Sarong – Identity?
deFACEment, solo exhibition by Teguh Ostenrik
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Teguh Ostenrik’s obsession with the face goes back to the beginning of his career, when he was studying in Germany in 1976. In the years of 1980-1981 Teguh had made a series of almost pure abstract expressionism and in 1983, Teguh returned to painting the face in his series, Mutants. This deformation of the face in Mutants was the basis for the Defacement series (2007-2010). Although the purpose of Mutants was to express a particular sentiment of the times, Teguh’s intent was more rudimentary with the recent works.
Linea Nigra
Curated by Chris Kerrigan
Teguh Ostenrik has spent the majority of his career exploring ideas of expression, communication and identity through imagery of faces and masks. Teguh’s latest series, Linea Nigra, focuses on his most personal relationship, that of with his pregnant wife. Yet in these new works he includes no face or element of identity. Instead he describes his subject with varying perspectives, from intense intimacy to a stark, direct observation,
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10×10: An Accidental Autobiography
C&C Projects and A.O.D. Art Space are proud to present our second collaboration; a solo exhibition by legendary Jakarta based artist, Teguh Ostenrik.
Inspired by youth and nostalgia, Teguh Ostenrik set out to create a new series of artwork based the sketches he made in New York in 1980. This new work began as a simple revisiting of a pivotal point in his early career. As Teguh developed the series, his mind wandered and his style and stroke morphed to incorporate elements of his extensive work from the last 30 years. In the course of creating over 280 new 10x10cm paintings, it seems that Teguh has developed an unintentional autobiographical series.
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Philo Art Space Fine Art 4th Anniversary Exhibition
Philo Art Space Fine Art 4th Anniversary Exhibition
HAPPINESS 9
Curated by Tommy F Awuy
Agus Suwage I Chandra Johan I Dipo Andy I Diyanto I Doel AB I Galam Zulkifli I Hamdan Omar I Haris Purnomo I Heri Dono I Ibnu Nurwanto I Jerry Thung I Nurkholis I S. Teddy D. I Ronald Manullang I Teguh Ostenrik I Tisna Sanjaya
On Wednesday, 09.09.09
At 5 pm – onwards
Philo Art Space
Jl Kemang Timur 90 c South Jakarta 12730 Indonesia
t: (021) 719 84 48 m: +62 811 10 60 47 e: philoartspace99@gmail.com