No. 108250528

KEN ANDHISTI - WHAT REMAINS TO BE FOUND
No. 108250528

KEN ANDHISTI - WHAT REMAINS TO BE FOUND
KEN ANDHISTI — WHAT REMAINS TO BE FOUND, 2026
Multilayer Textured Mixed-Media Painting — Acrylic, Artistic Pigments, Tissue and Cotton on Canvas — 90 × 70 cm — Unique Work
THE ARTWORK
In What Remains to Be Found, Indonesian artist Ken Andhisti transforms fragile materials into a powerful physical and emotional landscape.
Acrylic, artistic pigments, tissue and cotton accumulate across the canvas in successive textured layers. Torn passages, folds, abrasions and irregular gestures interrupt the surface, while dark mineral tones encounter luminous areas and intermittent gold-toned traces.
The work does not present rupture as disappearance. Each fragment remains active within the composition, carrying the memory of what has been altered, concealed or reconstructed.
Gold emerges gradually from the denser passages. It does not function as decoration, but as a symbol of meaning discovered within difficult, neglected or unexpected experiences. The luminous traces invite the viewer to look beyond the first impression and search within the painting’s material depth.
A MULTILAYERED TEXTURED SURFACE
The surface has been constructed entirely by hand through layering, fragmentation, staining and reconstruction.
Tissue and cotton are integrated into the painted field, creating folds, raised passages and changing levels of density. Acrylic and mixed artistic pigments bind these delicate materials into a composition that moves between vulnerability and strength.
The artwork changes according to distance and light. From afar, it appears as a unified abstract field. At close range, it reveals torn edges, fibres, pigments, concealed marks and physical traces of the artist’s process.
These irregularities are intentional and form an essential part of this unique artwork.
MEANING AND INTERPRETATION
For Andhisti, life is shaped not only by intention, but also by disruption, uncertainty and unintended paths.
What Remains to Be Found reflects this imperfect process of becoming. The painting suggests that difficult experiences do not simply disappear; they leave traces that may later reveal unexpected meaning.
Rather than imposing a fixed narrative, the work opens a space in which viewers may encounter their own memories, struggles and discoveries. What initially appears broken may contain continuity. What seems hidden may still be waiting to be recognised.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Ken Andhisti is an Indonesian contemporary visual artist and painter based in Tasikmalaya. Her practice explores memory, materiality, faith and the traces of lived experience through abstract and experimental painting.
Working with layering, stitching, fragmentation, abrasion, staining and reconstruction, she develops compositions through a continuing dialogue between control and chance, structure and rupture, presence and absence.
Her significant bodies of work include Yang Robek Tak Selalu Hilang, exploring rupture and reconstruction; Aku Sekarang Ibu, examining memory and transformation through motherhood; and Choosing Servanthood, addressing faith, surrender and spiritual experience through material abstraction.
Andhisti holds a Master of Fine Arts in Fine Art Creation, specialising in Painting, from Institut Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta, as well as a Bachelor of Fine Art Education from Universitas Negeri Surabaya.
Her selected exhibition history includes Manifesto 7: Pandemi at the National Gallery of Indonesia in Jakarta, the International Triennale at Jogja Gallery, Unity in Diversity in Surakarta and Art Moment Jakarta — UOB Painting of the Year.
Rooted in contemporary Indonesian experience, her work opens toward universal questions of loss, transformation, spirituality and human connection.
ARTWORK DETAILS
Artist: Ken Andhisti
Title: What Remains to Be Found
Year: 2026
Country of origin: Indonesia
Medium: Multilayer mixed media on canvas
Materials: Acrylic, mixed artistic pigments, tissue and cotton
Dimensions: 90 × 70 × 1 cm
Rarity: Unique original artwork — 1/1
Signature: Hand-signed on the front, lower right, and on the reverse
Reverse: Title, year, dimensions and identifying information
Condition: New — excellent original studio condition
Frame: Decorative frame not included
Artwork reference: AAG-KA-WRTBF-2026-001
Provenance: Artist / Abstract Art Gallery, Riga
DOUBLE CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
The artwork is accompanied by two signed Certificates of Authenticity:
— One issued by Ken Andhisti
— One issued by Abstract Art Gallery
LIFETIME GALLERY GUARANTEE
Abstract Art Gallery provides a lifetime guarantee covering the authenticity and documented provenance of the artwork.
The collector also benefits from long-term gallery assistance concerning documentation, conservation and presentation.
PROFESSIONAL FLAT DELIVERY
Because of its multilayer construction and delicate textured surface, the artwork will be shipped completely flat—never rolled.
It will be professionally secured between reinforced rigid XPS protective panels and placed inside strong external packaging suitable for international art transportation.
Tracked and insured delivery is included.
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