SINGAPORE - Indonesian artist Prabu Perdana, 36, has won the UOB South-east Asian Painting of the Year award for an artwork born out of isolation.
Drawing on the idea of solidarity in solitude during the pandemic, the work depicts his studio as a garden littered with personal belongings. The scene was partly based on Stone Garden, a park not far from his home in Bandung, West Java. It s about isolating ourselves in order to end the pandemic, the artist told The Straits Times.
His win was announced on Thursday (Dec 10) at a virtual award ceremony, which was streamed on Facebook and YouTube.