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Budi Agung Kuswara’s paintings celebrate the treasury of aesthetic and cultural influences on the Indonesian archipelago. Trained in kamasan painting, Budi retains the intricacy and delicate linework of this traditional art form in his contemporary works, marrying these baroque sensibilities with observations on social tensions and dynamics.

His new body of work continues his interest in archival images, in particular, images related to Indonesia’s history and culture. These documents of the past are retrieved from the public domain, and reworked into lavish still life paintings, bringing …