W edhar Riyadi’s painting series around 2012 to 2018 combines his interest in pop culture and realism photography. For a few years, he investigated how technology had changed the way people see visual exposures such as photographs, posters, advertisements, and many others. In The Dancer, a female figure in a traditional Bali cost.mes and hairdo is painted over with comical figures. The defined and vibrant colours applied with subtle brushstrokes to hairline details create a piece that invites audiences to engage in their imagination in experiencing the work. The current work questions the meaning of art by juxtaposing imageries derived from the past and present.

Born 1980 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Wedhar Riyadi is a rising talent among the Indonesian contemporary art scene. Riyadi has participated in various exhibitions, projects, and residencies worldwide, notably the Asia Pacific Triennale in 2012 and the project mural in San Francisco. His pieces have also been displayed in solo exhibitions throughout Asia and Europe, with works featured in museum collects ions across the globe, including the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia, and the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia.

韋德哈爾‧瑞阿迪2012至2018年間的一系列繪畫結合了他對流行文化與現實主義攝影的熱忱。多年來，他致力研究科技如何改變人們看待各種視覺形式，諸如照片、海報、廣告等。在《舞者》中，女子的服飾和髮型充滿峇里傳統特色，卻被古怪卡通般的圖案遮蓋；鮮明絢爛的色彩配以微妙細膩的筆觸，勾畫出髮際線的細節，邀請觀眾透過想像投入作品。此作將今、昔意象並置，藉此拷問藝術的意義。

韋德哈爾‧瑞阿迪在1980年出生於印尼日惹，是印尼當代藝術界不容忽視的新秀。瑞阿迪曾參與世界各地多個展覽和藝術項目，又擔任駐校藝術家，當中尤以2012年亞太當代藝術三年展和三藩市壁畫計劃最廣為人知。他曾在亞洲和歐洲舉辦多場個展，作品被納入世界多間博物館的典藏，包括澳洲布里斯班現代藝術博物館（Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia）及澳洲維多利亞國家美術館（National Gallery of Victoria, Australia）。