Tag Archives: SIGIarts

As Face No Longer Bespeaks The Soul

By fiona | Published: May 5, 2010
[ May 5, 2010; 11:00 am; ] Sometime in 1995, Ugo Untoro had a solo exhibition at Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta. In the exhibition catalogue he wrote a kind of aesthetic “credo”. Thus, he wrote: “I don't have to strive for shapes and forms. Because there have been David, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Cezanne and Basoeki Abdullah. I don't have to trouble myself about colors, [...]
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Fluid Friction

By fiona | Published: April 8, 2010
[ April 7, 2010; 7:00 pm; ] A Solo Exhibition by Arin Dwihartanto “How I am forced to make compromises with the ‘uncontrolled’ conditions and deal with it by taking a variety of decisions, all depends on the situations at hand.” – Arin Dwihartanto “My canvas is like a pedestal,” Arin says. The painting that we see created on the canvas is [...]
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Cosmic Mantra

By fiona | Published: February 8, 2010
[ February 11, 2010; 7:00 pm; ] Solo exhibition of Albert Yonathan Setyawan Curated by: Asmudjo J. Irianto Humans, constructions, animals, and plants serve as the basis for the modules in Albert’s configurations. These modules seem to represent the universe and all its content. The underlying problem that unites these components, however, is not immediately apparent. We can view Albert’s works as [...]
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Lie Fhung: Corporal Dream

By fiona | Published: November 10, 2009
[ November 20, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] CORPOREAL DREAM A solo show by Lie Fhung (an Indonesian artist currently living in Hong Kong) featuring her latest mixed-media works Curated by Hendro Wiyanto: Start Time: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 7:00pm End Time: Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 8:00pm Location: SIGIarts Gallery Address: Jl. Mahakam I No. 11, Blok M (seberang Grand Mahakam Hotel) Jakarta, Indonesia
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SORRY, NO CANVAS TODAY

By fiona | Published: October 23, 2009
[ October 23, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] “Painting is distressing.” – Hahan1) “ …I consider music art because and when I say ‘that song is art’, I don’t mean in comparison to a painting because I feel the visual arts are not nearly as sacred as the transcribed or audio communications, but it is art and I feel this society somewhere has lost [...]
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COMMON SENSE

By fiona | Published: October 15, 2009
[ October 16, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] COMMON SENSE’ ekspresi seni dan sikap budaya Pameran dibuka oleh Menteri Kebudayaan dan Parawisata - Republik Indonesia Seniman partisipan: Abas Alibasyah, Agapetus A. Kristiandana, Agus Sumiantara, Agus Suwage, Ay Tjoe Christine, Banung Grahita, Dadan Setiawan, Dede Eri Supria, Deden Sambas, Dipo Andy Muttaqien, Dodit Artawan, Eddie Prabandono, Edo Pillu, Entang Wiharso, Farhan Siki, F. Sigit Santoso, Galam Zulkifi, [...]
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Allegorical Flatness Painting – Artworks

By fiona | Published: September 3, 2009
Allegorical Flatness Painting Ito Joyoatmojo's Solo Exhibition, Curator : Asmudjo Jono Irianto. Time and Place : SIGIarts Gallery - September 4th – 17th, 2009 “My observation of ‘time’ as phenomena resulted to the product and led me to detach myself from the demand for an end result of the dynamic process. By emphasizing the dynamic, the [...]
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Allegorical Flatness Painting

By fiona | Published: September 2, 2009
[ September 4, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] ALLEGORICAL FLATNESS PAINTING A Solo Exhibition by Ito Joyoatmojo Talking about flatness in contemporary painting practice obviously feels awkward and absurd. The contemporary painting has shown its function as a representation media, has it not? The canvas surface of painting in the contemporary art era is loaded with many narration and problems from outside the art region. [...]
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INDEXICAL FRIENDS

By fiona | Published: August 18, 2009
[ August 19, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] INDEXICAL FRIENDS A Solo Exhibition by Triyadi Guntur Wiratmo Photo is an index of reality. The works of Guntur are drawings and painting, referring to the photos of his friends’ faces, and therefore can be called index of indexes. Producing manual artworks with such a realistic, photo-like, quality takes a long time. This gave him a chance [...]
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STRATEGIC PRESENTATION: SCULPTURE, LUZ AND ILLUSION

By fiona | Published: July 31, 2009
[ July 30, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] A Solo Exhibition by Eddi Prabandono About 10 ton of clay were brought from Yogyakarta to SIGIarts Jakarta a couple of days ago. The tons of clay were wrapped in hundreds black plastic bag, 10 kilo each. The local materials of Godean village, Yogyakarta was made to build a giant sculpture within the exhibition space of [...]
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