The work of the artist is inspired by the concept of Pharmakon, implying that every object is pharmacological, and a fortiori both remedy and poison.
Furthermore, her artistic practice aims to merge and simplify everything surrounding her, by bringing a new perspective.
By exploiting the urban landscape, Rahayu Retnaningrum materializes a metaphorical society, made up of subjects who intermingle and merge to form a single entity.
Blending organic and geometric forms, the young artist highlights the contrast between the two landscapes that have animated her daily life, and stages them in harmony in a new reality.
Her work has been rewarded in 2010 on the occasion of the national painting competition of the Indonesian National Gallery.
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