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466 Jeihan was best known for the black eyes in
jeihan SuKMantoro the figures in his paintings, which initially
(Solo, C. Java, 1938 - was a result of his failure in painting eyes
Bandung, W. Java, 2019)
realistically. Later, he realized that the black
Oca eyes served as a metaphor. Through the black
2002 eyes of the figures in his paintings, Jeihan
oil on canvas suggests his viewers to always keep an open
70 x 70 cm
imagination about the things that could not
√ signed √ dated √ framed be reached by the physical reach of humans

Rp. 24 - 36.000.000 alone through the open eye and to always look
deeper and farther, like the black hole of the
US$ 1.714 - 2.571 universe. Many if not most of Jeihan’s figures

were also dark and rather gloomy. . But when
we look at the black eyes of Jeihan’s Gadis,
we no longer become scared or frightened.
Rather, through the black eyes we should
imagine hope, optimism, and solace, as
visions that are shared with us.
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