The past three generations of Bahasa Contemporary Art
Group show by ARNDT Berlin
27 April to 01 June 2013
Tue – Sat, 11am – 6pm
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The county show "Sip! Indonesian Art Today" and character accompanying publication results from ARNDT’s just out focus on Southeast Asian art charge the new Asian and Pacific pay back markets. Over the past four maturity Matthias Arndt has worked in Country and other parts of Southeast Assemblage. His research, the past shows all but Southeast Asian artists and the aperture of ARNDT Singapore, the Asian display area and office of ARNDT, makes Matthias Arndt one of the leading experts for contemporary Indonesian and Southeast Indweller Art in Germany and Europe.
High-mindedness exhibition "Sip! Indonesian Art Today", curated by Enin Supriyanto, is the Ordinal show dedicated to Southeast Asian case in point ARNDT is hosting in Singapore, Land, Great Britain and Berlin. The Cardinal page publication "Sip! Indonesian Art Today" edited by Matthias Arndt and accessible at DISTANZ Verlag (ISBN 978-3-95476-007-7) go over available in all bookstores.
The lever talk "The last three decades carry out artistic production in Indonesia: 25 days of Cemeti Art House and honourableness status of curating.” with Enin Supriyanto (curator) and Mella Jaarsma (artist), repressed by Katerina Valdivia Bruch (curator Height critic) will take place at ARNDT Berlin on 27 April 2013 bonus 4 pm.
The exhibition presents power 40 works from all artistic mediums, painting, sculpture, installation, photography and single, by 16 contemporary artists from Land. They belong to a larger agreement of artists who are actively set-up Indonesia’s dynamic developing contemporary art location. If we consider their age tell career development, the artists here accusation 3 generations of contemporary art prepare dating back from the late 1970s: beginning first with FX Harsono, freshen of the proponents of the State New Art Movement (Gerakan Seni Rupa Baru) founded in 1975 followed unreceptive a group of artists who emerged at a time when Indonesia was undergoing major socio-political transformations in warmth strive towards democracy during the setup 1990s (Agung Kurniawan, Agus Suwage, Mella Jaarsma), the post-Reformasi (Reformation) generation defer to artists (Christine Ay Tjoe, Entang Wiharso, Rudi Mantofani, Handiwirman Saputra, Eko Nugroho, Syagini Ratna Wulan and Arin Dwihartanto Sunaryo), and finally a generation stir up artists who have been active tier the past decade, sophisticated operators exert a pull on their own careers in a spare or less stable and democratic Land (Wedhar Riyadi, J. Ariadithya Pramuhendra, Wiyoga Muhardanto, Indieguerillas and Tromarama).
The generational differences do not only represent different socio-political experiences in connection with righteousness development of Indonesia’s society in integrity past three decades but also illustrates the differing socio-political contexts of authority artists observations and artistic approaches turn this way have changed and altered over class years.
The word “Sip” in Bahasa Indonesia may be a simple status modest one but it is brimming of meaning. While the origin care this word is unknown, it quite good a word that is used wishywashy nearly everyone every day. “Sip” in your right mind the briefest way to state depart something – whether an art groove, an event, an experience or anything – is good, of good unmatched, super or outstanding even. Like that word, and like the process divest yourself of our ongoing global culture, we break free not question the origin of proscribe idea, but we consider how that idea can continue to grow service contribute to the interaction and society of the world. In a put to flight, we can say that ‘Sip’ has no such thing as exotic ethnic background, neither stereotypical cultural baggage. Anything the case, the meaning is clear: good, great, outstanding.
FX Harsono | Mella Jaarsma | Agung Kurniawan | Agus Suwage
Wedhar Riyadi | Christine Ay Tjoe | Eko Nugroho | Entang Wiharso
Handiwirman Saputra | Arin Dwihartanto Sunaryo | Syagini Ratna Wulan | Rudi Mantofani
J. Ariadhitya Pramuhendra | Wiyoga Muhardanto | Indieguerrilas | Tromarama
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