Eko Nugroho: Solo Exhibition : MORE LOVE ABOVE THE PEACE
Ended
Saturday8 June - Sunday7 July 2024
| Hours | Wed.- Fri. 12:00 - 19:00 / Sat. and Sun. 11:00 - 17:00 |
| Artist Talk: | Aug. 31 (Sat.) 17:00 - ( Indonesian / Japanese interpretation) ※Please make a reservation from the URL belowhttps://forms.gle/93GtYbkHWbQLMrSf6 |
| Reception | Aug. 31 (Sat.)18:00 –19:00 |
Exhibition Highlight
Contribution
Eko Nugroho
This work wishes to transmit a message on peace, both for the present times and the future, and that placing love above all will save people and the earth from war, hate, discrimination, egomaniac power and from what we know are triggers of war. This message is materialized into a very dynamic and colorful work which resembles a mural, yet made of a series of embroidered paintings of variable dimensions. The production of the work involved a community of embroiderers from Yogyakarta whose work has been marginalized and slowly disappearing due to the advance of technological computerization. The work is made manually by embroiderers who try to resist technology and which tells about how their love towards this process also becomes part of the statement that love above all has the potential to be a great solution for our universe. Love is the key in our fight to save the universe, humankind, and the earth everywhere. With love, not only peace will feel beautiful, but everything else.
The work is shaped as a landscape, presenting a dynamization between a floating landscape I imagined in my head as a combination of hustle and bustle with the beauty of a dynamic love that can grow on us and on anyone. A message I want to transmit to all people and also to the universe.
The work is shaped as a landscape, presenting a dynamization between a floating landscape I imagined in my head as a combination of hustle and bustle with the beauty of a dynamic love that can grow on us and on anyone. A message I want to transmit to all people and also to the universe.
Featured Artists
Eko Nugroho
Born in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. One of the most acclaimed Indonesian artists. He creates wall paintings and drawings in collaboration with other media such as books, comics and video animations. He also produces artworks under the theme of social issues based upon his engagement with student movement in late 1990s. He has run his solo exhibitions and presented artworks at Singapore Tyler Print Institute (Singapore, 2013), Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma (Helsinki, Finland, 2008), and Artoteek (Den Haag, the Netherland, 2005). He has also participated in Lyon Biennale (France, 2013) and The 55th Venice Art Biennale (Italy, 2013). Participated in Lyon Biennale (France, 2013) and Venice Art Biennale (Italy, 2013).