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Dodit Artawan Sold at Auction Prices

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Nov. 12, 2017
DODIT ARTAWAN (b. 1978) DIGGER, 2003, Acrylic on canvas
Est: RM4,000 - RM7,000
‘What’s Up, Doc?’ as the carrot-chewing animated cartoon character Bugs Bunny would say. LIFE is a pack of ciki (cherki) cards of a deck of dominoes as the two protagonists, Mr Dominoes with a spade and Mr Ciki with a pickaxe square off in an undisclosed duel, while their fighting cockerel proxies join the fray. Is the paltry amount of 50,000 rupiahs stated in the Panitia Penggalian Dana (fund-raising committee) the prize? The ciki game, a Peranakan pastime, uses two packs of a deck of 60 cards (30 different patterns, each one repeated twice, each measuring approximately 60mm x 24mm in size). Indonesian Dodit Artawan is part of an artist’s collective, TAXU Art Clinic who graduated with a BFA from the Indonesian Art Institute in Denpasar in 1997. Based in Batubulan in Bali, his solos include Larger Than Life (Art Projects Gallery, Hong Kong, October 2014); Pool Party (Taksu Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, 2012); and The Pleasure of the Eye (Langgeng Icon Gallery, Jakarta, 2008).
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Apr. 17, 2016
DODIT ARTAWAN (b. 1978) Digger, 2003, Acrylic on canvas
Est: RM8,000 - RM10,000
Digger illustrates the nonchalant fictional character Bugs Bunny positioned next to a large-sized token, which reads “Panitia Penggalian Dana RP.50.000” that translates as “Fundraising Committee” with the Indonesian Rupiah amount equivalent to MYR15.60. A pair of fighting cockerels is seen on the right. On each side of the canvas depicts a silhouette figure imbedded with domino patterns holding a shovel on the left and to the right, money-suited cards motif and a pickaxe – a miner’s essentials to represent the gold rush. Dodit Artawan lives and works in Batubulan, Bali. Upon graduation from Indonesian Art Institute, Denpasar, Bali with a Bachelor of Fine Art in 1997, he started his practice as part of TAXU Art Clinic - an artist collective that created an upheaval in Balinese art scene for breaking the established hegemony of dominant value in the form of local identity by using traditional elements. Dodit has held 6 solo exhibitions regionally namely Larger than Life, Art Projects Gallery, Hong Kong (2014), Pool Party, TAKSU Gallery, Kuala Lumpur (2012), and The Pleasure of the Eye, Langgeng Icon Gallery, Jakarta (2008). He has also participated in numerous group exhibitions in various galleries and art spaces in Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, China and Italy.
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