Putu Sutawijaya dilahirkan di Banjar Angseri, Tabanan, Bali, 27 November 1971. Pendidikan seni rupa diselesaikan di Institut Seni Indonesia (ISI) Yogyakarta (1991-1998) dan telah beberapa kali melakukan pameran tunggal di China, Jakarta, Hongkong dan Malaysia. Ia memperoleh beberapa penghargaan, yang terpenting adalah Lempad Prize dari Sanggar Dewata Indonesia (2000), serta Best Painting dari Yayasan Seni Rupa Indonesia dan Philip Mooris Art Award (1999).

Opening : 28 September 2010 at 7:00pm
Closing : 7 October 2010 at 6:00pm
Venue : Bentara Budaya Jakarta
Address : Jl. Palmerah Selatan 17 Jakarta, Indonesia

Langkah bersejarah PK Ojong (alm) salah seorang pendiri Kompas
Gramedia yang dibantu oleh GM Sudarta (kartunis Kompas) adalah
mengoleksi karya-karya pelukis Bali di tahun 1970-an. Kesempatan
langka itu datang ketika pertama kali menjejakkan kakinya di Ubud, tanpa memahami peta lokasi pelukis-pelukis Bali, berdua mereka mendatangi sebuah art gallery bernama Wayan Barwa di kawasan Teges, Ubud, Bali. Mereka bertemu dengan salah satu pegawai bernama Ketut Nama, yang akhirnya mengantar PK Ojong dan GM Sudarta menyambangi pelukis-pelukis kondang saat itu yang menyebar di beberapa banjar seperti Pengosekan, Tebesaya, Batuan, Ubud, sampai Tegalalang.

Nama-nama kondang antara lain I Gusti Nyoman Lempad, I Gusti Ketut
Kobot, Ida Bagus Made, Anak Agung Gde Sobrat, I Wayan Turun, Anak
Agung Gde Maregeg, I Ketut Liyer, didatangi untuk dibantu dan dibeli
karya-karyanya untuk koleksi Kompas. Karya monumental mereka sampaisaat ini masih tersimpan dan kali ini dipamerkan kembali ke hadapan publik bersama dengan karya-karya pelukis muda Bali yang sebagian besar belajar seni rupa di ISI Yogyakarta. Mereka antara lain I
Nengah Sujena, Wayan Wirawan, IG Ngurah Udiantara, sampai Putu
Sutawijaya (nama bekennya Liong).

Pameran ini dalam skala kecil ingin menampilkan peta pertumbuhan seni
lukis Bali era tahun 1970-an sampai karya-karya pelukis muda yang
berkarya dengan metode dan gaya kontemporer.

Start Time: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 10:00am
End Time: Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 6:00pm
Location: Bentara Budaya Jakarta
Address: Jl. Palmerah Selatan no. 17 Jakarta, Indonesia

Putu Sutawijaya was born in Angseri, Tabanan, Bali,, on 27 November 1971. He finished his studies in painting in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Institut Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta (Indonesia Institute of the Arts Yogyakarta), in 1998. His work was nominated among the ten best in the Phillip Morris Indonesia Art Awards 1999. In 2000 he received the Lempad Prize for his art from Sanggar Dewata Indonesia 9SDI), and currently serves as the general chairman for his artists’ group which is based in Yogyakarta. He has held solo exhibitions in Bali, Yogyakarta, Singapore, Hongkong, and in Galeri Canna in Jakarta in 2004. He uses both Yogyakarta and Bali as his homes and places to work.

Various movements and manners of the human body, a result of Putu’s own thoughts on things that provoke him, give life to his works. These ideas are a self-internalized process of dislocation, contemplation and reflection regarding music, dance, meditation or personal experiences in his life. They are not far removed from his creative Balinese cultural background and continue to trigger imaginative exploration in his art.

The body postures and gestures as reflected in Putu’s works are expressions and ways in which he likes to picture the feelings in his heart. He visually accomplishes this by primarily relying upon the drama and strength of spontaneous lines. With high precision and skill he realistically captures the essence of movements of the human body and develops them into all kinds of situations in his works. The figures that he shows are deliberately deformed and become active participants in their own ways. They seem to speak with their gestures instead of with their mouths. In fact, the artist does not pay attention to details in their faces and mostly covers them with hair.

*taken from Modern Indonesia Art from Raden Saleh to the Present Day

Putu Sutawijaya
Dancing Moon
200x x 150 cm
Oil on canvas

Curator : Fery Oktanio
The Exhibition will be officiated by : Garin Nugroho
Special Performance : I Wayan Balawan & Batuan Ethnic Fusion

Deddy’s “Apple” journey is not long yet though cannot be considered instant. His apple has explored many different places and countries. It has been initiated to have a variety of meanings and values by the audience. But he realizes that he never knows how long the journey is. He does not think yet to change the icon for his visual articulation. Apple for him still has mysterious charms that can generate hundreds of ideas and thoughts for his next works. Apple does not make Deddy dry or bored.

The King of Kings, 180 x 250 cm, Oil on canvas, 2009

Today’s Menu, 120 x 300 cm, Oil on canvas, 2009

Let’s Talk About Apple…!, 125 x 180 x 80 cm, Stainless steel, 2009

Perjalanan “Apel” yang dilakukan Deddy memang belum lama walau tidak bisa juga disebut baru sebentar saja. Apelnya sudah menjelajah ke berbagai tempat dan negara. Dia telah di inisiasi menjadi beragam makna dan nilai-nilai oleh pemirsanya. Deddy pun menyadari bahwa perjalanan yang dilakukannya entah bisa sepanjang apa. Namun belum terbersit baginya untuk berganti idiom pengucapan visualnya. Apel baginya masih memiliki daya tarik misterius yang mampu menghasilkan ratusan ide dan gagasan bagi karya-karya berikutnya. Apel-nya tidak membuat Deddy kering atau bosan.

for further information, please contact :
Devie Triasari : 081 7548 7538

ATTENTION :
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Srisasanti Gallery:
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Exhibiting Artists:
Indonesia:
Ade Darmawan, Anusapati, Budi Kustarto, Deden Hendan Durahman, Handiwirman, I Nyoman Erawan, Iswanto Hartono, Ivan Sagita, Putu Sutawijaya, S. Teddy D., Tisna Sanjaya, Ugo Untoro, Yuli Prayitno
China:
Bai Yiluo, Han Yajuan, He Yunchang, Miao Hiaochun, Shen Shaomin, Shi Guorui, Shi Jianmin, Shi Jing

Host: Vanessa Art Link
Start Time: Friday, September 4th, 2009 at 6PM
End Time: Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Place: National Gallery of Indonesia
Address: Jl. Merdeka Timur No. 14, Jakarta

” ILLUMINATION ”

Dates: 25 August 2009. Tuesday
Time: 5 pm – onward
Venue: Sampoerna Strategic Square,
Exhibition Room #GF – 03A, Ground Floor, North Tower,
Jl. Jendral Sudirman, Kav 45, Jakarta 12930

Artists participating in the exhibition are:
FX Harsono, Putu Sutawijaya, Yunizar, Sutjipto Adi, Made Djirna,
Ipong Purnama Sidhi, Mangu Putra, Made Arya Palguna, Sujana Kenyem, Sudarna Putra, Rudi Sri Handoko, IB Purwa, Walter Van Oel, Filippo Sciascia.