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U R B A N S I G N S
JOKO ‘GUNDUL’SULISTIONOPRIYARIS MUNANDARSUJARWODENY BOJONGLENNY RATNASARI WEICHERT
Joko ‘Gundul’ Sulistiono, Priyaris Munandar,
Sujarwo, Lenny Ratnasari Weichert, Deny Bojong
april 27 - may 27, 2013
URBAN SIGNS
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Berawal dari tanda (sign). Karya manusia, apa pun itu, tak pernah muncul dari ruang vakum. Seni rupa dalam hal ini merupakan karya dengan terlebih dulu muncul dalam keterkaitan relasional antara minat dengan adanya rangsangan. Keterkaitan ini biasanya disebut sebagai proses penandaan dan proses ini berlangsung secara sangat internal (per-gumulan estetik dalam diri kreator)
Philo Art Space kali ini menggelar pameran seni rupa (karya lukis dan patung) dengan mengambil tema Urban Signs. Ruang dan waktu atau kondisi dari apa yang kita sebut “ur-ban” itu sudah tentu merupakan proses tanda-tanda tertentu secara internal dari semua pihak yang terlibat di dalamnya, sadar atau tidak.
Seorang perupa memiliki gambaran ideal atau konsep tentang dunia rupa dalam pikirannya (petanda, signified) dan dengan potensi in-drawinya ia menangkap tanda-tanda ekster-nal atau biasa disebut “penanda” (signifier). Konsep dan potensi indrawi inilah yang men-jadi dasar adanya pengetahuan (proses pen-andaan) itu sebagai sebuah karya. Tegasnya, sebuah karya tak lain dan tak bukan adalah “sistem tanda”, bukan semata-mata idea mau-pun material.
Sebuah produk, dalam konteks di sini yai-tu karya seni rupa, sebagai “sistem tanda” hanya mungkin kita pahami lewat bahasa. Se-layaknya bahasa tak hanya dipahami dalam artian sempit yaitu bahasa sebagai alat komunikasi tapi juga sebagai proses tanda (signifier-signified) yang berlangsung dalam diri seseorang. Mengamati sebuah karya seni rupa sama halnya kita berusaha membaca atau menginterpretasi bahasa karya itu dan dalam usaha ini kita sendiri pun sudah melaku-
It is born out of sign. Human creations, whatever
those may be, never materialized from vacuum. Arts
are creations resulted from a relational connection
between passion and stimulants. This connection is
usually called as signifying process and this process
runs at a very internal level, in the aesthetic battle of
the creator.
Philo Art Space is presenting paintings and sculpture
in the theme of Urban Signs. The space and time or
condition that we call ‘urban’ is certainly an internal
process of specific signs of all the parties involved in it,
whether they are aware of it or not.
An artist has an ideal picture or concept of the art world
in their mind (signified) and with all the sensory talent
that they have, they capture the external signs (usually
called signifier). It is this concept and the sensory
talent that form the foundation of the knowledge (the
signifying process) as a creation. Put simply, a creation
is none other than a ‘system of signs’, not a mere idea
or material.
A product, which in this context is an art work, as a
‘system of signs’ may only be understood through
language. But we shall not see language in its narrow
sense as a means to communicate, but to see it as a
signifying (signifier – signified) process occurring in a
self. To observe a creation of art is comparable to trying
to read or interpreting the language of the creation,
and in this effort to understand itself we are going
through the signifying process, as we put meaning to
the language of the creation. Our interpretation may
URBAN SIGNS
URBAN SIGNS
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kan proses tanda, tegasnya memaknai bahasa karya itu. Pemaknaan di sini bisa saja san-gat tepat dengan yang dimaksud oleh sang kreator tapi bisa juga sangat berbeda.
Pameran dengan tema Urban Signs ini me-nampilkan lima perupa, lukis dan patung. Lukis: Priyaris Munandar, Joko ‘Gundul’ Sulistiono, Sujarwo, Deny Bojong, patung: Lenny Ratnasari Weichert. Masing-masing dengan ‘bahasanya’ sendiri namun sama-sama ingin mengungkapkan ‘bacaannya’ atas satu fenomena keseharian hidup mereka yaitu fenomena urban.
Karya-karya lukis Priyaris Munandar memper-lihatkan kumpulan-kumpulan dari sosok-sosok manusia dengan benda-benda tegak berukuran tertentu. Kumpulan-kumpulan itu tidak be-rada secara acak namun dalam formasi seper-ti sedang menghadapi sebuah kondisi serius dan sangat menyadari akan posisinya mas-ing-masing. Sebuah gambaran realitas yang hendak mengingatkan bahwa kita senantiasa berada di dalam situasi yang serba siap-siaga, bisa sewaktu-waktu terancam. Namun kumpulan-kumpulan itu tak seterusnya mem-perlihatkan jarak satu dengan yang lain se-cara tegas, sedia membaur manakala hal itu memang tak bisa dihindarkan. Ruang urban pada dasarnya adalah spirit relasional yang kompetitif!
Pada karya-karya Joko ‘Gundul’ Sulistiono menunjukkan kesemarakan suasana seperti halnya kita menyaksikan mural-mural kota. Langkah hidup manusia kini terus terkon-sentrasi ke depan, pilihan dari apa yang diperbuatnya sendiri, tepatnya dikepung oleh berbagai produk teknologi canggih, in-formasi, transportasi, dan lain-lain. Na-mun misalnya dengan mengambil tokoh-tokoh tradisional wayang, punakawan, kita digeli-tik pada pertanyaan, siapkah mental kita menghadapi kondisi yang sedemikian canggih ini?
Pertanyaan di atas barangkali bisa terjawab oleh karya-karya Sujarwo yang memperlihat-kan optimisme masa sekarang dan masa depan. Keseharian kita memang selayaknya hidup dalam labirin, apakah bertemu atau tidak jalan ke luar. Kecenderungannya manusia ur-ban senantiasa berusaha untuk terus maju dan bahkan melangit, berambisi mendirikan
arrive at the same meaning the creator invented, but it
may as well be entirely different.
The exhibition under the theme Urban Signs is presenting
the works of five artists, sculptors and painters. Painters
are Priyaris Munandar, Joko ‘Gundul’ Sulistiono, Sujarwo,
Deny Bojong, sculptor is Lenny Ratnasari Weichert. Each
brings their own ‘language’ but all are united in their
intention to convey their ‘readings’ of the phenomenon
occurring in their daily life: the urban phenomenon.
The paintings of Priyaris Munandar show groups of
human beings with erect objects in certain measurement.
These groups do not form a random configuration, but
they are in a formation that looks as if they are faced with
a serious condition and that they are acutely aware of
their own position. It is a realistic representation which
reminds us that we are at all times in an alert-ready
situation and that we may be at any times under threat.
But the groups do not constantly explicitly separated,
but mingle when it is obvious it is not possible to avoid
it. Urban space is basically a competitive relational spirit!
The paintings of Joko ‘Gundul’ Sulistiono bring forward
festivity that we often see in city murals. People are
constantly moving forward, their mind focused on the
way ahead, trapped in their own choices and surrounded
by the products of modern technology, information,
transportation, and many things. But by replacing the
modern human with the archaic characters of the
Punakawan, we are then perturbed by the question: are
we mentally capable of dealing with such sophisticated
environment?
The above question may find its answer in the creations
of Sujarwo which are presenting the optimism of today
and the tomorrow. Our daily life is indeed a labyrinth,
we trod without the assurance of finding a way out. It is
in our urban disposition to strive to move forward, even
upward reaching the sky, with the ambition of building
our castle in heaven just as it was in the story of the
ancient Babel tower.
But this optimism does not free us from the fact that
humans, no matter how hard they try, are still walking
with their feet on the ground. Their wing constructions
are too fragile to enable them to fly to the sky as they are
not yet settled their problem with the land they step on.
Lenny’s sculptures show figures of women still having
trouble with their own existence. This is a phenomenon
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istana di langit seperti halnya cerita tentang menara Babel.
Namun optimisme ini tidak dengan semata-mata meninggalkan persoalan bahwa bagaimanapun ma-nusia tetap saja melangkah dengan tapak kak-inya. Konstruksi sayap-sayapnya belum optimal untuk melejit ke langit justru karena belum beres dengan tanah yang dipijaknya. Karya-karya Deny Bojong dan Lenny Ratnasari Weichert membidik tanda realitas tersebut.
Karya-karya patung Lenny menampilkan figur perempuan yang masih nampak bermasalah den-gan eksistensinya. Fenomena ini tak lepas dari persoalan sejarah khsususnya tentang relasi seksual. Sejarah diskriminasi relasi seksu-al atau gender masih menyisakan problem soal “nasib perempuan” yang mengalami depresi dari berbagai hal terutama dimensi ketubuhannya. Tubuh perempuan yang “melahirkan kehidupan” namun pada kenyataannya dalam sepanjang se-jarah nyaris tertundukkan bahkan dilecehkan.
Namun Deny Bojong pun menampilkan bahwa ruang urban telah terbelah di mana ruang yang satu menjadi marjinal dari ruang yang lain. Justru dalam ruang yang marjinal ini nampaklah tubuh-tubuh pria yang tak berdaya, papah, pasrah atau menunggu nasib mau diapakan kah tubuh mereka? Korban dari apakah atau dasar apakah penyebab dari terbelahnya ruang ini? Kembali pada awal tentang karya Priyaris Munandar mungkin kita bisa mendapatkan jawaban secara optimis, kom-petisi bagaimanapun tak akan pernah berakhir! Banyak tanda yang menyebabkan kompetisi itu terjadi namun ruang urban sepertinya terkon-sentrasi dan terbelah oleh kepentingan kapital dilihat dari semarak dan gemerlap isi-isimya.
Selamat Berpameran!
Tommy F Awuy
Kurator
that cannot be freed from the history of women,
especially on sexual relations. The long history of sexual
relations or gender discrimination has provided its shares
of women’s depression in ‘women’s fate’ related to their
body. It is the body of women that gives life to life, but
it is also the body that has been subjected to abuse and
subjugation throughout history.
In contrast, Deny Bojong presents the idea that urban
space is split into the marginal and the other. And in this
marginal space there are male bodies that are hopeless,
feeble, resigned, and complacent for the fate that would
decent to their bodies. What causes this space divide?
Of what victim is this? Returning to the beginning of
our curatorial, looking at the optimism that Priyaris
Munandar is infusing in his works, perhaps we find the
answer that no matter what, competition would not end!
There are many signs that propel the competition, but it
seems that the urban space is concentrated and divided
by the capitalist interest, as seen by the merriment and
glimmer of its content.
Happy exhibiting!
Tommy F. Awuy
Curator
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joko ‘gundul’ sulistiono
CHECK YOUR TASTE / 140 x 200 cm / mixed media on canvas / 2013
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TEMBOK HARAPAN / 140 x 200 cm / mixed media on canvas / 2013
GOLDEN BRIDGE / 80 x 100 cm (dyptich) / mixed media on canvas / 2013
8
KEY DIARY / 150 x 175 cm / mixed media on canvas / 2013
9
Takdir / 10 x 53 x 24 cm / Polyester resins / 2012
Lenny Ratnasari Weichert
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Nasib #1 / 50 x 50 x 40 cm / Polyester Resins / 2012
Nasib #4 / 45x15x18 cm / alumunium / 2013
Nasib #5 / 72x21x24 cm / gypsum / 2013
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Nasib #3 / 45x15x45cm / alumunium / 2013
Nasib #6 / 50x19x20 cm / polyester resins / 2012
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Sujarwo
RUANG GERAK / 200 x 100 cm / mixed media on canvas / 2013
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EKSPLORASI MENJADI ANGKA-ANGKA / 180 x 120 cm / mixed media on canvas / 2012
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VERTICAL
GARDEN / 145 x 145 cm / mixed media on canvas / 2013
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VERTICAL
GARDEN / 145 x 145 cm / mixed media on canvas / 2013
MENANAM KESEIMBANGAN SEMESTA / 135 x 135 cm / mixed media on canvas / 2013
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MEMBANGUN KEJAYAAN / 200 x 300 cm / mixed media on canvas / 2011
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PROPERTILASER / 145 x 145 cm / mixed media on canvas / 2013
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MENEGAKKAN BUDAYA / 165 x 145 cm / mixed media on canvas / 2010
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Priyaris Munandar
MANUSIA / 200 x 200 cm / acyrilic on canvas / 2013
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KABAR TANAH SURGA / 200 x 150 cm / acyrilic on canvas / 2013
MEMBURU RUANG DAN WAKTU / 200 x 150 cm / acyrilic on canvas / 2013
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DALAM KEHENINGAN / 200 x 300 cm / acyrilic on canvas / 2013
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Deny Bojong
PERJALANAN / 200 x 140 cm / Oil on canvas / 2013
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TERSUDUT / 200 x 140 cm / Oil on canvas / 2013
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ADA APA DENGAN KEPALAKU / 200 x 140 cm / Oil, Aerosol on canvas / 2013
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Joko Sulistiono
Born in Grobogan, April 10, 1970. He received his art education at the Indonesian Art Instute Yogyakarta, Indonesia graduated.
Awards2000 The best 5 Phillip Morris Indonesia Award
Solo exhibition(s):
2005 Pameran di “ Mata “ Galler, Bali2003 Pameran di KOONG Gallery, Jakarta1998 Pameran “Sesak” di AIKON, Yogyakarta Pameran “ Sampah “ di Dria Manunggal Yogyakarta
Selected group exhibition(s) last five years :
2013 Urban Signs, Philo Art Space, Jakarta
2012 Pameran di taksu gallery BaliPameran di upt ISI YogyakartaPameran kembar mayang museum widayat MagelangPameran di JNM YogyakartaPameran abdorror d museum dan tanah liat YogyakartaPameran abdorror Belanda
2011 Pameran jogja news jnm YogyakartaPameran Spirit 90 santrian gallery BaliPameran di SYANG Magelang Pameran bazart JakartaPameran tribut nur kholis TBY Yogyakarta
2010 Pameran bank bank krut bentara budaya YogyakartaPameran “ INVENTORY” pesantren kaliopak YogyakartaPameran “ Matahari” kelompok PP TBY YogyakartaPameran hip !,hip!,HERO di gallery apik JakartaPameran kel. Parkiran *POWER WAGON* jnm YogyakartaPameran mask and face andi gallery JakartaPameran artdelicious 7 bintang YogyakartaAAF apik gallery SingaporePameran di JAD ,andi gallery JakartaPameran FSS SurabayaPameran tanah jawa tby YogyakartaPameran jogja art share di jnm Yogyakarta
2009 Pameran senang senang 7 bintang art space Yogyakarta Pameran seniku tak berhenti lama, TBY Yogyakarta Pameran jogja insign sozo Surabaya Pameran exposign jec YogyakartaPameran Bienalle jogja x YogyakartaPameran pacific place Jakarta
Priyaris Munandar
was born in Yogyakarta, February 27, 1980. He received his art education at the Indonesian Art Instute Yogyakarta, Indonesia graduated.
Awards2010 Finalist Indonesia Art Award (IAA) 1999 The Best Sketch, Indonesia Art Institute Yogyakarta50 Best Finalist in Championship Painting of Megawati’s Face, Taman Budaya Solo, Solo
Solo exhibition(s):
2006 Exhibition“Hitam Putih” at Agas Hotel, Solo2007 Exhibition “Face to Face” at Kartika Plaza, Bali
Selected group exhibition(s) last five years :
2013 Urban Signs, Philo Art Space, JakartaArt Stage. Singapore“ Permainan ”. Dr. Rudi Corens Studio. Yogyakarta
2012 “Ruang yang Sama” Museum Haji Widayat, Magelang“Kembar Mayang” Dalam rangka Ulang Tahun Dr. Oei Hong
Djien dan launching Museum OHD. Museum Haji Widayat, Magelang
“50 Golden Year in The Grace Of God” Bersukur kita Tunggal Ika, Galery HadiPrana Jakarta
“Borobudur Sociocultural” Rumah Seni Rupa Tuksongo dan Limanjawi Art House. Magelang
“Apeman Malioboro” di Gedung Pariwisata Yogyakarta“Agitasi Garuda” Jogja Galery. Yogyakarta“Isyarat Langit” Go art Space. Surabaya“ The Body Painting Art War “ Ruang Patriot Pilar 9. Yoyakarta
2011 Ssstt…THIS IS ART WARNING in SYANG ART SPACE Magelang
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BLING-BLING Public Art Project Pacific Place Jakarta Bazar Art Jakarta The Ritz Carlton Jakarta “Sekarat” Pameran 3 dimensi, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta“Tubuh-Tubuh Margin” Phillo Art Space, Kemang Jakarta“Transposisi” Bienalle Jatim, GO Art Space, Surabaya
2010 “Abstrak Indonesia” at Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, “Art Liberation Front” at Biasa Gallery, Yogyakarta“Energy 3” at Bentara Budaya Jakarta, Jakarta“Expresif” at Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta“Hip! Hip! Hero!” at Galeri Apik, Jakarta “Contemporaneity” Biennale Indonesian Art Award 2010 at
Galeri Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta “GREEN CARNIVAL” Public Art Project at Pacifik Place JakartaBazar Art Jakarta at the Ritz Carlton JakartaVisit Us in the Asia Top Gallery Hotel Art Fair in Seoul-Korea “TANAH JAWA” at Taman Budaya Yogyakarta“JOGJA BANGKIT” at Jogja Nasional Musium Yogjakarta
2009 “BIENNALE JOGJA JAMMING X” ( IAF ) “INSTALASI AIR SENI” at Rawa Kalibayem, Yogyakarta “Menjadi Indonesia” at Gedung Arsip National (National Archive
Building), Jakarta “Kebersamaan” at Biasa Gallery, Yogyakarta “POST BOOM” with Kelompok Blok 9 at Syang Art Space, Ma-
gelangGroup with Persatuan Paguyuban at Taman BudayaYogyakarta, Yogyakarta “Seniku Tak Berhenti Lama” at Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Yo-
gyakarta “Javanese Face” at C Star Prawirotaman, Yogyakarta
S u j a r w oBorn in Kendal, March 28, 1964. Education at Tinggi Kesenian Wilwatikta (STKW) Surabaya. From 1988 – 1991 was works as illustrator for Ensiklopedi Nasional Indonesia, first edition, pub-lished by PT. Cipta Adi Pustaka, Jakarta, Indonesia. Awards2012 Indonesia Tanpa Diskriminasi Jakarta, Indonesia2012 Finalis “UOB PAINTING OFF THE YEAR COMPETITION 2012”, Jakarta, Indonesia2012 Finalis Jakarta Art Award(International Painting Competi-tion2012), Jakarta, Indonesia
2010 Finalis Jakarta Art Award(International Painting Competi-tion2010), Jakarta, Indonesia2008 Finalis Jakarta Art Award, Jakarta, Indonesia
Solo exhibition(s):
2008 “Shopping Mall & Fashion”, Philo Art Space, Jakarta, Indo-nesia2009 “Shopassion”, Philo Art Space, Jakarta, Indonesia
Selected Group exhibition(s):
2013 Urban Signs, Philo Art Space, Jakarta
2012 “Indonesia Tanpa Diskriminasi” Jakarta, Indonesia“Ideal World” Jakarta International Art award 2012 NAS, Jakarta Indonesia“UOB PAINTING OFF THE YEAR COMPETITION 2012”, Jakarta, Indo-nesia
2011 “My Space”,PhiloArt Space,Jakarta, Indonesia“Nusantara Diatas Kanvas” Sampoerna Strategy”, Jakarta, Indonesia “Drawing Art Surabaya Dimataku” Galeri House of Sampoerna, Surabaya, Indonesia“Cultural Bridge” Wendt Gallery, New York, Amerika Serikat
2010 “Reflextion off Megacities”Jakarta International Art award 2010, Jakarta, Indonesia“Noah’s Art”, North Art Space, Jakarta, Indonesia
2009 “Pour les Enfants de la Rue >> (PER) Jakarta, Indonesia
2008 “Jakarta Art award 2008, Jakarta, Indonesia“Global Warming”, Jakarta, Indonesia “S(Y)URE”, Philo Art Space, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Deny Bojong
Born in Bandung, July 7, 1974.
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Selected group exhibition(s):
2013 Urban Signs, Philo Art Space, Jakarta2012Bazzart art di hotel sahid jaya jakarta. 2008pameran bersama di gallery kuta gallery, Kuta Bali 2007pameran bersama di gallery Adi Pati Surya Ubud bali 2006pameran kelompok 7 di kuta gallerya Kuta bali 2005pameran bersama di museum Patahillah jakarta pameran bersama di hotel Sari Pan pacifik jakarta
Lenny Ratnasari WeichertEducations:2005 The Hartnackschule Berlin, private school of languages1995 - 1996 Juhasz Gyula College, Faculty of Fine Arts, Szeged, Hungary1993 - 2005 Fine Arts (Sculpture), Indonesian Institute of Arts (ISI) Yogyakarta1990 - 1995 IKIP Teacher Award and Residencies:Residencies Art Collaboration Project U(Dys)topia 7 weeks in Dresden
and Berlin GermanyLived and residencies in Singapore (PR) 2007-nowLived and residencies in Berlin Germany 2005-2007Visiting Arts/Delfina International Fellowship Artist for 2002-2003 Lon-
don United Kingdom.Residence for 2001 (3 months) in NetherlandResidence Artist for 1995-1996 in Juhasz Gyula College, Szeged, Hun-
gary.
Solo Exhibition(s):
2003 Open Studio, Sky Light Gallery, Delfina Studio, London, UK (solo)Artist-in-Residence, Visiting Arts/Delfina International FellowshipArtist, London, UK1998 Up to You Kedai Kebun, Jogyakarta, Indonesia (Solo)1996 Kotodesek Impala Haz Gallery, Szeged, Hungary (solo)
Selected group exhibition(s) last five years :
2013 Urban Signs, Philo Art Space, Jakarta
2012 Java Spices International Visual Art Exhibition Jogja National
Museum. Jogjakarta10 Jakarta Female Artist Museum of Fine Art and Ceramic
Jakarta.Indonesia dimata Perupa Gedung Nusantara V Jakarta, Cu-
rated by Weye haryantoContemporer Sclupture Locafore Kota Baru Parahyangan-
Bandung, Curated by Asikin hasanDresdner BIENNALE-KUNSTFESTIVAL ORNÖ Dresden Ger-
manyBulan, Bintang dan Matahari (Isyarat Langit) GO Gallery Sura-
baya, Indonesia, Curated by Soewarno W.Buruh Melintas batas -Artspirasi- Galeri Cipta II JakartaWall of Fiction Indonesian National Gallery Jakarta Indonesia,
Curated by Frigidanto AgungNegari Yogyakarta Hadiningrat Museum National of Jogja-
karta, Curated by Dwi MariantoKembar Mayang, Museum Widayat Magelang.
2011 Jakarta Biennale XIV ‘Maximum City’ Curated by Bambang
AsriniWoman in Art Power Purna Budaya UGM. YogyakartaCrossing Signs 14 artists form Germany and Indonesia, expe-
riencing the ‘liminal zone’, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta and Indonesian National Gallery, Jakarta. Curated by Leonor Veiga (Portugal) and Sudjud Dartanto (Indo-nesian)
Speak off Jogja National Museum
2010 Power Wagon JNM Jogjakarta IndonesiaU(Dys)topia Art Collaboration - 7 Indonesian and 7 German
Artists in Gallery HfBK Dresden and Freies Museum Berlin, Germany Curated by Martin J. (German)
2009 Mabuk Sampah Art’s Community PEREK. Biennale Jogya-
karta.Vote Notes LAB.LT. Tembi Contemporary JogjakartaExposign ISI JOGJAKARTA - Jogja Galeri Jogjakarta, JEC Jogja-
karta.September Ceria Jogja Gallery, JogjakartaKunduran Truk Perempuan Experimental. Kersan Art Studio-
Jogyakarta. Curated by RahmanianiBlueprint for Jogya Tembi Contemporary JogyakartaExhibionist Kersan Art Studio, Jogyakarta Indonesia
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This catalogue is published in conjunction with a group exhibition
urban signsapril 27 - may 27, 2013
© Philo Art Space
Jl Kemang Timur 90 C
South Jakarta 12730
Indonesia
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Curator: Tommy F Awuy
Special thanks: Joko Sulistiono, Priyaris Munandar, Deny Bojong, Sujarwo, Lenny Ratnasari Weichert
Photography of Artworks: Artist
Translator : Andira Sampurno
Design : [email protected]
Published by
Philo Art Space
036/2013
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An artist has an ideal picture or concept of the art world in their mind (signified) and with all the sensory talent that they have, they capture the external signs (usually called signifier). It is this concept and the sensory talent that form the foundation of the knowledge (the signify-ing process) as a creation. Put simply, a creation is none other than a ‘system of signs’, not a mere idea or material.