Ipung Purnomo is an Indonesian artist. He was born in 1974. He’s had passion for painting since he was very young. His early works were landscapes and portraits. He had his first solo painting exhibition when he was in a college. He lived in Yogyakarta from 2001-2005. He ran a painting studio there. He traveled to some cities in Indonesia to receive trainings from some professional artists.
IPUNG PURNOMO
My artworks depict the human´s flaws and their psyche. Human beings who populate the earth thrive, develop, advance and live their modern life. However, advancement and progress change human´s behavior and their psychology. How they behave toward others evolve psychologically because human beings, by nature, compete. In the tough competition, they deceive, outwit and mislead others. Even, they can destroy other beings, like nature, for instance. And the destruction of nature has been alarming since the invention of plastic and other similar materials. Where are we going to dump them?

Human being is a complex entity and therefore it´s hard to predict their behaviour. They change frequently because they have motives, and very often hidden ones. They are driven do show power and greed and these types of human beings are common nowadays because they are forced by modernity. Life is a just a game for these types of human beings, life is only a competition- nothing more! Consequently, they disregard humanitarian values, virtues and human kindness. Those basic, human aspects are trampled and trashed, then considered obsolete. Then these destructive ways of thinking gradually spread in human´s psyche, and subconsciously become patterns which are hard to resist.
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