Everything You Know About Art is Wrong
December 17 - 31, 2009

Group exhibition by
Bagus Pandega, Dita Gambiro, Faisal Habibi, Gabriel Aries, Itsnataini Rahmadillah, Leonardiansyah Allenda, Lidyawati, Maya Annisa Surya, Octora & Cecilia Patricia Oentario, Putriani Mulyadi

Opening:
Sunday, December 13, 2009 | 4.00 pm
at Bale Tonggoh, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space
Curated by Aminudin TH Siregar

Proyek seni yang melibatkan sejumlah orang ini bisa dipandang sebagai provokasi terhadap segala hal yang tengah meresahkan praktik seni rupa kontemporer kita, baik dalam soal produksi (proses kreasi), distribusi  (mekanisme galeri) serta konsumsi (kolektor, pedagang seni). Provokasi itu (apakah nanti berhasil atau tidak bukan lagi soal penting, sebab tidak ada parameternya),  sekurangnya diarahkan ke suatu sudut agar bagaimana hasrat serta naluri destruktif, pembangkangan, anarkisme paradigmatik (menyorongkan sebuah  gangguan terhadap dogma - paradigma dominan ‘seni’ yang sedang berlaku) bisa disalurkan ke dalam sebuah hajat (yang sering dipahami sebagai ‘pameran’).Proyek ini dengan demikian membayangkan terciptanya sejumlah kekeliruan, kebohongan, membongkar selubung kepura-puraan, momen-momen kesalahan juga keburukan yang mungkin bisa muncul.

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The Fitting Room
November 15 - December 6, 2009
Solo Exhibition by Mella Jaarsma
Opening:
Sunday, November 15, 2009 | 4.00 pm
at Selasar Sunaryo Art Space
Officiated by Slamet Rahardjo Djarot
Curated by Agung Hujatnikakennong

Artist Talk :
Thursday, November 26, 2009 | 3.00 pm
at Bale Handap, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space

Mella Jaarsma's artistic practice has become a microscope for examining the various aspects of a complex life.  Her works are always provocative and subversive – inviting viewers to rethink social stereotypes, such as those concerning religion, social class, communal identity, ethnicity, morality, tradition, political ideology, etc. Mella makes her artwork a creative encounter that sees human life as a dynamic, ongoing process of constructing meaning that is, at the same time, fluctuating and relative because it is bound to space and time.
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