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Tussle between ‘high art’ and ‘low art’

Indonesian artist Uji Handoko Eko Saputro (aka Hahan) creates dynamic and colourful artworks that combine traditional Javanese mythology with popular culture.
Born 1983 in Kebumen, Uji ‘Hahan’ Handoko graduated from the Faculty of Fine Art at Indonesia Institute of the Arts (ISI) in Yogyakarta. Uji ‘Hahan’ Handoko’s work is characterised by an ongoing tussle between ‘high art’ and ‘low art’. Blurring realism with decoration, each work illustrates a point of contact that exists between urbanization and agrarianism, the East and the West or between the local and the global. Hahan incorporates film, music and street culture into a distinct visual language where the canvas explodes with bold colours that slip over strong outlines. The colour slippage adds to the sense of movement and spontaneity in what can be described as a topsy-turvy reality.
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