“In my mind I just try to be an architect for my other life.
I try to live in a good way, maybe I’ll have another life after that.
This is an architecture, or a design, for my ‘paraiso’.
So after you are dead and we see each other again, I’ll show you my ‘real’ home.”
Irwan Bagja Dermawan, known as Iweng, is a prominent artist from Bandung, Indonesia, operating from an expressly surrealist sensibility.
Celebrated at the 2000 Havana Biennale, his three decade oeuvre reveals a profound mastery of traditional oil painting, which he often fuses with fluorescent pigments.
For Iweng, painting is a serendipitous practice, a portal to the subconscious, a spiritual - yet playful - endeavor that resists strict intellectualization. His work emerges from instinct and intuition, inviting viewers to engage with the raw essence of creativity beyond the confines of reason.