About the artwork
In Dikejar Bulldog, Adi Gunawan visualises and concretises the motions, gestures and expressions of humans being chased by a bulldog. The humans, casted in bronze, are bulbous in their forms. A sense of movement is suggested by the directions in how the hands of the humans are positioned and when viewed as a whole narrative, showed the flux of humans running away from the bulldog.
About the artist
Born in Yogyakarta in 1974, Adi Gunawan received his education at the Institut Seni Indonesia. He is a prominent Indonesian sculptor known for his distinctive and often playful and satirical bronze sculptures. In his symbolic sculptures, Adi invokes exploration of themes related to human behavior, social issues, and cultural traditions. He uses his cultural positioning as a tool to visualize motions, gestures, characters and expressions of various subjects that he sculpts. He often incorporates elements of Indonesian folklore and everyday life, giving his pieces a rich cultural context. Growing up in an Agrarian society, he depicts a lot of animals in his work. The symbiotic and mystical relationship between animals and humans is well expressed in his artworks.