Pressing. Indonesian Exhibition, by Melani Setiawan and Rebecca Russo, June 2013
In collaboration with Primo Marella Gallery, Carla Bianpoen, Lorenzo Rudolf
Catalogue available
The Videoinsight® Art Science Foundation, in collaboration with the Videoinsight® Center, presented, from June 4, 2013 to July 16, 2013, the exhibition “Pressing” dedicated entirely to contemporary Indonesian art. The event accompanied the inauguration of the Indonesian Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale, curated by Carla Bianpoen and Rifky Effendi, which included works by artists Entang Wiharso, Eko Nugroho, Albert Yohan Setiawan, Sri Astari, Titarubi.
During the Opening on June 4, the artist Entang Wiharso, present at the Biennale in the Indonesian Pavilion, created the performance “Border-Less” in the presence of the public.
On the same occasion, the video book “Indonesian Art World. 1977 – 2012” was presented, an extraordinary collection of documents of the life dedicated to Indonesian contemporary art by Melani W. Setiawan, the most famous woman of art in Indonesia: doctor, art-lover, patron, member of prestigious international boards in the scientific and artistic fields, curator of relations between artists, collectors, art experts, public.
During the opening, a dinner was offered to the guests. For the occasion, the catalogue “Pressing. Indonesian Exhibition” was created by Fondazione Arte Scienza Videoinsight®, in Italian and English, 2013
The exhibition included 16 works by 12 artists, namely the following:
Entang Wiharso “Interfere – Reclaim Landscape”, 2012
Entang Wiharso “Lost and found”, video, 2010/2011
Eko Nugroho “Couple series”, 2008
Aditya Novali “The wall series”, 2012
Melati Suryodarmo “I love you”, video, 2007
Gede Mahendra Yasa “Family Tree- Sigmund Freud”, oil on canvas, 2011
Gede Mahendra Yasa “Homage to foreshortening” oil on canvas 4 paintings, 2011
Eddie Prabandono “Untitled” installation, 2012
S.Teddy D., “End Green”, 2012
Zico Muhammad Albaiquni “In the name of Hijab, I”, oil on canvas with fabric, 2012
Zico Muhammad Albaiquni “In the name of Hijab, II”, 2012
Theo Frids Hutabarat “The youngster” oil on canvas, 2012
Theo Frids Hutabarat “The suffer”, 2012
Syaiful Aulia Garibaldi “Burltah perluta”, 2013
Iwan Adhisuryo “Untitled”, 2013
Arief Tousiga “Our plastic debris project”, 2013
