After Affandi and ‘Affandiism’

REMINISCING about Affandi is like bringing calm to a generation that has turned this nation into nothing more than a “republic of dreams.” It was a time when change gave a place to the principle of the individual, something no longer important that Chairil Anwar’s call, Boeng, ajo Boeng! (Come brothers!) later became an eternal part of the well-known poster by Affandi.

With the direction of art in Indonesia in the post-independence era wit

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