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NOVEMBER | 2018

Welcome to the November edition of Indo Art Link - we have lots of news to share with you this month! Also this month, Indo Art Link will be heading to the APT9 Opening Weekend and we hope to see many of you in Brisbane and of course to view the amazing artworks by participating Indonesian artists, more details below:

Catalogue cover, The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial, artwork by Zico Albaiquni. 'When it Shook - The Earth stood Still (After Pirous)' 2018, by Zico Albaiquni.

THE 9TH ASIA PACIFIC TRIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART APT9 / Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) Brisbane, Australia 24 November 2018 – 28 April 2019

The highly anticipated Asia Pacific Triennial (APT) returns to Brisbane in its ninth iteration, featuring 5 Indonesian artists: Aditya Novali, Boedi Widjaja, Elia Nurvista, Handiwirman Saputra and Zico Albaiquni. These artists' works will feature alongside artists from over 30 countries representing the Asia Pacific region. They will join the ranks of 50 of the most renown Indonesian contemporary artists who have participated in the APT since it fist began in 1993.

Many will instantly recognise artist Zico Albaiquni's colourful and vibrant artwork featured on the cover of the APT9 catalogue, as well as the November/December 2018 cover of Art Guide Australia. One of the must sees of APT9 will be Boedi Widjaja’s two-part Black—Hut, Black—Hut, a work exploring what constitutes home. If you can’t see Widjaja’s work in Brisbane, you will have a chance to view his two-part installation at the Singapore Biennale 2019. This co-commissioned piece is the first project to be developed from a five-year partnership between the Singapore Art Museum and Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) – first established in October 2016. Launching on Friday 24 November, APT9 has a jam-packed program for the opening weekend, with events right through until the exhibition closes on 28 April, 2019. If you are in the Brisbane area over this time period, be sure to check out these Indonesian artists' works in person and if you are in Brisbane this weekend, come along on Saturday to meet Elia Nurvista, who will join a panel discussion:Histories Through Food. Indo Art Link will be attending - hope to see you there! Opening weekend public program details and artist information can be found in the links below.

APT 9 Indonesian artists: Aditya Novali, b. 1978 Indonesia, lives Solo. Boedi Widjaja, b.1975, Indonesia, lives Singapore. Elia Nurvista, b. 1982 Indonesia, lives Yogyakarta. Handiwirman Saputra, b. 1975 Indonesia, lives Yogyakarta. Zico Albaiquni, b. 1987 Indonesia, lives Bandung.

APT 9 OPENING WEEKEND

Installation views of 'Bara Lapar Jadikan Palu,20 tahun Taring Padi' at the Indonesian Institute of the Arts.

20 YEARS OF TARING PADI

Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Galeri RJ Katamsi

Bara Lapar Jadikan Palu

Yogyakarta, Indonesia

21 November – 9 December 2018

The indefatigable Jogja based collective Taring Padi are celebrating their 20 year anniversary this month by staging a survey exhibition of their work at Jogjakarta’s main art school, the Indonesian Institute of Arts (ISI). It was within the grounds of the recently relocated art school, then known as the Indonesian Academy of Fine Art (ASRI), where back in 1998 Taring Padi began. Squatting on the vacated campus grounds, many of the collectives key participants united by making use of both the available studio space and the collective camaraderie during the wide spread student push against Suharto's failing presidency.

Since then, Taring Padi’s activities have seen them working in regional communities right across the archipelago as they encourage local workshop participants of all ages to voice their concerns over social political issues through locally accessible artforms such as wayang kadus (cardboard puppets) and woodcut prints. With a studio that houses 20 years of socially engaged artmaking to draw from, this exhibition showcases the key political issues and communities that Taring Padi have worked with to date, alongside their group projects such as the Pemilu Poster Series, which is in its third iteration in the lead up to the Indonesian general election in April 2019.

The exhibition will be accompanied by both an opening and a closing event complete with live bands and performances, banner making, tattoo and mural workshops, a film screening and exhibition tours by key artists who have been working with the group since 1998.

Sadly, as noted in the June Indo Art Link newsletter, earlier this year Taring Padi lost a key collaborator and leading figurehead of the group, Yustoni Volunteero, for who there will be a memorial shrine within the exhibition for visitors to pay their respects. While their 10 year anniversary resulted in the publication ‘Seni Membongkar Tirani’, similarly this milestone has been taken by the group as a time for reflection and a chance to celebrate their sustained commitment to art and activism.

MUSEUM MACAN

First Sight: Presentations by Conceptual Artists

Arahmaiani, Lee Mingwei and On Kawara

Jakarta, Indonesia

17 November 2018 – 10 March 2019

Museum MACAN’s third exhibition opened this month in Jakarta, presenting three major solo presentations by conceptual artists Arahmaiani (Indonesia), Lee Mingwei (Taiwan-America) and On Kawara (Japan). The exhibition illustrates the possibilities of performance and conceptual practice through a series of visual artworks, interactive installations and performance works by each presenting artist.

Arahmaiani, recognised as a pioneer of performance art in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, showcases over 70 pieces including installation works, paintings and re-enactments of iconic performances in her exhibition The Past Has Not Passed. This survey includes works from the 1980s until today, highlighting the full breadth of Arahmaiani’s practice. The artist, well known for her social activism, has had a robust and long-standing global presence over three decades. In addition to her art pieces; personal documentation, notes and writings from her studio are also on display throughout the exhibition. Museum MACAN has released a publication on the seminal artist – further defining Arahmaiani's position in the history of performance art of Southeast Asia.

This month marks Museum MACAN’s one-year anniversary. Since officially opening its doors in November 2017, the museum has welcomed more than 350,000 local and international visitors and has undergone a recent expansion. It now boasts 7,100 square meters of exhibition space over two floors, an auditorium, library and outdoor space.

We are extremely honoured to have Museum MACAN Director Aaron Seeto, formerly Curatorial Manager of Asian and Pacific Art at QAGOMA and before that Director at Sydney’s 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, contributing to ourTermasuk exhibition catalogue. He plays a vital role in linking Indonesia and Australia, and brings a broad global view of how important Indonesia and the region is to the art world. With each exhibition, Museum MACAN confirms its place as a significant platform for local and international artists, dedicated to supporting cultural exchange and art education – it is a welcomed addition to the museum landscape of Indonesia.

Museum MACAN (Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Nusantara) was recently included in TIME magazine’s 2018 list of the World’s Greatest Places - indeed, we agree!

NATIONAL GALLERY SINGAPORE

Minimalism: Space. Light. Object

16 November 2018 - 14 April 2019

This November, National Gallery Singapore and ArtScience Museum will present the region’s first exhibition focusing on Minimalism. Presenting over 150 works,Minimalism: Space, Light, Object, will explore the history and legacy of this groundbreaking art movement, which continues to influence a wide range of art forms and practitioners across the world today. The exhibition will provide a re-examination of Minimalism’s origins, broadening the scope beyond New York to consider related tendencies around the world. A key aspect is the ongoing engagement of Minimal art with Asian art and spirituality in the work of Asian, American and European artists.

It will feature works by some of the most significant artists of the past 70 years – including Mark Rothko, Donald Judd, Yayoi Kusama, Charlotte Posenenske, Lee Ufan, Olafur Eliasson, Anish Kapoor, Ai Weiwei, Po Po, as well as Singaporean artists Kim Lim and Tang Da Wu.

Over the opening weekend, Art Historian Dr. Joan Kee presented a lecture on why Asia and Asian artists mattered in relation to Minimalism, bringing further insight to an often overlooked area of study - we look forward to hearing more on her talk,

Minimalism in Asia Major.

STAY TUNED

Indo Art Link Anniversary (2017-2018)

For our many new subscribers, and to officially mark our one year anniversary, we are preparing a recap of Indo Art Link's activities to date. More details soon!

Artist Profiles

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