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[11] What if? [1] [4] [9] [7]
NO it is, yes. YES, is it not. NOthing ever happens
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BOSS, mau kemana? Artist: Wiyoga Muhardanto Curator: Roy Voragen
3-in-1 Wiyoga Muhardanto
The solo exhibition 3-in-1 is Jakarta-born and Bandung-based artist Wiyoga Muhardanto’s
highlight the spatial context of his work, to guarantee site-specificity vis-à-vis our bodies,
second collaboration with ROH Projects (What if? at the Discovery Section of ABHK ’16) and
to confuse us, to throw us off balance and to illicit uncomfortable questions. And he does so,
his third collaboration with the Bandung-based curator Roy Voragen (What if? and Dangling
as always, in a witty way and without a dogmatic expectation that easy answers are
Durians at Equator, Yogya, ‘15). This current show is the fourth installment of the artist’s
feasible or even desirable.
engagement with the absurdities of contemporary urban life (the first was the self-curated project Ada Perlu Sebentar, PLATFORM3, Bandung, ‘14).
Wiyoga Muhardanto’s work raises questions concerning everyday urban living – in which the alien Other and the random are always proximate – by replicating, combining (parts of)
Wiyoga Muhardanto’s show 3-in-1 deals with social, spatial and temporal (im-)mobility and
and re-contextualizing everyday objects within a re-shaped space. The artist
the anxieties that it requires in an effort to move around a city: to move up the social ladder,
conceptualizes and problematizes the quotidian in which our embodied desires attempt to
to move within the city, etc. A megalopolis like Jakarta is gridlocked because of our
find an unruly home.
addiction to the automobile. We try to create shortcuts but there is no way out. Shortcuts tend to end up into detours of epic proportions. The narrowing one-way streets are closing
Wiyoga Muhardanto only shows bits and pieces or combines unlikely fragments in his
in on us the further we try to go towards our desired ideas of progress and the more we
works to subtly play with everyday contradictions that are inherently part of our embodied
attempt to further our insatiable need for speed. Even our dreams are congested.
desires, expectations, needs hopes and dreams we would like to identify ourselves with. And he does so without offering a possible easy ‘reading’ of his works to avoid a moralizing
Wiyoga Muhardanto’s solo exhibition at ROH Projects deals with the multifaceted issues
tone of a know-it-all. Like our cities, the interpretations of Wiyoga Muhardanto’s works
playing out within the urban mundane as a contemporary tragic comedy – but are there any
could be regarded as open-ended (and revisable).
heroes? are there any unsung heroes? is there an Apollonian choir singing some sense in us? and what about the Dionysian impulses? Our desires are infused with hieroglyph-like
The title of, 3-in-1, refers to the unintended and unwanted consequences of both
social codes of class and prestige as well as narcissism.
implementing (jockeys, bribery) as well as revoking (worsening of traffic jams) the policy to only allow a minimum of three passengers per automobile at main thoroughfares in Jakarta
Wiyoga Muhardanto transformed the space of ROH Projects considerably by adding an
during peak hours.
elaborate structure – but not in a criticism of the so-called white cube exhibition space – to Roy Voragen
Wiyoga Muhardanto (1984) studied at the sculpture studio of the Institute of Technology Bandung’s art school, 2002-2007 (BFA), and since his graduation he has been very prolific. In 2009 as well as in 2015, he participated in the Jakarta Biennale (respectively curated by Agung Hujatnikajennong and by Charles Esche); he also participated in the Yogyakarta Biennale in 2011, which was curated by Alia Swastika, and the Shanghai Biennale (2012, Bandung Pavilion, curated by Agung Hujatnikajennong and Charles Esche). Moreover, he participated in the art fairs of ArtJog (Yogyakarta, 2010), Art Stage (Singapore, 2011), Art Hong Kong (2012) and ABHK’s Discovery Section (2016). He also participated in many group shows; and he already had several solo projects: in Selasar Sunaryo Art Space (Bandung, 2008, curated by Agung Hujatnikajennong), Equator (Gillman Barracks, Singapore, 2013), PLATFORM3 (Bandung, 2014), and at Equator (Yogya, 2015; see here for the publication: bit.ly/1otv7EJ). He also participated in several residency programs: Cemeti Art House (Yogyakarta, 2009), 3331 Arts Chiyoda (Tokyo, 2011) and SLADE School of Fine Art and Camden Art Center (London, 2015). He is the co-founder of both the artist collective Parallab and the artist-run space PLATFORM3, of which he’s the current director. His work has been collected by Singapore Art Museum. Wiyoga’s portfolio: http://bit.ly/2b15ish.
Roy Voragen is a curator and conceptual poet (issuu.com/royvoragen). His poem Futile Erasure is published by P and not P.
Work details [7] Ibu Kota [1] No it is, yes. Yes, is it not.
2017
2017
plastic figurine, epoxy putty, scale model kit, auto paint, pigmented resin, plywood
pigmented resin, speakers, plywood
115 x 35 x 20 cm
85 x 43 x 35 cm [8] papa [2] BOSS, mau kemana?
2017
2017
plastic figurines, epoxy putty, painted resin, clothes, shoes
scale model kit, auto paint, epoxy putty, pigmented resin, acrylic paint
90 x 54 x 25 cm
120 x 10 x 10 cm [9] high maintenance [3] beli beli beli beli beli
2017
2017
plastic figurines, epoxy putty, pigmented resin, acrylic paint
pigmented resin, plywood structure, semi gloss clear coat
145 x 18 x 15 cm
16.5 x 110 x 73.5 cm [10] dear customer [4] nothing ever happens
2017
2017
plexiglass, neon lamp, sticker, rubber
plywood, pigmented resin, enamel paint, auto paint, iron structure
90 x 45 x 30 cm
200 x 85 x 15 cm and 200 x 50 x 45 cm [11] what if? [5] happy ending
2016-2017
2017
pigmented resin, automotive paint
scale model kit, plexiglass, plastic figurine, epoxy putty, auto, acrylic paint
4 x 58 x 50 x 16 cm
250 x 20 x 25 cm [12] 3-in-1 [6] aliens
2011-2017
2017
wood, glass
scale model tracks, plastic sheet, MDF, auto paint
75 x 50 cm
305 x 180 x 27 cm
3-in-1 Wiyoga Muhardanto 19 January – 9 February 2017
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