Bayu Utomo Radjikin

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b. Sabah, 1969
Bayu Utomo Radjikin
Cinta II
2008
signed and dated ‘BAYU UTOMO RADJIKIN 2008’ (bottom right)
acrylic and charcoal on paper
122 x 244cm
Provenance
Private collection, Kuala Lumpur.
Estimate
RM 19,000 – 22,000
Price Realised
RM 20,900

EXHIBITED
Kuala Lumpur, Galeri Petronas, Stirring Odissi, 2008 (in conjunction with the 4th International Odissi Festival, which also marked the 25th anniversary of Ramli Ibrahim’s Sutra Dance Theatre).

The Odissi is one of the most structured classical dances originated from the state of Orissa in eastern India. Bayu was among the 12 painters and 8 photographers selected from Malaysia and India to produce related works for the 4th International Odissi Festival, held in Malaysia for the very first time in 2008. Skipping a freeze-frame dance man-oeuvre, Bayu etches out the chiselled forms of a dancer’s expressive face in stark black-and-white. This is juxtaposed with the overpowering lyrical quality of the yellow floral blob on her coiffure as large as her head, and the tinkling ear ornament and necklace that complete the jewellery repertoire.