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Pasang Surut
Art Agenda, JKT 31 Aug - 22 Oct 2024 Beyond its literal context of the ocean, pasang surut (ebbs and flows) also resonates with our daily lives. Sometimes, we are buoyed up during a high tide, while at other moments, we’re pulled back by a receding tide. Yet, it’s important to remember that high tides can overwhelm us, just... Read more
Wanti Amelia -
Encounters
Philippines 3 - 6 Jul 2024 Register to visit the exhibition here . We are pleased to present the exhibition, Encounters: Post-War & Modern Philippine & Indonesian Art in partnership with exhibition host, Quisumbing Torres. Amongst the Philippines’ top law firms, Quisumbing Torres bears deep legal expertise across different practice areas, many of which are of... Read more
Post-War & Modern Philippine & Indonesian Art -
Cosmic Concerns
Philippines 28 Jun - 12 Jul 2024 Art Agenda and Lumena Auctions are pleased to jointly present the exhibition, Cosmic Concerns: Nena Saguil & Fadjar Sidik which runs at Lumena Auction’s brand-new gallery at Mahogany Place, Cebu from 28 June to 12 July. The exhibition features two of Southeast Asia’s leading 20th -century painters who each... Read more
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Macet
Art Agenda, JKT 8 Jun - 27 Jul 2024 In both explicit and implicit forms, macet (lit. congestion or traffic jam) serves as a rich metaphor in an ever-accelerating world. The solo exhibition Macet by Kurt D. Peterson delves deeply into the myriad forms of congestion we encounter daily. More than just the cessation of vehicular flow or physical... Read more
Kurt D. Peterson -
Affandi
Art Agenda, JKT 4 - 31 May 2024 Affandi (1907-1990) is arguably Indonesia's most celebrated modern artist and a globally recognised expressionist artist. His oeuvre spans the period around Indonesia's independence, and is central in the emergence of a modernist attitude in Indonesian art. The breadth of Affandi’s vision is on show in this sixth edition of our... Read more
The Modernist Series #6: Hayat -
Gregorius Sidharta
Art Agenda, JKT 3 Feb - 30 Mar 2024 The fifth iteration of our The Modernist Series metaphorically unearths the obscured brilliance of a talented modernist sculptor, Gregorius Sidharta Soegijo (1932-2006), or G. Sidharta. Sidharta is a pioneer modernist Indonesian artist and founder of Asosiasi Pematung Indonesia (API). He started making sculptures in the 1950s, with subjects and themes... Read more
The Modernist Series #5: Unearthed -
Do you hear the invisible sound?
Art Agenda, S'pore 16 Dec 2023 - 3 Feb 2024 Do you hear the invisible sound? is an inventive group exhibition of Indonesian and Singaporean contemporary practitioners bringing to the fore the ‘hidden’ auralscape of visual works. Sound artist Kurt Peterson has created soundtracks to accompany the visual works, each derived from field recordings that have been uniquely modified in... Read more -
Sights They Saw: (Re)visiting Pictorialised Lands
Art Agenda, S'pore 17 Oct - 25 Nov 2023 In Sights They Saw: (Re)Visiting Pictorialised Lands, every artwork embodies an attempt to depict a place, either distant or past, once visited by each artist. With works by nine modern artists— inspired by travels in the region— critically juxtaposed against three large-scale contemporary pieces that explore the complexities of visually... Read more -
Handrio
Art Agenda, JKT 14 Oct - 16 Dec 2023 Handrio (1926-2010) took upon many different roles during his lifetime: a painter, a cello player, a teacher, a civil servant, a graphic designer and more, but he was, first and foremost, a composer. His paintings reveal how he viewed each shape and colour as an individual element - like pitches... Read more
The Modernist Series #4: Dawai -
Elegi Buih
Art Agenda, JKT 19 Aug - 30 Sep 2023 In remembrance of her mother who has passed, Stella Wenny has assembled a contemporaneous group of eight emerging artists in this curatorial debut, delving into how water both connects and separates us. Through a series of works in different mediums and perspectives produced specially for the exhibition, Elegi Buih reflects... Read more -
Brother Joseph McNally & Shui Tit Sing
Art Agenda, S'pore 10 Aug - 30 Sep 2023 Art Agenda is pleased to announce Being Made, a one-of-a-kind highly choreographed exhibition that will take visitors on a journey to discover the singularity of wood as an art medium and the span of creative possibilities in modern sculpture. The exhibition will showcase sixteen sculptures by Brother Joseph McNally (1923-2002)... Read more
Being Made -
Under the Sun
Art Agenda, JKT 22 Jul - 12 Aug 2023 Anastasia Astika, Haiza Putti, Irene Febry, Joschua Setiawan, Mohammad Taufiq, Mutiara Riswari, Ramadhyan Putri Pertiwi, Rega Ayundya Putri, Sarita Ibnoe, Satria .T Nugraha, Sekarputi Sidhiawati, Sharon Joetama, Suvi Wahyudianto, Theresia A. Sitompul, Wanti Amelia, Yohan Liliyani Read more -
REFRESH — Indonesian Post-war Art
Art: 1 New Museum 20 May - 10 Jun 2023 Before contemporary art, there was modern art. Modern art emerged during a relatively difficult and lengthy period when Indonesia was still under foreign occupation, in and out of wars and just beginning to build a national identity. Life for the common people was not easy, living conditions was below ideal... Read more -
Nyoman Masriadi
Art Agenda, S'pore 6 Jan - 5 Feb 2023 We're thrilled to host painter Nyoman Masriadi and exhibition partners EquatorNFT and Get It Studio in presenting Wake Up! Get it?, a multi-faceted exhibition of Nyoman Masriadi’s sold-out Samuro’s Judgment NFT collection, signed monoprints, limited-edition sneakers and sculptures all revolving around the renowned Indonesian artist’s Old Master Samuro character. Samuro... Read more
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Bestrizal Besta
Art Agenda, JKT 10 Dec 2022 - 17 Feb 2023 (Re)starting with the basics is Bestrizal Besta’s bold intent with this body of monochromatic ‘dry’ paintings. The proliferation of images on the surfaces of his works reveals complex lives, narratives and emotions. We course through them before we realise it is the elemental - charcoal and raw canvas - that... Read more
Awal Mulai -
Rusli
Art Agenda, JKT 29 Oct - 3 Dec 2022 Rusli (1916-2005) is one of the most distinctive Indonesian artists of his generation. His linework twirls, pulses and courses like a web of arteries and sets him apart from his contemporaries. Nadi describes the essential character of his linework across different mediums, be it oil, watercolour or ink. The aim... Read more
The Modernist Series #3: Nadi -
Popo Iskandar
Art Agenda, JKT 23 Jul - 8 Oct 2022 For Popo Iskandar (1927-2000), contemplation is central to the process of creating art. He could take hours and hours to ponder and think in between painting until he is satisfied with a piece. Sometimes he goes back to add more layers of paint on a previously finished work. It is... Read more
The Modernist Series #2: Renung -
A.D. Pirous
Art Agenda, JKT 21 May - 2 Jul 2022 The Modernist Series is a line-up of intimately sized exhibitions centred on key modern Indonesian artists that take a dive into particularly interesting facades of their lives and works. #1 features Abdul Djalil Pirous, or A.D. Pirous. Having graduated from Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), A.D. Pirous (b. 1932) is best... Read more
The Modernist Series #1 : Suaka -
ANG SONG NIAN
PARKROYAL COLLECTION Marina Bay 13 Jan - 28 Feb 2022 PARKROYAL COLLECTION Marina Bay is one of the most iconic hotels in Singapore with its breathtaking ‘Garden-in-a-Hotel’ concept. More than 2,400 elements of flora have been lovingly planted in the interiors of the cavernous skylit atrium where we are standing, integrating nature and architecture harmoniously.Song Nian’s photographic series As They... Read more
AS THEY GROW OLDER AND WISER -
WE'RE YOUNG ONCE
Art Agenda, S'pore 8 - 30 Jan 2022 Read more -
SARITA IBNOE
Art Agenda, JKT 13 Nov - 4 Dec 2021 Entwined: An Updated Story is the debut solo exhibition of artist Sarita Ibnoe (b. 1989) who presents 12 works that revolve around the transition of the self. She weaves new images over an old body of work titled Close, which tells the story of someone who 'closes' the door on... Read more
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CHUA EK KAY & LEE LIM
Art Agenda, S'pore 6 Nov - 5 Dec 2021 Surfaces of Time juxtaposes the celebrated ink paintings of shophouses and source photographs by Chua Ek Kay with a breakthrough body of impressionistic wall photographs by Lee Lim. Although the both of them worked in vastly different mediums and styles, the two Cultural Medallion recipients shared a fascination with the... Read more
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INSIDE OUT / OUTSIDE IN
Art Agenda, JKT 6 - 30 Oct 2021 Inside Out / Outside In serves as an exhibition platform for Indonesian third culture artists: Kurt David Peterson (b. 1982), Ruth Marbun (b. 1985), Sarita Ibnoe (b. 1989), Ella Wijt (b. 1990) and Joschua Setiawan (b. 1997) to explore and present their perspectives on questions of artistic identity, cultural authenticity... Read more -
SEEING THE FOREST AS THE TREES
Art Agenda, S'pore 2 Oct - 3 Nov 2021 To say that someone cannot ‘see the forest for the trees’ means the person is failing to recognise the bigger picture. It is an accusation of being too caught up in minutiae and lacking a broader perspective. Flipping the expression around, this exhibition focuses on how we might sometimes choose... Read more -
ABOUT ROUTES, NOT ROOTS
Art Agenda, S'pore 4 - 30 Sep 2021 The word “roots” brings to mind a fixed origin, a past so deeply ingrained that it nourishes the present. Singapore’s perceived roots then present a dissonance. In the eyes of most, the country’s story began with its transformation from a sleepy fishing village to a thriving cityscape. Rather than an... Read more -
ALL IS NOT AS IT WAS, NOTHING AS IT WILL BE
Art Agenda, S'pore 24 Jul - 31 Aug 2021 Our exhibition title ‘All is not as it was, nothing as it will be’ speaks of both a nostalgia for the past and an acceptance of inevitable change. It is a rather profound line taken from poet and academic Simon Tay’s poem, ‘Changi: In Three Scenes’, which reflects on the... Read more -
63 Upper
Art Agenda, S'pore 17 Jul - 30 Sep 2021 Co-presented by Art Agenda and Art Porters, 63 Upper is a formerly dormant second floor of a historical shophouse, now activated as a curatorial space that will create a more diverse and democratic engagement with art. 63 Upper greets you as a voluminous hall with exhibits that make a... Read more -
Made Wiguna Valasara
Art Agenda, JKT 3 Jul - 7 Aug 2021 The Collective Fragment series shows Valasara’s depiction of the typical Balinese artistic representation in Batuan paintings through the emphasis of its most common visual elements – religious rituals, landscape, paddy fields, and Balinese figures. Historically, the modern-day Batuan style of painting was largely influenced by the Pitamaha group in the... Read more
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YIP CHEONG FUN
Art Agenda, S'pore 3 - 21 Jul 2021 In black and white, we see glimpses from all walks of life – the labouring fishermen, the caring father, the kampong children, the construction workers, the urban residents, the dancer. Their environments give us clues to their individual stories and reveal the defining moments of their time. Having lived through... Read more
COMMON INTEREST -
ANASTASIA ASTIKA & SATRIA T. NUGRAHA
Art Agenda, JKT 3 - 26 Jun 2021 While we live in the present, we carry our past in our minds. In reminiscing through visual markers that are most familiar to us, our memory reconciles our past and present selves. Contemplating on snapshots of the everyday, REMINISCENCE: Fragmented Spaces captures the relationship of memory and physical space through... Read more
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RIMBA MAGIS
Art Agenda, JKT 15 Apr - 15 May 2021 Presenting artworks created between the 1960s to the 1990s, Rimba Magis focuses on the wonder and mystery of Indonesia’s natural environment. The seven featured artists shed light on different aspects of nature; while some paid particular attention to the enchanting landscapes, others highlighted the living creatures that reside within them.... Read more -
CRITERION
Art Agenda, S'pore 6 Apr - 23 May 2021 Art Agenda, S.E.A. is pleased to present our new thematic exhibition, Criterion. The exhibition features a bi-weekly evolving collection of Southeast Asian modern and contemporary art illustrating the key criteria of quality, authenticity, provenance, condition and rarity that we look for in a collectable work of art. Works of Singapore... Read more -
UMI DACHLAN
Art Agenda, JKT 17 Feb - 1 Apr 2021 Through social upheaval, spiritual callings and constant travels, Umi Dachlan (1942 – 2009) lived a life of profound reflection. She was born at the cusp of Indonesia’s struggle for independence and her early years involved a wave of rebellions surrounding her home city of Cirebon. Against the backdrop of tense... Read more
METAPHORS FOR HUMANITY -
THE BODY AS A DREAM: A SINGAPORE ART STORY
Art Agenda, S'pore 22 Jan - 27 Mar 2021 The Body as a Dream: A Singapore Art Story is a new thematic exhibition curated by Vivyan Yeo . Featuring works from ten modern and contemporary Singaporean artists spanning 1965, the year of Singapore’s national independence, to pieces created contemporaneously, the exhibition traces depictions of the human body as a... Read more -
TO SEA
Art Agenda, S'pore 20 Nov 2020 - 15 Jan 2021 To SEA pays tribute to the adventurous Southeast Asian artists who painted oceans and lakes with endless fascination. Whether it is the unknown marvels of travel, sublime creatures of the sea or the communal spirit of fellow fishermen, waterbodies acted as an infinite source of wonder for these undaunted artists. Read more -
INTERWOVEN: A WEAVER'S RECOLLECTION OF TIME
Art Agenda, JKT 18 Nov 2020 - 30 Jan 2021 A. SEBASTIANUS HARTANTO “It began with a single continuous thread, only to make sense once woven and intertwined. As a cloth, it recollects a plateau of memories stained with love, lost and what is to become.” A. Sebastianus Hartanto (b. 1995) is an Indonesian artist who mastered the... Read more -
ARUS ZAMAN
Art Agenda, JKT 26 Aug - 3 Oct 2020 Events of the late 20th century have been pivotal for the growth and development of Indonesian contemporary art, as artists of all stripes began to respond to large-scale political and social changes in Indonesia throughout the developmentalist decades of the 1970s and 1980s, culminating in the dominance of socially conscious... Read more -
FADJAR SIDIK
ASIA ART CENTER I, TAIPEI 16 May - 28 Jun 2020 An inimitable figure in the development of Indonesian abstract painting, Fadjar Sidik presented a new aesthetic proposition in the age of urbanisation and industrialisation. The Surabaya-born artist is best known for simple compositions that evoke the vibrant pulse and movement of changing nature. Titled after his ground-breaking body of work... Read more
SPACE DYNAMICS -
VINCENT HOISINGTON:
Art Agenda, S'pore 19 Jul - 23 Aug 2019 Vincent Hoisington (1924-1972) was a self-taught painter who became a prominent figure in the Singapore art community during the country's nation-building years. Perhaps not as acknowledged as his peers, he was nevertheless most recognised for being a pioneer in aluminium art. In addition to his works on metal, Hoisington was... Read more
PAINTER, DECORATOR -
空相之間 BETWEEN SPACES
罐空間 CANS SPACE 18 Jan - 10 Feb 2019 Read more -
SHARON TANG:
Art Agenda, S'pore 30 Aug - 30 Sep 2018 In this new body of paintings, Sharon Tang visualises flowing water through a resplendent palette of colours, imbuing lyrical abstraction with the tenets of eastern philosophy on water. Sharon’s paintings strive towards the creation of an ambient and dreamlike atmosphere in which foreground and background are entirely filled and blurred,... Read more
THE WATER BALLADS -
HSIAO CHIN & FADJAR SIDIK :
CANS Tea House, Taipei 1 - 14 Dec 2017 The Parallel Cosmos juxtaposes paintings by two artists of differing origins and life paths who nevertheless share common ground in their belief that the creative process is not so much about the creation of something new as it is about a life journey towards self-awareness. Their faith in the immense... Read more
THE PARALLEL COSMOS 平行的宇宙: 蕭勤 & 法賈希迪 -
CHEONG SOO PIENG
ASIA ART CENTER I, TAIPEI 11 Nov - 31 Dec 2017 Click here to download the exhibition brochure. The exhibition features forty works by modernist Singapore artist Cheong Soo Pieng, many of them revealed to the public for the first time. It promises to be the first and most significant overseas survey exhibition of the artist ever since his passing away... Read more
A CENTENARY CELEBRATION IN TAIWAN -
'THE GLASS BOX' EDITION 1 AFAR AND WITHIN: SILK PAINTINGS FROM TWO MILEUS
The Factory Contemporary Arts Center, Ho Chi Minh City 6 Oct - 26 Nov 2017 Paintings on silk are some of the most original works of global 20th century modern art, centred around the artists-graduands of the French-established École des Beaux-Arts Indochine (EBAI) who had been encouraged by their academy instructors to engage vernacular subjects and material in their works. The Vietnamese diaspora in Paris –... Read more -
ASSEMBLAGE - REFLECTIONS ON ASEAN
ASEAN Gallery, ASEAN Secretariat 28 Jul - 31 Aug 2017 The 1960s mark an important decade in the history of Southeast Asia as political imperatives necessitated the formation of ASEAN. The brief for the exhibition is simple: put together an exhibition reflecting upon half a century of Southeast Asian and ASEAN history. Presented in three thematic sections, the exhibition gathers... Read more -
DEPARTURES: INTERSECTING VIETNAMESE MODERN ART WITH R. STREITMATTER-TRAN
De Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong 26 May - 8 Jul 2017 Art Agenda S.E.A. and de Sarthe Gallery are pleased to announce Departures: Intersecting Vietnamese Modern Art with R. Streitmatter-Tran, an exhibition of contemporary and modern Vietnamese art that tracks the flow of artists and ideas between Vietnam and the West over the last century. In the show, major new work... Read more -
VIRTUOSO IN INK
Shophouse 5, 5 Lorong 24A Geylang 9 Mar - 2 Apr 2017 Virtuoso In Ink brings together a cross-generational group of Singapore artists working in the medium of ink. More than a medium, ink art has often been understood in terms of its relationship with Chinese culture and a literati-oriented philosophy but it does not have to be confined as such. While... Read more
