Sneakerhead
As Face No Longer Bespeaks The Soul
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Sometime in 1995, Ugo Untoro had a solo exhibition at Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta. In the exhibition catalogue he wrote a kind of aesthetic “credo”. Thus, he wrote: “I don’t have to strive for shapes and forms. Because there have been David, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Cezanne and Basoeki Abdullah. I don’t have to trouble myself about colors, since there have been Delacroix, Manet, Monet and Seurat. I don’t have to fuss around lines, because there have been Durer, Matisse, Miro and Oesman Effendi. I don’t have to bother about content, since there have been Van Gogh, Gauguin, Dali, Rusli and Amang Rahman.”[1]
Fluid Friction
A Solo Exhibition by Arin Dwihartanto
“How I am forced to make compromises with the ‘uncontrolled’ conditions and deal with it by taking a variety of decisions, all depends on the situations at hand.”
– Arin Dwihartanto
“My canvas is like a pedestal,” Arin says. The painting that we see created on the canvas is envisioned as having the status as an object, resting on a pedestal. That is how Arin uses his imaginations, and even metaphors, of how he wants his works stir our emotions. Arin shrewdly defines the modes of being
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Cosmic Mantra
Solo exhibition of Albert Yonathan Setyawan
Curated by: Asmudjo J. Irianto
Humans, constructions, animals, and plants serve as the basis for the modules in Albert’s configurations. These modules seem to represent the universe and all its content. The underlying problem that unites these components, however, is not immediately apparent. We can view Albert’s works as symbolic artwork, but one with no binding meaning; rather, the artwork has an open meaning that suits each of our perceptions and backgrounds.
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Lie Fhung: Corporal Dream
A solo show by Lie Fhung (an Indonesian artist currently living in Hong Kong) featuring her latest mixed-media works
Curated by Hendro Wiyanto:
Start Time: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 7:00pm
End Time: Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 8:00pm
Location: SIGIarts Gallery
Address: Jl. Mahakam I No. 11, Blok M (seberang Grand Mahakam Hotel) Jakarta, Indonesia
SORRY, NO CANVAS TODAY
“Painting is distressing.” – Hahan1)
“ …I consider music art because and when I say ‘that song is art’, I don’t mean in comparison to a painting because I feel the visual arts are not nearly as sacred as the transcribed or audio communications, but it is art and I feel this society somewhere has lost its sense of what art is. Art is expression, in expression you need 100% full freedom and our freedom to express our Art is seriously being fucked with. –Kurt Cobain 2)
The face of a mischievous Javanese young man appeared on the cover of the Surat Cemeti, a bulletin of the Cemeti Art Foundation, Yogyakarta, in its November 2005 – January 2006 edition. The oval face is tilted slightly to the right, sneering cynically; the crazy, curly hair swells, looking like a bird’s nest;
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COMMON SENSE
COMMON SENSE’
ekspresi seni dan sikap budaya
Pameran dibuka oleh Menteri Kebudayaan dan Parawisata – Republik Indonesia
Seniman partisipan: Abas Alibasyah, Agapetus A. Kristiandana, Agus Sumiantara, Agus Suwage, Ay Tjoe Christine, Banung Grahita, Dadan Setiawan, Dede Eri Supria, Deden Sambas, Dipo Andy Muttaqien, Dodit Artawan, Eddie Prabandono, Edo Pillu, Entang Wiharso, Farhan Siki, F. Sigit Santoso, Galam Zulkifi, Hanafi, Hariadi Suadi, Hening Purnamawati, Ichwan Noor, Indra Ameng, Irman A. Rahman, I Wayan Sudarnaputra, Jumaadi, Ketut Moniarta, Misbach Thamrin, Nasirun, Nus Salomo, Putu Sutawijaya,
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Allegorical Flatness Painting – Artworks
Ito Joyoatmojo's Solo Exhibition, Curator : Asmudjo Jono Irianto. Time and Place : SIGIarts Gallery - September 4th – 17th, 2009 “My observation of ‘time’ as phenomena resulted to the product and led me to detach myself from the demand for an end result of the dynamic process. By emphasizing the dynamic, the product loses its significance…”
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Allegorical Flatness Painting
ALLEGORICAL FLATNESS PAINTING
A Solo Exhibition by Ito Joyoatmojo
Talking about flatness in contemporary painting practice obviously feels awkward and absurd. The contemporary painting has shown its function as a representation media, has it not? The canvas surface of painting in the contemporary art era is loaded with many narration and problems from outside the art region. The contemporary art no longer has any interest in questioning itself. The defenders of
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INDEXICAL FRIENDS
INDEXICAL FRIENDS
A Solo Exhibition by Triyadi Guntur Wiratmo
Photo is an index of reality. The works of Guntur are drawings and painting, referring to the photos of his friends’ faces, and therefore can be called index of indexes. Producing manual artworks with such a realistic, photo-like, quality takes a long time. This gave him a chance to think about the digital technology that can produce images in an instant. The length of time in the drawing process also gave him a way to reconstruct his memory and perception about the
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STRATEGIC PRESENTATION: SCULPTURE, LUZ AND ILLUSION
A Solo Exhibition by Eddi Prabandono
About 10 ton of clay were brought from Yogyakarta to SIGIarts Jakarta a couple of days ago. The tons of clay were wrapped in hundreds black plastic bag, 10 kilo each. The local materials of Godean village, Yogyakarta was made to build a giant sculpture within the exhibition space of SIGIarts, a sculpture of the head of Luz Miyagi Prabandono. The clay sculpture is 4 by 4 by 4 meter, the first site-specific project in SIGIarts.
For about two weeks, Eddi Prabandono, the sculptor and a couple of artisans put their effort in creating the head of Luz inside the gallery. The thrill is that the sculpture is made on the second floor, the only viewing room of the
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Process to Eddy Prabandono’s Exhibition: …Day Before Luz is Born!
*these images are courtesy of SIGIarts