Personal stories deriving from society and contemporary lives inspire the work of Dewa Gede Ratayoga. The artist shows technical virtuosity in drawing and composition having furthered his training in realist painting at the Art Academy, Beijing, China. In Batas Memandang, the artist portrays a highly detailed rendition of an elderly figure in a seated position, emphasizing on anatomical features of the subject’s feet and wrinkled skin through delicate shading in graphite, capturing the posture viewed from a foreshortened perspective sitting in isolation amidst a red void. Dewa Gede Ratayoga received his education at Indonesia Art Institute (ISI), Denpasar, Bali. His solo exhibitions include Their Eyes, Their Views, Emmitan CA Gallery, Surabaya (2013) and Living Beyond The Pale, Akili Museum, Jakarta (2009). His selected group exhibitions include The Artists’ Camp, 24HRArt, Darwin-Australia (2012), Sea Drawing, Ark Gallery Jakarta (2010), Reality Effects, National Gallery Jakarta (2010), Percakapan Masa, National Gallery Jakarta (2010), Indonesian Contemporary Drawing, National Gallery Jakarta (2009), Manifesto Exhibition, National Gallery, Jakarta (2008), and Texture of The Real, Ark Gallerie, Jakarta (2007).