“Interpolating between international art styles and popular culture, Masriadi knits a new “global” realism in which his heritage and appropriated art and cultural forms conflate, fuse, and meld into one another.” —Benjamin Genocchi Prominent Indonesian artist I Nyoman Masriadi is best known for channelling his childhood fascination with comic books, superheroes and video games into his Technicolour paintings of sleek and chiselled black-skinned characters. Do Do Do is one of the artist’s most personal artworks, depicting his beloved daughter C Matahari wearing sunglasses, clutching a large shark-shaped balloon, and featuring the lyrics of her favourite song, the infuriatingly catchy children's rhyme Baby Shark. [2] The seamless and lighthearted weaving of popular culture alongside global issues that catch his attention, ranging from human’s increasing reliance on technology to materialism, is an instantly recognisable feature of Masriadi’s oeuvre.
Unique yet universally relatable, Masriadi has exhibited his work across the globe, including Singapore, the United States and Art Basel Hong Kong. In 2008 Masriadi’s The Man from Bantul (The Final Round) fetched HK $7.82 million at auction, which was the highest paid for an artwork by a living Southeast Asian artist at the time.
