Exhibition Analysis: The Tranquil World of Chris Suharso

EXHIBITION ANALYSIS REPORT THE

TRANQUIL

WORLD

OF

CHRIS

ABSTRACTION / LAYERING / MIX MEDIA

ANNISA DYAH LAZUARDINI MAULITTA CININTYA IASHA ULFA RIFANNY

SUHARSO

ABSTRACTION HOW TO COMMUNICATE THE EXHIBITION? When visitors enter the exhibition room, the first thing they will notice from the entrance is a wall content of an exhibition narration about exhibtion purpose and artist’s background

Those narration become an object that catch visitor attention because its position is parallel to the entrance position.

Other element made those naration more standout is a contrast between those narration ( the only writing in the room ) and paintings around it

Visitor’s circula-on

Exhibition naration in ground floor

From this point, the narration feel so attracting with lighting on it and contrast with other paintings on the same wall

The same thing also happen in the next floor. When visitor go to first floor whether using lift or stairs, they will see a couple of big and attracting paintings. After get close to them, the section narration also shownup behind wall in left.

Those eye catching narration also appear when visitor enter the other exhibition room in the same level

Visitor’s circulation

The same pattern that continuosly repeated even in second floor about narration that become attractor in the first moment visitors arrive in every floor make they understand that those narration is important to starting experience the exhibition

Visitor’s circulation

In this exhibition, the narration is on purpose to become starter/basic knowledge for visitors so they can understand the exhibition.

Basicly the content of those narrations is a general explaination about paintings that placed near those

The explanation is not detail. After reading the narration in every section, the visitors will see many paintings that only has little information attached next to them. The content are code, title, media, artsist’s name, and size.

The same as exhibition or section narrations, the painting’s information also general

The design purpose of those two elements then become clear. That the exhibition’s designer do not want to give the whole information about the entire exhibition to the visitors. Its enough to communicate the exhibition through those narrations and paintings informations ony.

The result is the visitors will use their background and experience to understand the exhibiton.

This methode is useful because the visitors will look the paintings carefuly and guess what the meaning of each painting. Still, they have a boundary of interpretating created by those narrations and painting’s information that they have read first.

Then the exhibitor able to communicate the exhibition but still let the visitors to think as they are. So the exhibition that interesting, let a free interpretation but not go to the wrong direction happened.

Layering

» Introduction Layering become one of the important elements in regulating the artworks into parts so that can generate a sequence of narrative in the exhibition design.

In the case of “′The Tranquil World of Chris Suharso”″ exhibition, layering acts as a regulator of the storyline which guides the visitor to be able to capture information

about chris’ world in his artworks.

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1. » Entrance Before entering the gallery, in front of the gate, this exhibition event put a big banner. The banner is installed in a temporary installation in the form of poles. The temporary installation conform with the banner, which the temporary installations are not made permanent because it can be fitted to any size banner for the types of other

temporary exhibition events.

The Banner is placed to inform people which people in general do not accidentally pass through the front gallery to come into this public event exhibition. (1.)

In front of the gate, it can be seen also the use of window security post as a information board. Here the function itself apart as the security guard security information as well as a

means of information to ask in outside the gallery.

The use of window as information display, exhibition organizer should provide an information board itself for the event organizer to put posters in it. (2.)

This gallery has a big theme color which is the red color. We can see there is a relationship between the use of red color on the “′entrance”″ writing with “′art:1”″ writing which is located in front of the gate. The red color indicates the relationship that here is the location of the gallery and guide us to get there.

Before entering the gallery, we will be greeted with an installation of permanent artwork. This permanent installation is not part of the exhibition, but for many people which is the first time to visit the art gallery will be curious about the meaning of this art installation.

The artwork describes the philoshophy of Art:1 and its

vision for building which is a strong infrastructure for art in Indonesia. This could be an ippression and identity for the building.

The entering door of the gallery is a huge glass automatic sliding door. So the transparent door makes visitors can access the sight to the inside gallery which can see hanging paintings that could be the exhibition.

When we entered building there will be information desk to begin exhibition journey with fill guest list book.

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» Zones Zones is divided by the groups of artworks that have been set according to the brief introduction words.

There is also a sub-groups in the group of artworks.

Groups or sub-groups set up by the keywords that describe the art world of Chris Suharso.

Introduction words: The Tranquil World of Chris Suharso Group by art medias Group by arranged year

1st Floor

On the 1st floor, the introduction words more to tell about the history of the development of Chris in the process of work. Zones are divided into Chris’ art medias and also the year of manufacture.

History by year 1965-1980-1996 with favourite medias of water colour and oil paint

Pencil and charcoal sub group

Pastel sub group

Realis style sub group

Abstract style sub group

Introduction words: Figur dalam Karya Chris Suharso, Bunga dan Alam Benda, Fauna dalam Karya Chris Suharso, Lanskap Alam; Group by figure painting Urban; dan Spiritual.

Group by flower painting Group by animal painting Group by lanscap painting

2nd Floor

On the 2nd floor, the introduction words more to tell the objects drawing of paintings. Zones are divided into different kind of objects.

Animals Paintings

Rice field sub-group

Urban sub-group

Spiritual Landscap

Green landscap sub-group

Figure paintings

Flower paintings

Introduction words: Sekularitas dan Spiritual Lingkungan Group by art medias Group by environment activities paintings

3rd Floor

On the 3rd floor, the introduction words more to tell about his works that dedicates with his home town, Bali. Zones are divided into Chris’ art medias and also the activities object on the paintings.

Charcoal dispaly

Everyday life paintings

Acara adat & budaya Bali sub group

» Circulations There are some circulations which are formed from several types of visitors, including circulation formed by the Curator of the exhibition with the aim to deliver information about Chris Suharso’s art, as well as the circulation which is formed by the visitors with a goal himself for sight-seeing only.

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Pleasuring The Knowledge of Arts

The curator make the circulation by attracting the visitors to looking at the introduction words in the first time, then the visitors will flow to the next artworks that is hanging next the introduction.

The circulation will be end in the stairs/lift points. Which is lift is common used by disable

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Lt.3

visitors.

Attracting point Starting point

Sight-seeing only

For this type of visitors, the visitors usually have several choices for take the first movement. The choices are made by zones that already in arranged in several lines.

Abstrak style group qualities

» Spatial Qualities The spatial qualities are made by arrangement of the group of artworks itself. The kind of medias group, styles group, or objects group will made its own qualities. The qualities will make the art atmosphere that Chris want to deliver.

Pencil and charcoal group qualities

Painting of Bali figures group qualities

Abstrak style group qualities

Flower painting group qualities

MIX MEDIA : introductory text

+220 cm

view from -45 to +45 degree

Introductory texts are used in every segment of the exhibition. Their contents are brief introduction to the main theme and extra explanation of each segment.

To make it easier to read, height of the whole text are adjusted between 50-220 cm from the floor, with comfortable view angle to read from afar or near. +60 cm

MIX MEDIA : introductory text

LOCATION in first sight for every segment of the exhibition

1st floor

2nd floor

3rd floor

THE TEXT

THE LIGHT

cutting sticker can be read clearly black on white impress elegancy

2 m away 3.5 m height

serif type 3 cm height clear spacing justified

60 degrees tilt ray center reflected above the title to 2/3 higher part make it not too bright, also emphasizing the whole text

formal can be read comfortably for long moment to read from 50-200 cm away

give a dim reflection

MIX MEDIA choosing the right frame All works are framed with different type and style. Decisions of what kind of frame to use is depending on the painting type and style, also depending on the purpose and segment of exhibition.

Most of oil paintings are using thick and fully ornamented frame

While most of watercolour paintings are using more thin and simple one

There is also special framings for particular purpose.

One painting in introductory segment is using paint stand, because it is for auction so they emphasize the painting by exhibit it differently.

MIX MEDIA choosing the right frame OIL WATERCOLOUR soft / thin / bright

hard / thick / grande

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Some of the paintings are having white list between frame and paintings, mostly hardtextured fabric, and is thinner than the outer metal or wood frame Paintings are not covered with glass, because the oil paint have contour

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white list between frame and paintings are mostly silky-textured fabric, and is about 2 or 3 times thicker than the outer frame

Paintings are covered with glass, because watercolour is less resistant from external factor (dirt, water) soft fabric

hard fabric

MIX MEDIA ways of hanging There are two ways of hanging used in this exhibition, BACK-FRAME STRAP Common type of painting display. Used for paintings displayed in permanent wall because this has to do with nailing spikes. This type makes the paintings a bit slant for not more than 5 degrees.

NYLON STRING HANGER Used for both paintings displayed in permanent or temporary wall. In permanent wall, this type is used for hanging not too bulky things. In additional wall, nylon is strained to the upside of the wall.

MIX MEDIA lighting First and third floor have two lighting sources, natural and artificial, while second floor only have artificial lighting. Artificial lighting also have 3 types,

SPOTLIGHT

tint

directed to upper side of frame diameter of concentrated light: + 50 cm diameter of dim light : + 250 cm distance from paintings: 150 cm away, 350 cm height tilt degree: 45-60 colour: warmwhite – yellow, with green or red tint pendant lamp mini spotlight

ceiling lamp

SPOTLIGHT RAIL

It gives a round overlaying dim light and light accent from reflection of the frame. The light is not directly spotted to paintings because of its maintenance requirement and to make glass-cover not reflecting the light too much.

MIX MEDIA lighting NATURAL LIGHT

PENDANT LAMP

CEILING LAMP

Located per + 5 m as general lighting for the 1st & 2nd floor daylight fluorescent bright ambience not directly spotted to artworks

located per 1 meter in a beam 2 meters distance per row as general lighting for 3rd floor daylight fluorescent not directly spotted to artworks

Shined area Backlighted display Light source

MIX MEDIA lighting There’s a problem with glass-covered paintings. The light ray central spot from the spotlight reflected makes a bright spot in the painting.

PROBLEMS

Glass-covered paintings also have problem when displayed near window. Bright sunlight interfere and makes the painting reflected the whole room. The painting is also looks dark from afar.

MIX MEDIA background music

To deliver a tranquil ambience, background music chosen is a playlist consists of classical and romantic period. Music is played smoothly, not too loud, so it didn’t distract and just give a relax and serene feelings.