The Year of____

CATALOG

ABENK ALTER & HILMY P. SOEPADMO

THE YEAR OF _____

Catalog for THE YEAR OF ______ An online group exhibition by Abenk Alter & Hilmy P. Soeapadmo 21 Oct 2020 www.dgalleriejakarta.com

Curated by Project Mei & D gallarie

ABENK ALTER & HILMY P. SOEPADMO

Published by D Gallery & Project Mei October 2020

THE YEAR OF _____

Catalog by Project Mei www.projectmei.art Bali, Indonesia

Digital Edition

Online Viewing Room 21 October 2020 03.00 pm www.dgalleriejakarta.com

ABENK ALTER & HILMY P. SOEPADMO

THE YEAR OF _____ How many of our plans saw the light of day and how many of our inhibitions finally received attention? The year has unraveled unimaginable circumstances that have both been challenging and complex in nature. For a moment the world stopped in its track, life at full speed came to a halt and everything that we knew as normal crashed, collided, and cracked. A shockwave ran through reality where the competent became incompetence, the strong was weakened, and the weakened adapted. The sense of uneasiness was felt in all nations, in all sectors and of all backgrounds. In the same breath that the majority of us were forced to run on survival mode, we also had to stay vigilant, calm and level headed. Unlikely alignment formed to care for the greater goods. Collaborations between competing counterparts created new avenues. Before long whispers of optimism begin circulating, perhaps this is the break we all needed. Despite the piling challenges the year has shown a collective perseverance and despite the surmounting problems we have turned to creativity to find small means of adaptation to face our obstacles.

If adversity is the mother of invention, we are facing multiple adversities of magnitude proportions, which mean there are huge potentials to lay new foundations to invent or reinvent. In the case of Abenk Alter that effort is steered towards creating manageable goals intended to propel a sustainable progress.

More time is spared to break off bad habits. Here, his oddly shaped canvases are as if caught in the midst of breaking from its conventional shape. It houses numerous planes interlacing imageries of figures and gestures of virtues. Patterns recede and emerge and what should be at odds, instead, form a sense of rhythm. These contradictory expressions navigate from a place of chaos and order. In one work parts of a tiger appear bringing attention to the more aggressive prideful nature that lies within us. In another, a figure gesturing an offer of a flower indicating the conscious act of giving. The recurring symbols in Abenk’s work are reminders of the existing characters that we have to often revisit in order to stay connected and presence within us.The artists through their works embrace the conflicting nuances of our current situation. Many of us are holding on to sensible optimism as we ride through this weather.

As daily activities slow down and commodity chains are disrupted , certain void becomes apparent. Hilmy P. Soepadmo who’s artistic practice normally juxtaposes the elitism of art as luxury goods, by exposing factual labels that are printed and presented on materials associated with mass ready-made and fabricated mediums, such as perspex, have returned to a conventional medium of oil on canvas. The cryptic positioning of texts and symbols of X’s are an admission to the unrealized plans that have slipped the year. Although this global crisis has affected everyone, it is certainly a daunting time for the younger generations who are scheduled to enter the workforce. This angst is hinted in Hilmy’s cropped figures in “Half Empty” and “Half Full” where they sit and float ambiguously against a brightly colored background. The checkered grey and white boxes in his, “fill in the blank'' are identifiable as the empty space of a raster graphic editor are often a place where both excitement and anxiety are met with precise and experimental actions. An upward facing arrow is sometimes overlaid as an apparent reminder of the optimism we should carry in the uphill battle we yet to overcome.

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ABENK ALTER Born in 1985 Jakarta, Indonesia. Abenk Alter begins his journey through paint with a guiding question of, what does it mean to be a creative being? The grounds in which certain beliefs are manifested in his life and in his artistic practice stems from his studies of Sufism. It is understood that humans can reach a state of spiritual awareness through exploring their creative potentials in arts. In his work Abenk digest external experiences of the surrounding and tune them to reflect his values. Developing a visual language of fast lines, abstractions, andfigurative symbols, which are applied with a rhythmic awareness that intertwine the conscious and the sub-conscious in a landscape of the imaginal world.

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I Found You Found Me

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Acrylic on Canvas

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55cm (H) x 42cm W)

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2020

I Rise You Shine I

Acrylic on Canvas

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52cm (H) x 40cm W)

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2020 3.

I Lead You Follow I

Acrylic on Canvas

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70cm (H) x 53cm W)

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2020

To Know Me to Know You I

Acrylic on Canvas

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75cm (H) x 50.5cm W)

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2020

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We Need You and Me I

Acrylic on Canvas

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94.5cm (H) x 71.5cm W)

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2020 5.

Making Peace with the Beast I

Acrylic on Canvas

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94.5cm (H) x 71.5cm W)

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2020 6.

HILMY P. SOEPADMO Hilmy P. Soepadmo is a 2017 Fine Art Painting graduate from the Institute Technology of Bandung, Indonesia. Working with varied mediums from painting, prints, to perspex he is working into deconstructing consumerist culture by identifying visual stimulants that drive people’s behavior to consume. This practice is informed by his early experience as a graphic designer and in the past two years as the creative director in his experimental design studio, Copyright/Reserved, where they develop marketing communication and strategies for brands. Hilmy’s artistic practice juxtaposes the elitism of art as luxury goods, by exposing factual labels that are printed and presented on a material associated with ready-made and fabricated mediums, such as perspex. The works are packaged to bring awareness of individuals buying values and habits.

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Replaced Image I I Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 35cm (H) x 40cm W) I 2020

Replaced Image II I Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 35cm (H) x 40cm W) I 2020

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Insignificant Half 1 I Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 54cm (H) x 45cm W) I 2020

Fill the blank I Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 54cm (H) x 45cm W) I 2020

Insignificant Half 1I I Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 54cm (H) x 45cm W) I 2020

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Half Empty, Half Full

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Oil & Acrylic on Canvas

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54cm (H) x 45cm W)

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2020 10.

Half Full

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Oil & Acrylic on Canvas

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60cm (H) x 120cm W)

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2020

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Half Empty

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Oil & Acrylic on Canvas

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60cm (H) x 120cm W)

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2020

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ABENK ALTER

HILMY P. SOEPADMO

B. 1985 EDUCATION 2016 - Islamic College for Advance Study – Jakarta, Indonesia Majoring in Mysticism 2009 - Bina Nusantara University – Jakarta, Indonesia Graphic Design MUSEUM COLLECTION 2018 - Tumurun Private Museum - Solo, Indonesia CORPORATE COLLECTION 2019 - Bank Mandiri - Jakarta, Indonesia SOLO EXHIBITION 2018 - “Interplay”, RUCI Art Space – Jakarta, Indonesia GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2019 - "The Salon", Project Mei, Telok Ayer Arts Club - Singapore 2019 - Art Jakarta, Jakarta Convention Center - Jakarta, Indonesia 2019 - "Chromaticity", Cans Gallery - Jakarta, Indonesia 2019 - "Celebration of Compassion", Srisasanti Syndicate - Yogyakarta, Indonesia 2019 - Art Moments Jakarta, Project Mei, Sheraton Gandaria City - Jakarta, Indonesia 2019 - Art Moments Jakarta, RUCI Art Space, Sheraton Gandaria City - Jakarta, Indonesia 2018 - Art Jakarta, Ritz Carlton Pacific Place – Jakarta, Indonesia 2018 - “Got Paper”, RUCI Art Space – Jakarta, Indonesia 2018 - “A Small Universe in the Field of Meaning”, Edwin’s Gallery – Jakarta, Indonesia 2017 - “Place of Belonging”, RUCI Art Space – Jakarta, Indonesia 2017 - “Connection”, Stein Egerta – Liechtenstein, Germany 2017 - Art Jakarta, Ritz Carlton Pacific Place – Jakarta, Indonesia 2017 - “#PlayinProgress”, Plaza Indonesia – Jakarta, Indonesia 2017 - “REST AREA”, Galeri Nasional – Jakarta, Indonesia 2017 - “The Journey Exhibition”, Artotel x Tokyo Bike, - Jakarta, Indonesia 2016 - “FUSE”, Bina Nusantara International Event – Jakarta, Indonesia 2016 - “Deck Construct”, The Space gallery – Bandung, Indonesia 2015 - “The Underdogz”, Artotel –Jakarta, Indonesia 2015 - “Merzbau”, Canvas Gallery - Singapore 2014 - Go Ahead People, Central park – Jakarta, Indonesia 2014 - “Visual Personal”, Treehouse Kemang – Jakarta, Indonesia 2014 - “Silahkan Ambil”, KCF/Summon Studio – Jakarta, Indonesia

B. 1993 EDUCATION 2017 - Institute Technology of Bandung (ITB) Fine Art Painting 2012 - Taruna Bakti High School EXHIBITIONS 2020 - Vol 1. Art Jakarta, Bale Project - Indonesia 2020 - Unconceptual, SAL Project, Jakarta - Indonesia 2019 - Art Jakarta 2019', Bale Project, Jakarta - Indonesia 2019 - Lukisan Gapilan', Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung - Indonesia '2019 - Speed/Laju, Trimatra Competition 2019', Komunitas Salihara, Jakarta - Indonesia 2019 - '6th Bandung Contemporary Art Award', Lawangwangi, Bandung - Indonesia 2018 - 'Precursory Explication #1', The Village, Purwakarta - Indonesia 2018 - 'Moving Class presents: You've Got One Notification Artist Book Exhibition', The Parlor, Bandung - Indonesia 2018 - 'Spektrum 100th Hendra Gunawan', Ciputra Artpreneur, Jakarta - Indonesia 2018 - 'Gyeongnam International Art Fair 2018', Love Contemporary, Changwon - South Korea 2018 - 'Art Jakarta 2018', ROH Project, Jakarta - Indonesia 2018 - 'Deagu Art Fair 2018', Love Contemporary, Deagu, South Korea 2017 - 'Extrapolation of Dependence', ITB, Bandung - Indonesia 2017 - 'I Know What I Do; And I Do It Anyway', Soemardja Gallery, Bandung - Indonesia 2017 - 'Gethok Tular', Omnispace, Bandung - Indonesia 2017 - 'Moving Class Group Exhibition', Senyawa Artspace, Bandung - Indonesia 2016 - 'How To Draw', Gedung Gas Negara, Bandung - Indonesia 2016 - '15x15x15 Collosal-Mini Art Exhibition', "Soemardja Gallery, Bandung - Indonesia

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ABOUT Established in 2001, D Gallerie was initially a Jakarta-based commercial gallery that focused on modern Indonesian art. The gallery switched its attention after being taken care of by its second-generation successor in 2006. D Gallerie started playing a bigger part in the dynamic and vibrant world of contemporary Indonesian art. This includes focusing on fresh and infrequently-exhibited artistic mediums such as contemporary photography and street art, inviting and promoting selected emerging artists from Bandung, Jakarta, and Yogyakarta.

Eventually, the gallery began working with several leading international contemporary artists, providing intriguing offers for the local art scene and facilitating fruitful knowledge exchange in the world of artmaking. This year, D Gallerie marks a significant step to further expands its vision by providing more opportunities for female artist's works.

Moreover, D Gallerie continues to exhibit modern Indonesian arti's; works, who have had prominent roles in the formation of the identity and the institutionalization of modern Indonesian art.

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ABOUT Project Mei founded in 2019 is an artist studio management company with an online gallery platform focusing on bringing the best of emerging and established Indonesian contemporary art from studios and galleries.

We have a multifaceted role in the development of the artist and its studio management. From creating promotional and marketing materials, providing a personalized artistic and business development tools to the establishment of the studio operating procedures.

Our services extend to provide end-to-end project management services for gallery exhibitions; and for private and corporate clients in both sourcing and commissioning artworks.

www.projectmei.art

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