesser-known Bali history.
His artwork is collected by important Indonesian and international collectors, and plays a seminal role in the contemporary art scene in Indonesia.
[The in-situ image of the artwork is rendered by a generative AI tool. The artwork is the actual item.]
(Photographed in December 2023)
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