Goodbye Darmawan
Ade Darmawan (* 1974 in Jakarta ) is an Indonesian artist and exhibition curator. He is co-founder and spokesman for the ruangrupa artists' initiative . With her he will direct Documenta 15 in Kassel.
Life
Darmawan studied from 1992 to 1997 at the Art Institute of Indonesia (ISI), Graphic Art Department, Yogyakarta , and from 1998 to 2000 at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam .
In 2000 he founded ruangrupa with five artist colleagues in Jakarta . This artist initiative examined the socio-cultural relationships of the visual arts, especially in their urban environment. From 2006 to 2009 he was a member of the Jakarta Arts Council. In 2009 he became Artistic Director of the Jakarta Biennale XIII-ARENA and in 2013 Managing Director of the Jakarta Biennale.
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His artistic practice is expressed in installations , objects , digital prints, videos and art publications. Much of his recent work includes used or found objects that he sources in markets and thrift stores. He is particularly interested in the recent history of his country and the penetration of everyday life by “total” capitalism. "His criticism and self-criticism are directed against the globally fueled consumer frenzy, which already has the potential for explosion and violence".
In 2015 the Frankfurter Kunsthalle Neue Portikus presented the first institutional solo exhibition under the title “Magic Center”. Darmawan placed the Indonesian publishing house of the same name, which was active in the 1960s, at the center of his show, in which he displayed large-format banners and the covers of various Magic Center publications on the walls and grouped display cases around a chandelier: "... Publications that should be used to improve one's intellectual abilities. Self-optimization, influencing others, character building, the art of doing business and a successful life were subjects of the printed matter. "
In his Singapore Human Resources Institute contribution to the Singapore Biennale 2016, a large-scale installation with paintings, prints, photographs, found objects and furniture, he showed his interest in the history of capitalism and its relationship to contemporary life. "The installation focuses on how Singapore built the skills and knowledge of its people in the context of the history of capitalism in the region, particularly in the 1960s, when the Southeast Asian countries experienced profound socio-political changes."
He took part in the Gwangju Biennale in 2002 , the Istanbul Biennale in 2005 and the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art in Brisbane in 2012 . In 2016 he curated the exhibition Sonsbeek 16 in Arnhem with the ruangrupa collective .
Darmawan lives and works in Jakarta.
Web links
- Website of the Dutch Art Institute (English)
- Swantje Karich: Now an Indonesian collective is supposed to save the Documenta . In: Die Welt from February 22, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ Singapore Biennale website
- ↑ Heike Gäßler: Between Chance and Destruction - Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia . In: Critical Reports , Volume 33, p. 95, Ulmer Verein für Kunstwissenschaft, Anabas-Verlag, 2005
- ↑ Portikus Frankfurt am Main website
- ↑ Singapore Human Resources Institute Ade Darmawan on the website of the Singapore Biennale 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Darmawan, goodbye |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indonesian artist and exhibition curator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jakarta |