S. Dwi ‘Acong’ Stya has roused up some curiosity about his Standing Man plonked in odd situations and places. With a mesh of bramble around him, The Standing Man looks up to the sky, at the constellation as if for salvation or at least clues out of his predicament. In his Standing Man solo exhibition held at G13, Kuala Lumpur, from Dec 20, 2014-Jan 3, 2015, writer Tan Sei Hon wrote: “His signature lone figure, blue skin and clad only in black pants standing in a fixed pose, immovable, impervious to the surrounding natural splendour and horror, unnatural squalor or on flimsy man-made structures and constructions, is a powerful and foolhardy display of individual willfulness against subjugation of the mind, body and the instincts.” He made his Kuala Lumpur debut with Koong Gallery in the International Art Expo Malaysia (AEM) 2010. Graduated from the Indonesian Institute of Art, Yogyakarta, Acong was a finalist in the Indonesian Art Awards in 2000 and won Best Painting in 2012. He was selected for the Gwanju residency in South Korea in 2013. He had had three solos in Indonesia: Interlude (Pendapa Budaya Asdrafi, Yogyakarta, 2002), Waktu Gong (Koong Gallery, Jakarta, 2006), and Seeds of Light (Affandi Museum, Yogyakarta, 2008).