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 express social issues in modern society. This vibrant and energetic piece is depicted in a composition of black and white using intersecting and tangled lines.
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. Sick – An Exploration Of The Human Mind was held at Vallette Gallery, Kuala Lumpur in 2019. A duo exhibition It’s About Time by Indonesian contemporary artists Bob Yudhita Agung & EddiE haRA was held at Sin Sin Fine Art Hong Kong in 2020.