Dadi’s art revolve around the concept of the
mix cultural influences, playing with the notions of the east and west, modern
and traditional, universal and contextual as well as global and local. He has
created the most amazing and captivating pieces through playing with famous
painting, departing from traditions and old legends. To him, these are the
‘traditions’ he has to further develop in order to survive and keep going.
He creatively introduces changes to meanings,
enabling new metaphors to develop. Dadi believes that artworks are a medium
that contain or carry cultural values, the live on discussion, experimentation,
curiosity, alternative thinking and comparing viewpoints, all of which highly
affected by frankness, openness and sincerity.
For him, it is not too important about
cultural origins, which are not what determine creativity; instead, the real
point is how much we have been able to assimilate the learning points from our
sources.
About Dadi:
Born 1977 in Tasikmalaya, West Java, Dadi
Setiyadi graduated from Indonesia Institute of Art in 2004, working with
paintings, sculptures and installation works. With particular interests in
fantasy, science fiction and art culture, Dedi studied the symbols of the
Archipelago - Garuda from Java, Lembuswana from Borneo, La Galigo from Sulawesi
- through a project on Indonesian folklore called Kisah Nuisantara. This
brought him to discover a connection to a fantastical and mythical world, the
influences creating a particular syncretism in his art. He combines traditional
local elements inspired from the environment, full of living traditions, with
modern and contemporary subjects.
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