art of mg pringgotono

art of

MG Pringgotono

Statement

We are humans that always looking for secure. Explore everything to satisfied our need, to feel free, free to speak, free to think, to be wealth, to choose, to feel love, to socialize, to be educated and feel secure for all those things. But, we often unrealized if in that process, we took somebody rights. We took their freedom.

People hurting each other.

In my recent work of art mostly shown helmet as a symbol of people to secure themselves. In Jakarta, the place where i stay for living, too many people with motorbike in this past 5 years.

Including myself. Bike becomes social statement even they rejected it. People said that they need to buy motorbike for work, for solving their mobility problem in Jakarta with really bad traffic. This phenomenon also caused by motorbike company who gave good promotion, by selling it with loan. In fact, some buyers cannot pay for the 3th or 4th installment. In 2009, there are 7.840.671 motor bike and its growing within 897 unit per day in Jakarta.

By that fact, my focus is not talking about motorbike population.

But my interest is people who survive and struggle in the urban area, Jakarta. I see people using helmet everywhere. We can assure that bike owner have at least two helmet. Even some people owning helmet without owning bike, its because they need to used "ojek" to work and do not want to use ojek's helmet.

Uncomforted, and not sure if it safe. Another fact, nowadays, so many demonstration in Jakarta and some of them are also using helmets. For what? maybe to feel secure for their head if clashes with the authorities should happen. What i see is people never stop to fulfill their need. They are looking for safety life. And helmet tells a lot about humanity to me.

Human’s body and faces mostly appear as an object in most of my artwork. I like using bright color when applying it to my paintings. I like playing with clear and blur line character at the same time or in replacement so it will not look as a line anymore.

The line is blurring but sometimes looks clear. Simplicity in shapes mostly shown difficult and complicated, I think that is a representation of my view about the problem in this life that I visualize in my artwork. The visualizations technique that I used in my artwork affected by my first painting technique and that is airbrush technique, that’s why gradation sometimes dominating my colors. My desire in exploring art medium makes me unsatisfied by only using airbrush and longing to explore more.

Different materials and techniques as airbrush, photography, mural, poster and paintings with acrylic or oil come in vary as a work of art.

Title :drowning year: 2010 technique / medium: digital painting using sketchbook pro/ print on canvas dimensions: (in cm): 150 x 165 cm Brief description or outline of this work: we are peoples that looking for safety’s life , but we usually use wrong safety equipment. Some people cannot see clearly what they need and what they facing on. This is my digital painting using my tablet with sketchbook pro software.

title: Life insurance year: 2009 technique / medium: digital painting using sketchbook pro/ print on canvas dimensions: (in cm): 150 x 90 cm Brief description or outline of this work: Every body need to make sure if their life is secure. We need life insurance. But we suffering to complete that.

title: Man with helmet year: 2009 technique / medium: airbrush painting / acrylic on kanvas dimensions: (in cm): 80 x 60 cm Brief description or outline of this work: its shown us about strange person in my life. I cannot recognize him in his helmet and mask. I also not so sure what is he trying to. Is he a criminal who surrender? Is he greeting?

This is an ambiguity that shown behind the cover of a man with the helmet.

title: Monalisa is a biker year: 2009 technique / medium: digital painting using sketchbook pro/ print on canvas dimensions: (in cm): 150 x100 Brief description or outline of this work: In Jakarta, too many people with motorbike in this past 5 years.

Including myself. Bike becomes social statement even they rejected it. People said that they need to buy motorbike for work, for solving their mobility problem in Jakarta with really bad traffic. This phenomenon also caused by motorbike company who gave good promotion, by selling it with loan.

In fact, some buyers cannot pay for the 3th or 4th installment. In 2009, there are 7.840.671 motor bike and its growing within 897 unit per day in Jakarta. Men and women are ridding a bike.i wondering, Does monalisa will ridding a bike if she born in this generation.

title: To much connection year: 2009 technique / medium: digital painting using sketchbook pro/ print on canvas dimensions: (in cm): 150 x100

title: Partai Republik Helem (Republic of Helmet Partie) year: 2009 technique / medium: Champaign poster / print on paper dimensions: (in cm): A3 Brief description or outline of this work: 2009 is election year for Indonesian government. There are 34 parties to choose. Champaign season makes posters, billboard, banners are spreading everywhere. They spread their promise in any chances. So I make my own party champaign poster “Partai Republik Helem” with tag “together, we looking for safeties”.

title: next couple (urban marriage) year: 2008 technique / medium: airbrush painting / acylic on plywood billboard (with a hole for the faces) dimensions: (in cm): 200 cm x 240 cm x 10 cm Brief description or outline of this work: in a wedding party I always ask to my self when it will happen to me.

Couples who come to the wedding usually discuss about when and how their wedding will be. In the process to wedding people negotiation between couple and family. Start from place, dress, culture, food, schedule, and invitation So I just try to help them with my “next couple” billboard for them to take a picture for their wedding invitation. They can put their face in the hole to complete java’s bride and groom figure.

title: Masking nation year: 2008 technique / medium: masking paper / print on paper dimensions: (in cm): 28 x 18 cm Brief description or outline of this work: I meet people and ask them to use my face and ale paper mask. I want to know how they feels. Is it weird/ strange/ funny/ ridiculous or feels enjoy? How do they feels being someone else and not themselves.

title: being me (masking nation) year: 2008 technique / medium: airbrush painting and simple electronic kit / acrylic on plywood dimensions: (in cm): 180 x 120 cm Brief description or outline of this work: different with Ale, I am just no body. The face trying to hypnotize you, his eye rolling and his tongue stuck in and out. We sometimes enjoy being hypnotized by our role model and trying to copy them.

title: Being Ale ( masking nation) year: 2008 technique / medium: airbrush painting and simple electronic kit / acrylic on plywood dimensions: (in cm): 170 x 120 cm Brief description or outline of this work: ale is one of a local band musician that quite famous among the teens, his face trying to hypnotize you, his eye rolling and his cigarette heating. We sometimes enjoy being hypnotized by our role model and trying to copy them.

title: satu selimut (one blanket) year: 2007 technique / medium: book / photoprint in a blanket covered book dimensions: (in cm): 21 x 23 cm Brief description or outline of this work: the idea is to know how people in Jakarta choose to sleep. We interview and taken their pictures at night which is the time for them to sleep.

Art and Social Activity 2000, Founder of Pour-Selen art community in Kampung Ambon, Jakarta. Held two visual art exhibition for young artist in kampong.

2001, Love Project, workshop Airbrush workshop for street kids at Frigaleri, Depok, as an initiator and tutor of the workshop.

2002, Love Project 2, How to make unique clock workshop for street kids from east Jakarta at Visual Art Gallery of Universitas Negeri Jakarta. As an initiator an and tutor.

2003, Work in group as Propagraphic-Movement to produce any public propaganda such as poster, mural, wheatpaste, and stickers.

2004, As a founder of “Project or”, an artist initiative for art student in Universitas Negeri Jakarta to research, collaboration, produce art work and presentation. This activity keeps continuous until now in support by Serrum.

2004,. Working in group to build library for orphan house in Al-Istiqomah Foundation Kalibata Jakarta.

2005, Art and craft Teacher in SD 22 (elementary school) North Jakarta.

2005, As a founder of ISRTB (Institut Seni Rupa Terbuka Banget). We make institution inside the institution to critic an education process. We open art class for student from any discipline to learn paintings, ceramics, graphic design, etc. This activity also to find creative method of art teaching for UNJ visual art student who teach in ISRTB. 2005, As a founder and director of SERRUM art and education community in Jakarta. To manage more efficiently all earlier activity such as : project_or, street kids and orphan support, propagraphic movement, and art education. .

2006, Teacher for Life Skill Program. This program is to give scavengers in east Jakarta to be more creative to recycle.

2007, Working in OK. VIDEO Jakarta International Video Festival 2007 as a mentor in video workshop for native people in Jati Wangi-West Java.

2009, As Display Coord inator of OK.VIDEO COMEDY- 4th Jakarta International Video Festival 2009 Exhibition in National Galery ofIndonesia-Jakarta 2009, Working in Ruangrupa Art laboratory team (Ade Darmawan, Hauritsa, Iswanto Harsono, Reza ’asung’ Afisina, MG Pringgotono, & Ugeng T. Mutidjo) to research unmapped market in Jakarta. We looking for the connection between urban mobility, sites/places, story. For the result, we developing print market map and spread it to public, cheap/secondhand market called Lonely Market.

Exhibition 2000, Visual Art Exhibition “cihui” at studio Pour-Selen, Jakarta.

2000, Visual Art Exhibition“ kressek 1“ at Universitas Negeri Jakarta.

2001, Solo Exhibition “see, think,do” at Frigal Gallery, Depok, Banten.

2001, Solo Airbrush Work Exhibition at Ambasador Plaza, Jakarta.

2003, Young Ceramic artist Exhibition at Nasional Gallery of Indonesia.

2004, Jakarta 32c Exhibition at Nasional Gallery of Indonesia.

2004, “Daun Muda 3 kota“ 3 city exhibition at Padi Art Ground, Bandung.

2004, Visual Art Exhibition“ kressek 2“ at Universitas Negeri Jakarta.

2004, “Eye lotion” Residency and exhibition at Ruangrupa Jakarta.

2005, Indonesian Visual Art Student Exhibition “aku bermain maka aku ada” at Nasional Gallery of Indonesia.

2005, Exhibition mural WA project at Aksara gallery, Jakarta. Artist collaborative with Oliver Milagu (French) 2006, Jakarta 32 c #2 Exhibition at Nasional Gallery of Indonesia.

2006, “lets the kids play ” exhibition. Collaboration with street kids at ruangrupa gallery.

2006, Artist collaborative with Renne Hayasi (Mexico); A Workshop about playground in the city of Jakarta for street house “sanggar anak Akar”.

2007, Workshop mentor in OK.VIDEO Jakarta International Video Festival 2007 at Jatiwangi.

2008, Exhibition HYBRID_E #2 “LET'S WRAP!”, at Centre Culturel Français (CCF) Jakarta 2008, Urban Marriage, its long life collaboration start?, at National Health Depatement, Jakarta.

2009, Mural on the street “Tribute to Teacher” remainds the national teachers day. Working in group of street artist Jakarta Propagrapic.

2009, Research presentation “Lonely Market” at Ruangrupa, Jakarta.

MG Pringgotono mgpringgotono@gmail.com www.mgpringgotono.wordpress.com www.emjiestuff.blogspot.com www.serrum.org