Seni Baru: new art from Bali & Bandung
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- 02 Aug 2022
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When people think of contemporary Indonesian art, the location that comes to mind is Yogyakarta. Home to the leading art school Institut Seni Indonesia (ISI), Jogja is famous as ‘a city of artists’. Young people from around Indonesia interested in pursuing a career as artists often find their way to Jogja. In our Indonesian exhibitions to date, 16albermarle has featured predominantly artists from Jogja.
But Indonesia has other equally fascinating art scenes. Bandung for example, is home to the another major art school Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) and many of its graduates. ITB started in the mid 1950s with an interest in new and conceptual ideas, as opposed to ISI in Jogja, which had a focus on Indonesian art and culture. For decades the two schools competed, and their different philosophies could be seen in their graduates’ work.
This exhibition features three artists each from Bandung and Bail. From Bandung, gallerist and sculptor/painter Maharani Mancanagara presents one of her most powerful works, Unjustified Justify: amicus curiae. First exhibited in Art Bali 2019, the assemblage of painted wooden sculptures acts as a powerful indictment of the collective amnesia of the 1965-1966 genocide in Indonesia. Mancanagara solidifies the crucial necessity of a collective, public memory of crimes against humanity. Read More...
