September 7 – 26, 2021
Galerie Stephanie
Unit 4021 East Wing, Shangri-La Plaza Mall, EDSA cor. Shaw Boulevard, 1552 Mandaluyong, Philippines
Though linked together in their bent toward the child-like, Roby Dwi Antono and Keiko Yokoyama make for an unlikely, albeit wondrous pair.
Keiko Yokoyama’s works transport one back to the innocence of childhood, arousing a gentle touch of awe and wonder. But where Yokoyama presents the child-like in fixed, untroubled states, the works of Roby Dwi Antono are more like victuals for the eye, which, in their delectable palettes, smuggle in a notion of childhood as a time for oddity and uncanny transition.
The disparate worlds of both artists converge in the two-man exhibition titled Curiosities. In an unlikely melange of styles, Roby Dwi Antono and Keiko Yokoyama focus on specific moments, transforming the ephemeral that can be easily lost, and directing attention towards the oddities they encounter.
