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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J. ARIADHITYA PRAMUHENDRA
Untitled, 2013
WIYOGA MUHARDANTO
Nothing Happens, mixed media, dimensions variable, 2013
J. ARIADHITYA PRAMUHENDRA
Charcoal on canvas, 190 x 300 cm, 2013
Vox clamantis in deserto
Solo exhibition by J. Ariadhitya Pramuhendra (Indonesia)
Main Gallery
Equator Art Projects is pleased to announce the return of Indonesian artist, J. Ariadhitya Pramuhendra, for a special project. Presented at the gallery is a new body of works that showcase the artist's continued exploration of working in charcoal on canvas.
The title of the exhibition, Vox clamantis in deserto, is a biblical reference from the Book of Isaiah, meaning "the voice of the one crying out in the wilderness". Pramuhendra's work depicts the aftermath of the destruction of the world. Blurred figures emerge into the foreground, their identities concealed by oppressive gas masks. The landscape is a desolate, barren wasteland. Signs from Legoland and Universal Studios, two famous amusement parks, have collapsed into the ground. These amusement parks function both as a centre of social activity, where people congregate, socialise and come to seek entertainment, as well as embodying rapid globalisation and commercialisation. Do these toppled signs signify the fall of capitalism, contemporary consumerism and the disintegration of local communities? What is our bleak fate that lies before us?
Vox clamantis in deserto will be accompanied by a catalogue with a text by Heru Hikayat
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Nothing Happens
Solo exhibition by Wiyoga Muhardanto (Indonesia)
Project Room
Opening Reception:
Friday, 22 November 2013
6pm-9pm
Artist Talk:
Saturday 23 November
2pm-3pm
Speakers: J. Ariadhitya Pramuhendra, Wiyoga Muhardanto
and Tony Godfrey
RSVP at [email protected] by 20 November
Equator Art Projects is proud to present a solo show by Wiyoga Muhardanto, a Bandung based artist known through his three-dimensional works which often include critiques and humours. In the recent years, Wiyoga's works play with signs in form of products or presence of objects which reflect consumerism culture of the urban society. Employing strategies of similarities of visual and surface characteristics of these objects, and separating function from form, Wiyoga's works play with perception/reception to deceive his audience.
Nothing Happens is the title of his latest installation. This time round, Wiyoga creates a fictional story that tells about certain domestic problems experienced by a husband-and-wife couple, with background of a kitchen. Instead of a kitchen's usual function as a place to cook, Wiyoga tries to build a drama (sad, happy, ironic, quarrels, etc) within this space by introducing several objects which he replicates, with details reduced, so that his story about the domestic problem is enveloped simply and unpretentiously.
