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Lot Essay
"I believe all forms created knowingly or unknowingly are not absent of judiciously purposeful plan unless unconsciously or deliberately done, in other words unaccountably playful, cynical or whimsical. This is not so with my work. It is a medium discovered, precise and fit, I think, for the theme of 'formal allegory', a visual suggestion on harmonious relationship, a Gestalt, between 'things' as a whole in unity, rhythm, order, contrast, balance, proportion, to name a few, just as one would reflect on or appreciate the unarbitrary composition of all immeasurably diverse living things interactively created in nature…" -Ahmad Osni Peii
An unsung hero to Indonesia, Ahmad Osni Peii was lauded in America as a progressive sculptor in his era. Peii's decision to stay in the States for over four decades from the mid 1950s had shaped the way Peii sees the world by manifesting his ideas through three-dimensional works. The minimalistic approach to his works has made his sculptures, deeply rooted in the religious values, universal. As a result, his works were featured in some prestigious locations in New York as well as museums in the west.
With his works, Peii explores the concept of unknown, a visualization of the unseen, echoing the aesthetic of the early twentieth-century European Modernists, who celebrated art's formal qualities.
Cordova (Lot 161) offers fluidity and continuity in its spherical form, and dynamism in stillness. With this piece, Peii is introducing a different quality, juxtaposing robustness of the bronze which has been cast, with the curvaceous lines and shape of the sculpture.
An unsung hero to Indonesia, Ahmad Osni Peii was lauded in America as a progressive sculptor in his era. Peii's decision to stay in the States for over four decades from the mid 1950s had shaped the way Peii sees the world by manifesting his ideas through three-dimensional works. The minimalistic approach to his works has made his sculptures, deeply rooted in the religious values, universal. As a result, his works were featured in some prestigious locations in New York as well as museums in the west.
With his works, Peii explores the concept of unknown, a visualization of the unseen, echoing the aesthetic of the early twentieth-century European Modernists, who celebrated art's formal qualities.
Cordova (Lot 161) offers fluidity and continuity in its spherical form, and dynamism in stillness. With this piece, Peii is introducing a different quality, juxtaposing robustness of the bronze which has been cast, with the curvaceous lines and shape of the sculpture.