User:Naufal Abshar

Naufal Abshar is an Indonesian artist born in Bandung, Indonesia 1993. Graduated from The Partnerships programs of LASALLE College of The Arts Singapore and Goldsmiths University of London. He categorized as Millennial artist who created the ‘HAHA’ series inspired by a humor manifestation which laughter. With his “HAHA” series, Naufal explores the roots and boundaries of humour and laughter. As an artist, Naufal is a student perhaps unconscious of the philosopher Henri Bergson who researched the meaning of laughter and observed its social function. “My work explores the amalgamation of the concepts of laughter and humour, which are universal to human culture. HAHA represents laughter in various activities, which are: laughing because we won something, laughing because we mock someone, laughing induced by craziness or it can be a rejection of fears. So in my work, I try to twist the role of laughter or humour into an activity of repetition that constructs social criticism. The prolongation of form on political humour can be found in most of my works, the use of satiric laughter illustrates how I use laughter as an activity that can imply criticism.”

His unique artistic practices produced the current social critique works that reflects the 21st century’s society, Which includes unusual composition and technology engagement on paintings