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As if there is no sun
A painting exhibition from the collection of Griya Seni Hj. Kustiyah Edhi Sunarso, Galeri Nasional Indonesia, Museum Seni Rupa dan Keramik, Pusat Kesenian Jakarta Taman Ismail Marzuki, Museum Universitas Pelita Harapan, Museum Affandi, and OHD Museum.
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At the back of the canvas
A special presentation in ARTJOG 2023 Motif: Lamaran of Kustiyah’s works (b. Probolinggo, 1935; d. Yogyakarta, 2012) by Hyphen—
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Kustiyah, et al: As if there is no sun
This research trajectory aims to unravel stories about, behind, and surrounding the lifelong artistic practice of the painter Kustiyah (1935-2012), who began studying in Yogyakarta’s art school ASRI in 1953, the era that is said to be the golden years of the newly independent country, Indonesia.
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Proses adalah ketika kita. (Process is when we.)
A research project on and around Danarto dkk (‘Danarto and friends’) This is the title of a 1982 text that the late Danarto (b. Sragen, Central Java, 1940; d. Jakarta, 2018) would read in various artist talks, what would today be called his ‘artist statement.’ Where better to begin our journey to unravel Danarto’s practice […]
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Sketches, stitches, and negotiations: Unravelling Indonesia’s national history through its visual representations
Edhi Sunarso may well be the only artist who worked with all regimes, all throughout the time, including after Reformasi. Artists from Sukarno’s era are generally attached, or associated in whatever ways, to the Indonesia Communist Party or its cultural under-bow, LEKRA. This means that during Soeharto’s regime, they would have been either annihilated, silenced, […]
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IS IT WORKING?*
On whose TERMS? Under what CONDITIONS? How are these APPLIED? A two-day symposium curated by Cemeti and Hyphen Date/Time 18 & 19 September 2018 09.30-17.00 hrs Lunch and snacks provided by YohanaTitis @kitchenlab.jogja Location Pusat Kajian Islam dan Transformasi Sosial (Yayasan LKiS) Jl. Pura 203, Sorowajan, Bantul, Yogyakarta With contributions by Anang Saptoto, Bakudapan, Brigitta […]
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Four images and a short story
Towards Moelyono’s retrospective exhibition in 2018 In December 2015, Grace interviewed Bonyong Munni Ardhi about his fight against what they call as ‘the old art of Indonesia’ in the 1970s. With a couple of his peers, he was part of the influential Indonesia New Art Movement (1975-1989) that began right after they sent a flower […]
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MASAKAN SEPANJANG ZAMAN* Pameran arsip karya-karya Seni Rupa Baru
Para akademisi dan sejarawan seni nyaris sepakat bahwa GSRBI berpengaruh besar dalam perkembangan seni rupa di Indonesia. Satu-satunya buku yang benar-benar pernah diterbitkan dan didistribusikan kepada publik mengenai mereka adalah buku bertajuk Gerakan Seni Rupa Baru Indonesia (Jakarta: Gramedia, 1979) yang bahannya dikumpulkan, dirancang, dan disunting oleh para eksponennya sendiri. Tak banyak cerita mengenai karya […]
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Katie Lee’s residency
Our idea of an unstructured residency is a non-exhibition or non-production oriented form of residencies for artists, curators, researchers, and writers. It is an open platform for art practitioners coming into Yogyakarta with the idea of building a dialogue, a long term relationship, a shared learning process with the local scene. Grace proposed this idea at […]