BAIK ART presents Beneath the Layers, an exhibition gathering innovative explorations and approaches to conventional art-making methods and materials.
Artistic development is rarely separate from material experimentation. Paste newspaper scraps onto a painting to create a mixed media work. Take the canvas out of the frame and hang it on the wall to become a sculptural piece. Gather objects from what's near and available to create an installation or assemblage. These artists embrace practices that blur lines between painting and sculpture, two and three-dimensional works. As in performance, here the body (of the object) is the medium.
Through these methods, the artists are interpreting the intangible power that controls the social structure, traces of which can be found in objects. They are rethinking their relationship with material by distorting the assumed characteristics of industrially produced surfaces. At the same time, they are documenting conversations between humans and nature, re-processing paper rather than creating more waste, transforming a live performance onto a flat surface through mixed media approach, recording daily life in a painting on sewn canvas and linen, and resurrecting the lives of 'domusongs' or paper scraps that have served their initial purpose.
The materials used are easily obtained, objects that can be found in daily life. These simple, seemingly mundane materials are nonetheless significant in the hands of the artists. Their artistic experimentations have developed alongside the expansion of technology access and the internet, which allow them to access wider, more diverse methods and materials, and multidisciplinary approaches. As some of their peers explored the endless possibilities of the new through media art, these artists went back to delve deeper to the physical ways of making with paint, canvas, paper, and found objects. We invite viewers to investigate and imagine the stories that lie beneath each layer
Press release courtesy Baik Art.
Jalan Sekolah Duta V no 35, Pd.Pinang
Kebayoran Lama, Jakarta Selatan
Jakarta, 12310
Indonesia
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