The year of _________

21 Oct - 21 Nov 2020

How many of our plans saw the light of day and how many of our inhibition finally received attention? The year has unraveled unimaginable circumstances that have both been challenging and complex in nature. For a moment the world stopped in its track, life at full speed came to a halt and everything that we knew as normal crashed, collided, and cracked. (Read more: CURATORIAL)

“In the case of Abenk Alter that effort is steered towards creating manageable goals intended to propel a sustainable progress. More time is spared to break off bad habits. Here, his oddly shaped canvases are as if caught in the midst of breaking from its conventional shape.”

D Gallerie & Project Mei

“Hilmy P. Soepadmo who’s artistic practice normally juxtaposes the elitism of art as luxury goods, by exposing factual labels that are printed and presented on materials associated with mass ready-made and fabricated mediums, such as perspex, have returned to a conventional medium of oil on canvas.”

D Gallerie & Project Mei

Abenk Alter

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Born in 1985 Jakarta, Indonesia, Abenk Alter began his artistic exploration through painting. His work questions, what does it mean to be a creative being in a multifaceted environment? His visual discourses are addressed through various themes on family dynamics, social and political issues that exist within the urban setting. The grounds in which his […]

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Hilmy P. Soepadmo

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Hilmy P. Soepadmo is a 2017 Fine Art Painting graduate from the Institute Technology of Bandung, Indonesia. Working with varied mediums from painting, prints, to perspex he is working into deconstructing consumerist culture by identifying visual stimulants that drive people’s behavior to consume. This practice is informed by his early experience as a graphic designer […]

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Curatorial: The year of _________