"Thematically, in this new series of papers by Jumaadi, explores love—romantic, familial, and spiritual—finds its
expression in a visual language of face figures steeped in dreamlike imagery. Figures emerge in patterns-like
dynamic, each connected by the presence of a tree, mimicking a literal web of human connection. The
composition reveals how many lives, how many moments of love, can be held within a single painting.

His faces, often elongated and spectral, seem to exist in liminal spaces, suspended in between surreal and
the folktales. These compositions echo the existential themes of displacement and homecoming,
mirroring his own journey between Indonesia and Australia. Paper, with its susceptibility to time and
decay, reflects the fragile yet resilient nature of memory itself. His wayang-inspired works reinforce this
temporality; shadows flicker and dissolve, much like recollections that shift with time"