The Spirit Within
June 8 - 26, 2023
The Spirit Within is a retrospective exhibition by Nunung WS. The exhibition is not all about Nunung’s previous works, which might suggest that the end of her career is in sight. Instead, the exhibition includes many of Nunung’s most recent works, which were created between 2020 and 2023.
Nunung W.S.
“Nunung WS's abstract painting practice is the epitome of Indonesian abstract painting in the 1970s. Her paintings offer a lyrical experience for the audience. We get to feel the warmth of her abstraction through luminous, translucent colors that reveal the layers of space that illusively goes beyond the two-dimensional plane of the canvas.“
Chabib Duta Hapsoro
Nunung W.S. is an abstract artist with a career spanning over half a century. Despite receiving family pressure to study religion, her passion for the arts appeared at an early stage. In particular, she was inspired by Kartika Affandi, the artist daughter of Kusuma Affandi, who served as a role model that women too could […]
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