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748 The painting shows two figures ,one seems to be

BaSoeki reSoBoWo facing something that is indicated by a swirl above,
(Palembang, S. Sumatra, 1916 - while the other seems to be facing the other way.
Amsterdam, The Netherland, 1999) To their right, is a man and his child. They both
show sad faces. Below the two figures is a man who
Puisi Kehidupan (Life Poetry)
seems to be facing away from the viewer. To his
right appears a human skull. Painted in silhouette,
oil on canvas
89 x 109 cm this figure becomes a symbol, perhaps of us. We
have witnessed what has happened, now what are we
signed (lower right):
”Resobowo” going to do about it? The painting might refer to
the atrocities following the abortive coup d’etat in
Rp. 18 - 27.000.000 1965, which was blamed on the Communists.
This painting comes from the collection of the late
US$ 1.286 - 1.929
Adnan Buyung Nasution, a famous Indonesian
lawyer and human rights advocate. His select
eclectic collection consists of artworks by
various Indonesian artists, ranging from the more,
humorous artists, like Otto Djaya, to the abstract
artists like Made Wianta, Tulus Warsito and Hanafi,
to the more serious, senior artists, like Sudjono
Abdullah and Basuki Resobowo.
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