Djojo's perspective on the unknown

An airbrush is a small portable tool connected to a can of compressed air that sprays paint in a controlled manner giving the coloring a uniform and continuous surface. It is also the favorite technique of Aryo Toh Djojo, an artist who studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and who uses airbrushing as a central aspect of his artistic process, skillfully incorporating design principles, such as visual perspective, color theory and examination of the formal elements of art, to experiment and shape his paintings. Much of his work is situated within the urban fabric of Los Angeles, resonating with the distinct subcultures of the Californian metropolis, but Aryo Toh Djojo claims to draw inspiration from artists like Gerhard Richter, Vija Celmins, Ed Ruscha, John Baldessari and Richard Prince. Purposely using the charming, borderline kitsch aesthetic of film stills, advertising posters, and other seductive ways of representing real life, the works on display promise to leave viewers wondering whether they are looking at a blurry photograph or sharing that dark moment in which the artist's consciousness converges with his subconscious, giving shape to an unreal, magical, almost suspended representation, where time and space take shape in a new, unknown and mysterious place.