ANTI SPORT SPORT CLUB 2021 CATALOG EXHIBITION

E CATALOG

Due to Enforcement of Restrictions on Public Activities, some artists gathered organically in Soni Irawan’s art studio. They came up with an idea to play basketball so they could stay healthy and increase their body immunity.

Then, Soni Irawan initiated to make a collaboration art exhibition. This group is called ‘Anti Sport-Sport Club’.

Coming from different backgrounds, they surely will produce diverse artworks in this exhibition. *Anti Sports Club* By: Soni Irawan This club has some strengths, such as: togetherness and diversity of each club member’s life background, which make every piece of work that each personnel made has unique characters.

Oggz is a young street artist. He is a graduate of ISI fine arts faculty. His name starts to arise this year. He has made a graffiti art worth showing in an art gallery. His work looks like presenting an artifact of street arts symbolizing time marker. Oggz tries to explore textures, lines and colors resulted from spray paint technique.

Khoir, an ex street punk and a fresh graduate of ISI fine art faculty, is someone trying to make peace with himself.

He tries to present two pretty big works that have very different characters. When the two works are presented side by side, they seem like presenting his life struggles in two different perspectives.

Bofag, an ex local rock star, is someone trying to change his life through fine arts. He presents 7 panel series of artworks which attempt to depict life balance from Mondays to Sundays by having fun and doing sports. The cloth collage and glamorous accessories of a dangdut and glam rock performer show the influence of stage culture and convection where he used to work.

Guritno, a creative industry art worker, has an educational background on printmaking. After 10 years of hiatus, he tries to create a monochrome artwork by making use of Javanese philosophy as the orientation of his artwork. The photographic composition is transferred to conventional wood chipping technique. The artwork wants to show that problems in modern life can still be solved by old philosophy.

Novan is a religious person with education. He has ever attended a boarding school and he strengthens his characters by finishing his education in UIN Sunan Kalijaga. He presents a religious artwork with decorative styles, a combination of Javanese carving ornaments and fonts illustrating death metal bands. Novan tries to create a compound of religious, tradition, and music.

Iwank is a militant comic artist fighter and a musician with strong characters. In each of his artworks, Iwank always tries to combine two things he loves: comic and music. In raising the local themes around him, Iwank tries to be honest in making his works by only telling stories and themes of his real experiences.

Danish is a daughter of an artist, a gadget generation girl, a fan of sneakerhead, Lil Mosey and Tom Morello. She is an animal lover who really pays attention to animal rights. In her artwork, she tries to voice her sadness towards recent situations in the streets of Jogja, regarding horse exploitation as means of city transportation though contemporary pop images.

It is expected that this exhibition will not only be a final result but also a beginning of a process.

Versus 122 x 177, wood cut, 2021 Erfianto "Guritno" Wardhana, Kediri, 22nd July 1981, Bachelor of Fine Arts This artwork depicts a man versus a girl. The problem of being mature, macho, feminist or childish has been a lifetime struggle inside a human being.

From time to time, there are always invitations to learn, to learn to be ourselves, and it is the moment to fight; fighting from invitations to be someone else.

I transferred the photography technique to carving work with hardboard as the media. The decision of choosing carving technique is for a therapy of controlling emotion, to always be patient, setiti (be thorough), nastiti (be focused) lan (and) ngatiati (be careful) in working. In this artwork, technology plays a role as a tool, but the final decision still lies on the conscience. Monochrome is chosen as a form of purity and sincerity, there is only black ink without any additional decoration/accessories/other colors. It creates more honest character and emphasizes more on the photo pose/gesture. It also plays as a barrier between mind and conscience.

Artist Statement : "Ngudo Roso" To release and maintain emotions through artworks.

Interview 1. Q : What is your favorite music?

A : All easy listening music genres that have strong accent and characters.

2. Q : What are your favorite movies?

A : Italian Job, John Wick, Spartacus 3. Q : Who is your artist inspiration and why?

A : Since I started studying Fine Arts at ISI Yogyakarta, I have idolized Soni Irawan for his skills in creating characters and exploration in each of his artworks 4. Q : Why do you choose paintings/2D? A : 2D artworks can “express” the meaning of the works 5. Q : What is your goal in creating artworks?

A : “Ngudo Roso”, which means to release and maintain emotions through artworks.

6. Q : What do you expect from artworks and an exhibition?

A : To get happiness.

7. Q : Q : In your opinion, what is the genre of your painting? Describe it in your own words.

A : I think my works are realists, because I transfer main visuals from photos to my artworks.

8. Q : Why do you choose your current drawing style?

A : I am comfortable with the style and I also enjoy the process that I go through for making the artworks.

9. Q : Can you tell what an ideal artwork and artist is?

A : I think it should have characters and be integrated with the artist 10. Q : If you fail to be an artist, what do you want to be and why?

A : There are still many creative industries I can work in because I have basics in drawing/ painting

Kripke Opo Bung? (What’s The Chord, Dude?), 85 cm X 140 cm, acrylic on canvas, 2019 Erwan HS 'Iwank' Kediri, 15th June 1977, Bachelor of Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Indonesian Institute of the Arts of Yogyakarta (ISI)

Interview Life as performing on stage and cool 1. Q : What is your favorite music? communication is needed.

A : Rock, Psychedelic, Dangdut, Pink Floyd, God Bless, “Wish You Were Here” 2. Q : What are your favorite movies?

A : Drama, Captain Fantastic, Viggo Ortensenl 3. Q : Who is your artist inspiration and why?

Artist Statement: A : Robert Crumb. His drawings are awesome.

4. Q : Why do you choose paintings/2D? Making artworks is just like writing a diary A : 3D artworks are more expensive.

5. Q : What is your goal in creating artworks?

A : To express what I feel 6. Q : What do you expect from artworks and an exhibition?

A : I hope everyone can see and feel what I feel 7. Q : In your opinion, what is the genre of your painting? Describe it in your own words.

A : Cartoon and comic 8. Q : Why do you choose your current drawing style?

A : It is fun and free 9. Q : Can you tell what an ideal artwork and artist is?

A : The ideal artwork and artist are those who do not deny conscience 10. Q : If you fail to be an artist, what do you want to be and why?

A : Comic writer or illustrator. I choose them because they are still related to fine arts

“Zzz…” 150x120 cm , acrylic on canvas, 2021

“Nikmati Yang Ada (Enjoy What’s Available)”, 150x120 cm, acrylic on canvas, 2021

Miftahul Khoir, Surabaya, 16th May 1996, ISI Yogyakarta Many unexpected things happen in my life recently. Those made me feel desperate and unsure that I can face those problems.

Nevertheless, I try my best to calm myself down to live my life, and I can go through many new things by being calm. Everything seems like a dream to me and made me ask myself how I could possibly go through all this.

Interview 1. Q : What is your favorite music?

A : Folk, Iksan Skuter.

2. Q : What are your favorite movies?

A : Action, John Wick, Keanu Reeves 3. Q : Who is your artist inspiration and why?

A : Ugo Untoro. He has wild and unexpected thoughts. I also like Yunizar because he has simple paradigms in creating artworks,.

4. Q : Why do you choose paintings/2D? A : It is easier in expressing anxiety 5. Q : What is your goal in creating artworks?

A : To create food for thought.

6. Q : What do you expect from artworks and an exhibition?

A : I can reduce burdens in my mind and I can have a party with my new friends LOL

Never worry about the life. Just live this life, enjoy everything in your life. No need to cry over the spilt milk, everything is gonna be okay.

Artist Statement : To fight doubt with serenity

7. Q : In your opinion, what is the genre of your painting? Describe it in your own words.

A : I think expressionist, a genre that emphasizes on expression and personal anxiety.

8. Q : Why do you choose your current drawing style?

A : I try a new thing because I used to create artworks with abstract genre and I thought that I could not express and give messages when using the abstract genre 9. Q : Can you tell what an ideal artwork and artist is?

A : Artists that have their world and anxiety. Ideal artworks are whose suitable with the artists’ persobality and daily life 10. Q : If you fail to be an artist, what do you want to be and why?

A : I would run spanram business

Milikmu Keren Juga (Yours are Cool), 63 x 63 cm, spray paint, texture detergent on paper, 2021:

Oggz, Jombang, 29th September 1992, Bachelor of Fine Arts ISI Yogyakarta

Sports make our body stronger without even consuming milk. Thus, many people choose sports to make them relaxed in the middle of their busy activities. Each sport has its own style in its role. In this artwork, sports become the main reference to create an artwork by highlighting the style of basketball identical with flashy color and style, and sometimes styles become the main discussion in basketball. Style comes before skills.

Artist Statement : If ideas are killed, there will be more ideas arise.

Interview 1. Q : What is your favorite music?

A : All types of music.

2. Q : What are your favorite movies?

A : Marvel, Action, Comedy 3. Q : Who is your artist inspiration and why?

A : Banksy & Basquiat. I like Banksy’s art statement, and I like Basquiat for his spontaneous scratches 4. Q : Why do you choose paintings/2D? A : I happen to study at ISI and took drawing as my study major, and 2D is easy to apply for me as a graffiti artist.

5. Q : What is your goal in creating artworks?

A : I want to see my artworks in the great world exhibitions.

6. Q : What do you expect from artworks and an exhibition?

A : I hope that my artworks are not boring and they are appreciated.

7. Q : In your opinion, what is the genre of your painting? Describe it in your own words.

A : Street art, graffiti, like marks or scratches 8. Q : Why do you choose your current drawing style?

A : It is suitable with me as a graffiti artist.

9. Q : Can you tell what an ideal artwork and artist is?

A : There is a match between the artwork and the artist. The artist should not exaggerate or make up his/her artworks.

10. Q : If you fail to be an artist, what do you want to be and why?

A : I would be an art collector, because I am interested to collect unique artworks

Sport For Your Body, Relax For Your Soul , 70x90, Acrylic on Canvas, 2021 Suparyanto Bofag, Balikpapan, 13th February 1977, STTNAS Yogyakarta

There are no limits to doing sports. Sports must still be done in every condition including in the pandemic situation. Sports are done to make our body healthy.

Yet, we still need to relax, to relax our mind and soul so they are not tense with the current news. In this artwork, I present stage music fashion such as spike, zippers, acan cloth and colorful canva cloth that I mix by using bleaching technique (color lifting technique on dark cloth / black by using chemical substances).

I use both media because I feel connection with the world of music stage and my experience in the screen printing where I worked; I could use bleacher as a replacement of paint for the screen printing with the right dose.

Artist Statement: To wake the mind to be happy.

Interview 1. Q : What is your favorite music?

A : Shock rock, Marilyn Manson, The Fight Song.

2. Q : What are your favorite movies?

A : Action, Fight Club, Edward Norton 3. Q : Who is your artist inspiration and why?

A : Soni Irawan. He’s one of members in my band 4. Q : Why do you choose paintings/2D? A : I can still produce artworks with low budget 5. Q : What is your goal in creating artworks?

A : To awaken my mind so I can still be happy.

6. Q : What do you expect from artworks and an exhibition?

A : I can send messages contained in the work and evoke taste from the people in the community to be able to be sensitive in feeling life patterns 7. Q : In your opinion, what is the genre of your painting? Describe it in your own words.

A : Dark fun.

8. Q : Why do you choose your current drawing style?

A : I want to draw without using paints 9. Q : Can you tell what an ideal artwork and artist is?

A : Artists should be responsible of what they create. Their artworks should also open people’s mind that they have never thought of 10. Q : If you fail to be an artist, what do you want to be and why?

A : I can still work in the field of art, although I cannot be an artist, there are many other options than being an artist. With art, I can fulfill my spiritual needs

5 waktu ( five time ) , 250 cm x 100 cm ( 5 panel), acrylic on canvas, 2021 Yusuf Nofantoro , Purworejo, 26th November 1991, UIN Sunan Kalijaga

My biggest inspiration is the second pillar of Islam: doing prayer. One of Muslim’s duties is doing prayers 5 times a day which time is set. They must be done in order and if one of them is not completely done it would feel that something is not right.

The main figure in my painting is scissors, the closest thing I have since little until I grow up. I live with my parents. They are tailors in my village. Our family is a religious one; we really believe in our religion we had since we were born. A symmetric scissors in my painting represents the completeness of prayers, with 5-panel media symbolizing 5-time prayers in 24 hours. I use drawing on canvas technique with a symmetric scissors as its main figure. Each panel represents prayer time in a day.

Artist Statement : believe that creativity is contagious

INTERVIEW: . Q : What is your favorite music?

A : I like all genres of music, but I love rock grind core the most; BMTH Band, a band from England.

2. Q : What are your favorite movies?

A : Survival, action, cartoon, Game of thrones, Jason Mamoa, Dave Ghroll 3. Q : Who is your artist inspiration and why?

A : Hendra Gunawan and Affandi. They have unique artworks and I like the color tones they use and also their strokes and themes they try to present 4. Q : Why do you choose paintings/2D? A : Most world artists have paintings as their artworks. I am also comfortable in creating 2D paintings 5. Q : What is your goal in creating artworks?

A : I want to be a distinguished artist, to be responsible to my artworks and family and to get income from my artworks.

6. Q : What do you expect from artworks and an exhibition?

A : I expect a personal branding as an artist, who is serious and want to inform other people that paintings are output of ideas to give positive messages. Paintings can also be collected 7. Q : In your opinion, what is the genre of your painting? Describe it in your own words.

A : Syariah Metal.

8. Q : Why do you choose your current drawing style?

A : After 9 years of searching, I find my current drawing style the most comfortable. I feel the taste; it’s like tuning a guitar!

9. Q : Can you tell what an ideal artwork and artist is?

A : I think it is about artworks that the artist can be responsible of, both from ideas and output 10. Q : If you fail to be an artist, what do you want to be and why?

A : Drawing is my hobby and I will do it until I get old. Main job is as an event promoter

Exploited, 70 CM x 90 CM, Acrylic on canvas, 2021 Nadindra Danish Permata Unguku ,Yogyakarta, 9th December 2008, Tumbuh High School, Yogyakarta Horses are strong and powerful animals. They are often become icons of some sports or for macho things. But still, they can feel tired, weak and painful when they are exploited. I feel that the andong horses at Malioboro are exploited, because they push and harm the horses to work for them. It looks like a sport for us to see, but I think it’s a misery for the horses. The jockey pushes the horses to run and drag heavy carriages. The owner doesn’t seem to take care of them nicely.

I let the horse uncolored because I feel the horses shouldn't be there, on hot asphalts, around the bus, truck or cars. They should be at the hills, big grassland, or at least farms. Definitely they should be in the nature

Artist Statement : For having fun and released stress from school homework

Interview 1. Q : What is your favorite music?

A : Hip-Hop, RATM , Lil- Mosey, Killing In The Name, Noticed.

2. Q : What are your favorite movies?

A : Star Wars, The Force Awakens, Daisy Ridley 3. Q : Who is your artist inspiration and why?

A : David Shrigley, because it is simple, contemporary and he uses bright and pop colors 4. Q : Why do you choose paintings/2D? A : Since I am little, I get used to see paintings 5. Q : What is your goal in creating artworks?

A : To voice animal rights.

6. Q : What do you expect from artworks and an exhibition?

A : To make people pay more attention to animals that are not treated properly.

7. Q : In your opinion, what is the genre of your painting? Describe it in your own words.

A : Pop Gen-Z. 8. Q : Why do you choose your current drawing style?

A : Because it is simple but contemporary.

9. Q : Can you tell what an ideal artwork and artist is?

A : Artists should care about the people around them and their works should be bright in colors 10. Q : If you fail to be an artist, what do you want to be and why?

A : I want to be an architect, because I want to create buildings which are beyond imagination and not boring

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