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Coming
Exhibition at Jenggala's Gallery
"My
Son & I"
An
Exhibition of Paintings and Hand-painted Ceramics
by Sasya Tranggono & son (Nicholas Hilman)
December 14, 2007 - March 7, 2008
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Sasya
Tranggono is an eminent name in Indonesia's watercolor
art. Many describe her art as "feminine" both because
of the soft color, flowers, theme as well as title. Born into
a Javanese family of entrepreneurs and educated in the West,
Sasya decides to get on a soulful mission to express herself
and her cultural identity in her artworks. To Sasya, flowers
are simple objects that can be presented beyond themselves.
As art critic Jean Couteau says of her, "Sasya wraps the
flowers in a magical aura of color that locates them beyond
the "real". The flowers belong to the "unreality"
of longing - the longing for an Indonesian identity. Sasya studied
industrial engineering at Smith College in Syracuse University,
Syracuse, New York (Bsc: 1987); She also studied business administration
at the Rotterdam School of Management in Erasmus University,
The Netherlands (MBA: 1991). Sasya honed her art skills when
she joined workshops for art at the Vrije Academie Rotterdam,
The Netherlands (1995). She also belongs to the Werve Shell
Art Club in The Hague, The Netherlands. |
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Nicholas
Hilman was born on December 10, 1994 in The Hague.
Nicholas started to paint at the age of 2.5 years and learned
his early painting lessons from his mother Sasya Tranggono,
a watercolor artist. Many of his works are inspired by his daily
life as a child growing up in a big city. His ideas are caught
from people he meets, media he is exposed to and trips he has
taken. From a scene of Godfather movie to the busy city of Jakarta,
as well as his schoolmates, all are interesting sources of inspirations
for his paintings on canvas as well as ceramics. |
His
fondness of cooking and food are reflected variedly on his
ceramic artworks as well as paintings. Figures of a chef came
up candidly in the ceramic forms of Me as A Chef
and Chef Riding Alone. Seemingly unconcerned with
style and techniques, Nicholas plays more freely with his
theme. Such unconstrained concept has made a wonderful variation
of thematic artworks.
Using
a brilliant choice of bright colors, Nicholas plays with all
that interests him, landscape, objects and figures. It might
be too early to mention his style but looking at the colors
and figures, such as in Figh-Ting, people might suppose he
has seen the artworks of New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
and Indonesian painter Eddy Hara. In his painting titled Fake
Money, for example, he points out consumerism culture
by illustrating credit card as a tool for buying clothes,
shoes, and a cemetery lot. On his ceramic pieces, the odd
nature of raw glazed ceramics that absorb color instantly
does not make him awkward in manifesting his ideas. He truly
enjoys choosing a variety of shapes and cheerfully pour out
his ideas on the three dimension media. In "My Son and
I", Nicholas would like to introduce his works to Bali
audience and look forward to having an enthusiast feedback.
Jenggala
proudly presents "My Son and I" an
exhibition of paintings and ceramics by Sasya Tranggono
and Nicholas Hilman. |
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