FACE VALUE
“FACE VALUE”
THE SELF PORTRAITS OF FOUR ARTISTS
Start Time: Friday, June 19 at 7 PM
End Time: Sunday, July 5, 2009 at 8.00 AM
Location: SIGIarts
Street: Jl. Mahakam I no. 11 Kebayoran Baru
City/Town: Jakarta Selatan 12130
Phone/ Fax: 021.726-0949/ 021.726-1017
Mobile: 0852.859.45170
Email: info@sigiarts.com
CURATED BY ASMUDJO JONO IRIANTO
It can be said that the four artists in this exhbition, Agus Suwage, Astari, Budi Kustarto and FX Harsono are the most intense contemporary Indonesian artists who continously dealing with self portraits. The works of these four are lucid with identity politics—as is common in the self-portraits
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It is often mentioned that the era of contemporary art is an era that has been liberated from the burden of history—or that of the modern art of the West. One must admit, however, that the development of modern and contemporary art in the world is very much influenced by the development of modern and contemporary art of the West. The “liberation” of the contemporary art from the historical “burden” and determination of the modern art is nevertheless often considered as an advantage and freedom for the contemporary artists. That is why the history of modern art constitutes a forgotten realm, uninteresting for most young artists of today.