Illustrated here is Anton Subiyanto’s perspective of a derelict roofless building. Its dense structure is perhaps an illustration of squatter settlements prevalent in urban areas in Indonesia. Housing provision for the urban poor in informal housing settlements is one of many agendas for politicians in Indonesia. An example is the Kampung Deret program that was initiated by then Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo in 2013.
Anton Subiyanto won the fourth edition of UOB Indonesia’s Painting of the Year in 2014. In 2015, he participated in a group exhibition alongside Jalaini Abu Hassan, Ahmad Shukri Mohamed, Khairul Izham, Agus ‘Baqul’ Purnomo, and Dadi Setiyadi entitled Spice Select 2015: South East Asian Mythology And Folklore at Pace Gallery in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.