Watch This Space Catalogue by cakravala

Chapter 09:

WATCH THIS SPACE Dissecting and uncovering fragments of Indonesian culture through art

A Catalogue for ‘Watch This Space’ Featuring Putu Surya Dharma Putra, Naomi Samara, Kezia Alexandra, Andre Yoga, I Gede Sujaya, Didin Jirot, Irene Febry and SwoofOne 21 May 2022 - 4 June 2022 at Vinoti Living Renon.

Text by Adella Bahar

Curated by Cakravala

Digital Catalogue

Published by Issuu Catalogue Design by Brina Paska

With the rise of our local art scene over the past couple years, a new wave of young artists have emerged. Carrying distinct styles and exploring various themes surrounding Indonesian culture, each artist uses art to convey memories, ideas, or stories that help remind us of where we come from. By representing them through various mediums and narratives, exhibiting works exist as a time capsule that captures a moment in time.

CURATORIAL STATEMENT

PUTU SURYA DHARMA PUTRA

Putu Surya Dharma Putra, also known

Portraying the intense emotions that we

as Surya, was born in Denpasar, Bali and is

often experience throughout the different

a contemporary, abstract and surrealist

phases of life. Through characterisation and

illustrator. His work expresses the chaotic

a combination of vivid colours, these

yet alluring nature of our surroundings –

works embody the complexity of human

communicating the invisible forces of our

personalities portrayed through folklore

existence. His use of vibrant colours is a

creatures which originate from our culture.

binary between Balinese and Japanese traditional art, as they are literate representations of mythical creatures from these cultures. Working with different mediums, the series of work he creates for this exhibition interlaces our historical, societal and personal narratives in contemporary form.

Rage Raga (2021) Putu Surya Dharma Putra Mixed Media on Canvas 100 cm x 120 cm 12,000,000 IDR

Anxietas (2022) Putu Surya Dharma Putra Mixed Media on Canvas 100 cm x 80 cm 9,500,000 IDR

NAOMI SAMARA

Born and raised in Bali, Naomi is a Javanese descendant whose innate ability to transcribe emotions through art is geared by her strong sense of curiosity and the means to explore various mediums. Working across painting, drawing, poetry and jewellery, the process of creating art or her is highly intuitive though she continues to explore different mediums, Naomi has always used her own body as a tool and starting point to translate internal dialogues.

Portrait of M at the Nursery

Through the process of my own kebatinan (mysticism), I birthed the figure of a Mother who has evolved throughout my work. Here, she sits calmly under a shifting sky. Her hands carry and caress a tentacled creature which she appears to be comforting and nursing. When I see her I feel abundance, peace and power represented in one entity.

Portrait of M at the Nursery (2021) Naomi Samara Oil on Canvas 70 cm x 90 cm 22,000,000 IDR

KEZIA ALEXANDRA

Woman of Java (2021) Kezia Alexandra Photography Print on Fine Art Paper, Black Wooden Frame A2 8,500,000 IDR

Kezia Alexandra is a filmmaker and visual artist based in Bali. Her work is a hybrid between dreams and reality exploring mythology, culture, theory, science and philosophy – the texture and shadows at play is a technique she uses to bring our imagination to life.

Woman of Java She’s one of the thousand kinds. Emerged in the archipelago with thousands of tribes and kingdoms that carries the history of the first sapiens.

Maternity Particular time, when a metamorphosis of a creature happens within the belly of bare woman. Giving an exceptional glow towards the woman who’s carrying another soul within.

Maternity (2021) Kezia Alexandra Photography Print on Fine Art Paper, Black Wooden Frame A3 7,500,000 IDR

ANDRE YOGA

Andre Yoga is a Bali-based painter and illustrator who gathers observations from his everyday life. Gradually moving from different mediums, his practice began with dot works and pointillism to paintings that incorporate collaging techniques.

Nowadays

As Andre’s works revolve around modern-

This work is a testament to the early days

day mythologies coiled with idiosyncratic

of 2021, including the Covid-19 crash

views towards society, they project

of the Sriwijaya plane. It further depicts

current social issues and cultural values.

our efforts to adapt to the ‘New Normal’,

His subjects are often compounded with

where there has been a lack of support

contrasting imageries, where the polarity of

from the government.

elements are symbolic references of our surroundings. Subtly nuanced by Balinese influences, the work he creates for this exhibition take you on a self-imposing journey to explore your own unique view of the world.

Nowadays (2021) Andre Yoga Acrylic on Canvas 145 cm x 140 cm 15,000,000 IDR

Capsule Eyes 03 (2022) Andre Yoga Acrylic on Canvas 60 cm x 60 cm 10,000,000 IDR

I GEDE SUJAYA

Born in 2001, I Gede Sujaya is a young emerging artist practicing at Sanggar Bares, a creative studio located in Ubud led by Nyoman Bratayasa that focuses on teaching children to create art from a young age. His works explore the traditional customs and values of Balinese culture, represented in folklore figures.

Bengong (2022) I Gede Sujaya Acrylic on Canvas 100 cm x 100 cm 7,500,000 IDR

Buaya Pergi ke Surga (2022) I Gede Sujaya Acrylic on Canvas 34 cm x 43 cm 3,500,000 IDR

Numitis (Reincarnation) (2022) I Gede Sujaya Acrylic on Canvas 40 cm x 50 cm 4,500,000 IDR

DIDIN JIROT

29 Didin Jirot is an emerging artist from Bali who works with steel sculptures and sculptural paintings. Currently pursuing his studies at the Indonesia Institute of the Arts of Yogyakarta, he gathers inspiration from his daily observations and draws on themes of Balinese traditional values, where he transposes them into contemporary imagery. His body of works that often employ the use of resin, automotive paint and varying strains of metal, have become tools for him to communicate the metaphorical. He further describes his practice as a ritualistic procession of self-introspection in navigating faith and spirituality. For him the artwork is a thought actualisation, as something absolute and not to be doubted. The horizon line is reflected in the recesses of introspection, where it appears parallel to the eye. When sitting with nature turns into a moment of contemplation, the need to achieve a state of utter bliss becomes desirable. Perhaps that is when the notion of beauty starts to uncover - when we are able to look beyond the surface and enter an expansive space of infinite possibilities.

j u m a n t a r a (2022) Didin Jirot Acrylic on Canvas 210 cm x 180 cm 25,000,000 IDR

IRENE FEBRY

Microcosm VIII (2021) Irene Febry Mixed Media Collage 44 cm x 36.5 cm 5,500,000 IDR

Drawing inspiration from nature and her surroundings, Irene Febry is a mixed media artist working with recycled materials and found objects. Evolving from painting to collaging, she began exploring and incorporating unconventional materials as a conceptual approach in giving them a new life. The details in Irene’s collages form an intimate experience between the observer and her work, taking us through the evolution of each substance by inviting us to look closer.

Microcosm Series It always begins with a small size of paper scrap Then it grows in size and detail A growth that in the end, turned out to be a kind of microcosm of colours and shapes on its own Interacting with one another to form relationships and dynamics

Microcosm X (2021) Irene Febry Mixed Media Collage 38.7 cm x 36.3 cm 5,250,000 IDR

Microcosm XII (2021) Irene Febry Mixed Media Collage 40.4 cm x 30.6 cm 5,500,000 IDR

SWOOFONE

Extraordinary Bliss (2018) SwoofOne Mixed Media on Plywood 75 cm x 75 cm 8,500,000 IDR

SwoofOne is a Balinese street artist who works with various mediums. Drawing inspiration from sacred geometry found in Hindu culture and producing unique patterns and motifs, he combines traditional forms with contemporary messages. Reflected throughout his works is SwoofOne’s ability oscillate between inhabiting a highly self-conscious esoteric and a fully conscious exoteric space.

Time is the shackles of the world. The seconds rolled on as the day grew fainter. Time proudly passes so quietly then judges the mortal, forcing them to run after. Time is like a dictator printing terrible monsters, shouting at you, whipping you, forcing you to submit.

Darkside of the Tempus (2018) SwoofOne Mixed Media on Plywood 75 cm x 75 cm 8,500,000 IDR

Endless Journey (2022) SwoofOne Mixed Media on Plywood 60 cm x 90 cm 9,500,000 IDR

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