The artist
Alex Zipnapechka
Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
Alex Zipnapechka was born in the jungle around Ubud, in Bali, and still paints in his home village, a place that has given Indonesia many of its finest artists. Now in his later years, he paints the island he grew up in: its animals, and the rituals around them, in oil laid on so thickly that the surface stands up from the canvas.
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Up close, a mane or a rooster’s feathers dissolve into pure ridges of colour that catch the light as you move; step back and they gallop and strike. Clash of Plumes takes the cockfight, an old Balinese ritual, and turns it into a burst of colour. Gallop of Light sends a herd of horses running through the same bright, broken light.
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