Deddy PAW

Since 2003, the theme of “enigmatic apple” has been the foundation of Deddy PAW’s works creation. The term enigmatic is used based on consideration of the nature of symbolic expressions in his works which provoke questions, mistery, or riddle around apple in context of human existence problem. The s...

Since 2003, the theme of “enigmatic apple” has been the foundation of Deddy PAW’s works creation. The term enigmatic is used based on consideration of the nature of symbolic expressions in his works which provoke questions, mistery, or riddle around apple in context of human existence problem. The symbolic meaning of apple is related prominently to the messages of goodness attached to apple's image with human universal context (love, passion, enjoyment, peace, hope, etc.), as well as the aspects of evil and temptation beyond its beauty potential.

Deddy's paintings have set out dominantly from still-life area (the apple fruit), with symbolic language point of understanding. The phenomenon of shape has been approached as a system and symbolistic code of representation. Shape and space later inclines to present as organization set in various different context.

In Deddy's works, apple does not stop merely as a model as is often the case with still-life paintings of the Western tradition. And, in Deddy's works apple is not just apple (a fruit), but it may symbolizing mankind or human being, a nation, a country, a principle, a teaching, an idealism, a hope, an ideal, etc depends on context to be ‘discussed’.