The sister gallery to Langgeng Gallery, one of the top galleries in Indonesia, Equator Art Projects aims to be a platform for art that is intelligent, sensuous, and “of-this-moment”, regardless the medium. The gallery represents a core group of acclaimed Indonesian artists such as Agus Suwage, Arahmaiani, Arin Dwihartanto, Bambang “Toko” Witjaksono, Filippo Sciascia, Indieguerillas, J. Ariadhitya Pramuhendra, S. Teddy D. and Uji Handoko Eko Saputro. Equator Art Projects also shows the works of regional artists from Singapore, China, and the Philippines, and the gallery seeks to contribute to the study of Southeast Asian art history through its exhibitions and publications.
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UJI HANDOKO EKO SAPUTRO
Drawing 108, 2009
UJI HANDOKO EKO SAPUTRO
Drawings 001 - 015
UJI HANDOKO EKO SAPUTRO
Drawings 025 - 030
UJI HANDOKO EKO SAPUTRO
Drawings 018, 2008
An exhibition of over one hundred drawings, a painting, an etching and a sculpture by Uji "Hahan" Handoko Eko Saputro. This will also be the official launch of Hahan's book The Graphite, Dust and Indian Ink of Hahan which reproduces 159 of his drawings and includes an essay by Tony Godfrey and an interview between him and Hahan.
Uji Handoko Eko Saputro (born 1983) is one of the most prominent artists of his generation in Jogja and Indonesia. Like many artists who have been linked to Jogja Agro Pop he derives a lot of imagery from cartoons, anime and pop culture - but he combines and transmutes these sources into something much more strange, complex and witty. His drawings are the seedbed of his work from which all his other media generates. Although there is apparently little overt political reference in these drawings - or in his paintings or sculptural objects - his work offers a caustic commentary on life for his generation: a post-boom art world, a need to find goals and purposes, worries about body identity, having fun. But always these serious themes are treated with deceptive lightness of touch - with his contagious sense of humour and his deft use of line and shade. His is one of the most unique and imaginative visions in Indonesian art today.
