TEASE! A GROUP EXHIBITION BY FOUR INDONESIAN ARTISTS BUDI AGUNG KUSWARA IDA BAGUS PUTU PURWA DODIT ARTAWAN KETUT MONIARTA
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TEASE! A GROUP EXHIBITION BY FOUR INDONESIAN ARTISTS BUDI AGUNG KUSWARA IDA BAGUS PUTU PURWA DODIT ARTAWAN KETUT MONIARTA
above; Budi Agung Kuswara (Kabul) Bukan Lagu Lama / acrylic on canvas 225 x 350 cm / 2013
In the works presented in TEASE!, the artists utilize the same form of expression in painting, each artist take on their individual angles on contemporary art in modern society; and even in questioning the medium itself, the various artists allow their inquisitions take form in creating or simply questioning, through which the thought and questioning answers itself. As subversive and playful as the artworks may seem, it allows the viewers to question their perceptions of contemporary art forms.
BUDI AGUNG KUSWARA (b. 1982 in Bali), also known as Kabul, left his hometown Sanur in Bali in 2002 to pursue Fine Art studies in Institut Seni Indonesia (ISI) Yogyakarta. Drawing inspiration from the diverse sociopolitical issues he has seen and experienced during his stay in Yogyakarta, and employing the Balinese tradition of storytelling, Kabul composes imageries that speak of a wide range of issues - all told with a hint of satire, a handful of puns, and fully loaded with symbolic references. Since 2003 to date, Budi Agung Kuswara (Kabul) has participated in numerous group exhibitions in various galleries and art spaces in Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Bandung, Denpasar, Magelang, as well as in Manila, Italy, San Francisco, and United Kingdom. Kabul presented his first solo exhibition entitled i.Self in 2008. His second solo exhibition, Floating Desire, will be presented in TAKSU Singapore in October 2012. Budi Agung Kuswara (Kabul) lives and works in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.The painting will be an icon in this work there is text that reads Never There Caste In Between Us, is a play on the title of the song Old “Never There Lies In Between Us”. Video interview by the Academician in Bali for their opinion on how important the existence of caste or educational environment of their social lives. As a young Balinese interviews intends familiarize cultural topics and traditions be talks everyday people to build knowledge together (Included in the exhibition Arts). Caste as a social title cultures have myths, ideals and history. of human messenger of God to the product of the colonial power politics. However, work is about caste from the standpoint of a more “universal”, Human Rights (HAM) it is based.
IDA BAGUS PUTU PURWA (b. 1976, Bali, Indonesia) graduated from Indonesian High School of Art (STSI) Denpasar (1996 –1998). As an heir to the culture remains “ridiculed” until now, in addition to human life, Purwa grew up in the stream of modernity Sanur with tourism and economic progress as well as contact with outside culture (Western). Since childhood Purwa have followed modern education, and as an artist he realizes he is also an individual who has the freedom to live a creative life. But he still is a man of Bali, and grew from a Brahmin family from childhood that he was familiar with the grammar rules and live a life of obedience Yadnya ceremony. In living her life Purwa faced with various issues, including the tension between individual self-awareness as a “free” (in the context of the artist) and the state itself as part of a social entity in particular custom in Bali. The male body is always moving and dancing, even when silence was tat gesture body through muscular muscles always show motion. Since last few years IB works. Putu Purwa display stocky male figure that is always moving and dancing with gestures and body language characteristics. Purwa is a young artist whose origin from Sanur Bali agitated with various problems around him. Through the figure of man that Purwa display problems he was feeling, using body language and gestures are shouting, sad, scared, want to be free, and so on. The body in art has been attached to the historical dimension, and has been for centuries the body has been explored in works of art. The golden age was in the Greek civilization, humans show relentless obsession with the realistic depiction of the human body. Started by inviting the Samaticus stonecutter from Mezir through the Mediterranean Sea and was born, Criteon Boy statue, until Polly Cletus made a great discovery there is the anatomy of the human body that was born a pair of statues Reanche Bronzes. Later revived during Renaissan, through exploration of Michael Angelo and in-depth study of anatomy by Leonardo da Vinci.
above left; Ida Bagus Putu Purwa Fighting #2 / charcoal, oil on paper 65 x 50 cm / 2013 above right; Ida Bagus Putu Purwa In Emotion / charcoal, oil on paper 65 x 50 cm / 2013 below left; Ida Bagus Putu Purwa #1 Flow Out / oil, charcoal on canvas 150 x 130 cm / 2013
DODIT ARTAWAN (b. 1978, Batu bulan) lives and works in Bali. Upon graduation from Bachelor of Fine Art at Indonesian Art Institute Denpasar Bali in 1997, Dodit started his practice as a part of TAKSU art clinic, an artist collective that made quite upheaval in Balinese art scene for breaking the established hegemony of dominant value in form of local identity by using traditional elements. From 1997 to date, Dodit had presented 3 solo exhibitions, and participated and numerous group exhibitions in various gallery and art spaces in Indonesia, Singapore and Italy. The lifestyle of contemporary society with a culture of consumerism that is so played an important and almost unavoidable, and critically celebrated as being the individual who becomes part of a great culture (the culture of consumerism). Lifting products consumer products from fast food, beverages: alcoholic beverages, soft drinks. shoes clothing bags, electronic, gadget, automotive, art materials: paint. Tools beauty tools such as Cosmetic, body lotion, moisturizer, shampoo, perfume etc. children’s toys, medicines, contraceptives or even sex toys. In terms of aesthetic interested in product packaging industrial products with all shapes and alluring design and colors. Visual display with compositions that tend to abstract and uniform, lying piled in large quantities to meet the field of canvas, as if by giving the impression of over-consumption.
above; Dodit Artawan / Dandy Society oil on canvas / 150 x 200 cm / 2013 middle; Dodit Artawan / Visual Candy #3 water color on paper / 50 x 70 cm / 2012 below; Dodit Artawan / Visual Candy #4 Choose Your Favorite Color And Flavour oil on canvas / 150 x 200 cm / 2013
KETUT MONIARTA (b. 1981 in Wanagiri, Bali) graduated from Indonesian Art Institute of Denpasar Bali. Moni understands very well that one of the strength of painting has been its ability to create the illusion of forms, with myriad possibilities of characters and plasticity. One can surmise that they are appealing for Moni because of their formal components: shape, material, and color. Apart from his Solo Exhibitions: Post Branded Objects in Semarang (2009) and The Way Of Seeing in Jakarta (2009), Moni has also participated in group exhibitions in Bali, Jakarta, Semarang, Yogyakarta, Singapore, and Italy. Moni was one of the finalists of Sovereign Asian Art Prize 2011. Ketut Moniarta lives and works in Bali, Indonesia. To me the painting is not the final product; it constantly contains new elements as it is more than just techniques and theme. Which brings me to another perspective regarding how we view a painting in different angels. And from there I begin with material of the painting: struktur, kanvas, cat, image and it’s dimensions and others. Which afterwards defines again the nature of the art . The exploration with the material itself is intended to preserve the essence of the painting. But there are times when it subvert the technicality of the painting, because when the structure is destroyed it’s 3D form will be lost. And in the end it will be an object which uses painting techniques to revive the objects of it’s 3D dimension.
above; Ketut Moniarta / Study Object #2 oil on canvas / 30 x 40 cm / 2012 below; Ketut Moniarta / The Broken Cans oil on canvas / 120 x 92 cm / 2011
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