Climen is the title chosen by the artist, Surya Wirawan who is known as Yoyok Komo, for his solo exhibition. The exhibition presents the daily lives and surroundings of Yoyok Komo. Comic strips, realism drawings of marginalized occupations and the snapshots of the street scenes are presented, also two graphic novels adaptation based on 2 short stories by Kiswondo. In each works Yoyok Komo made a still portrait of the social life, and presents them in his down to earth, humble, infused with funny and hilarious symbols and interpretation. The media used is watercolor on paper, one brush of paint and one brush of water at a time meticulous technique. The word "Climen" adopted by Yoyok Komo when he attended a wedding party. The word was introduced by the Javanese wedding master of ceremony and it immediately inspired Yoyok Komo to make it the title of his solo exhibition. Yoyok does not actually know the meaning of the word "Climen". Yoyok Komo guessed that "Climen" is the acronym for Cilik-cilik yo men, a Javanese saying for 'just fine albeit small'.

Image: © Surya Wirawan