The works of Bob Yudhita Agung are distinctively influenced by Jean-Michel Basquiat and pop culture including music and tattoo art. His unique primitive like paintings engage the viewer and are able to present a sense of social awareness.
Bob Yudhita Agung, who calls himself ‘Vincent van Bob’, paints in the Primitive-Naïve vein with the graffiti of Jean-Michel Basquiat. He studied at the Indonesian Institute of Art in Yogyakarta where he received the Affandi Award in 1994. He was in the same batch as Ugo Untoro and S. Teddy D. His style is somewhat a bit like A.R. Penck, and Malaysia’s Chong Hip Seng. He showed with his former wife, Widi, at the Green Art Space in Yogyakarta in 2016. “I believe I can fly, with paint I believe can fly. Don’t worry, be happy” is his favourite refrain.