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About the artwork
In "Fighting", Gunawan depicts one of his characteristic bulbous figure literally "taking a bull by [its] horns". This physicalisation of thepopular phrase juxtaposes the violence of the scenario with the inherent softness of Gunawan's figures that exaggerate the curves of the human bodies through his signature style of rounded bodies. In doing so, Gunawan expresses the delicate nature of the human condition in how, fragile beings that we are, have no choice but to go out into the world everyday to fight for our livings.
About the artist
Adi was born in Yogyakarta in 1974, Indonesia and received his education at Institut Seni Indonesia, Yogyakarta. In his symbolic sculptures, Adi invokes euphoria and the significance of animals in his work due to his cultural background of growing up in an agrarian society. He uses his cultural positioning as a tool to visualize motions, gestures, characters and expressions of various subjects that he sculpts. He then conveys constructed meaning which, in and through his forms, figures and compositions, puts forth the issue of a mystical relationship between animals and humans. Adi’s highest accolade thus far was representing Indonesia at the Beijing Olympics 2008 Fine Arts Exhibition, where he was bestowed the further honor of an Olympic Torch Award. His sculpture toured Hong Kong, the United States, the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland and many other countries.