Yunizar
Yunizar | |
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| Born | June 1971 Talawi, West Sumatra |
| Movement | Jendela |
Yunizar[1] (born June 1971) is a prominent Indonesian artist. He was born in Talawi, West Sumatra, Indonesia. He graduated in 1999 with a degree in Fine Arts from Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta (ISI), a school of national pride and the heart of progressive art-making in Indonesia. Creativity and change are the forefront of the school's agenda and this is evident in Yunizar's work ethic.
He is a leading member of the Jendela group, Indonesia's most prominent contemporary art collective and has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Indonesia, Hong Kong and Singapore. In 1995, he was awarded "Best Painting" from the Peksiminas lll Exhibition in Jakarta and in 1998, he was awarded "Top 10" from the highly prestigious Phillip Morris ASEAN Art Award V.
Yunizar [2] is a painter whose works may be described by an attempt to advance his preoccupation for still-life. Bottles, potted-cactus, apples and other elements are painted singly, and later reproduced in simplified outlines, eventually multiplying exponentially as minuscule elements on a vast canvas, as crammed two-dimensional landscapes choking on its own reproductive capacity. At other times he obliterates this multiplicity, displacing it with a single figure, or a head, unsmiling, disfigured and consumed by a sense of estrangement or exile. In a distinctive series Coretan (Marks), lines and markings are deployed as frantic utterance. Obfuscating and never declaring any form of intent. However, the sense of narrative is kept remaining in the fringes of the frame, is eternally held in anxious tension. One of Indonesia's most dynamic new artists, Yunizar [3] draws from a rich heritage to create images that evoke memories of dreams and myths as well as the mundane.
Work
Yunizar spent his formative years at the Indonesian Institute of Arts in Yogyakarta.[4] This is a school of national pride and the heart of progressive art-making in Indonesia. Historically, Yogyakarta is the seat of traditional, global and popular fused in a fertile and stimulating environment, culminating in an art scene that is bold and original. Yunizar's training and maturity shines through with his palette make-up; faded colours, sun bleached and weather fatigued. The colours reflect his surroundings in Indonesia and remains a constant theme in his works. This restrained palette of yellows, browns and greens is juxtaposed with society's craving for all things new and bright. It hints at his desire to deconstruct the audience's notions of beauty, and how it is composed. For Yunizar, beauty in art comes through complex compositions that introduce different ways of perceiving things.
Preferring to play with empty spaces, his paintings carry his signature abstract style with a focus on texture that invites the viewer to reach out for a feel. He understands and manipulates materials, working primarily in acrylic and pencil, artfully building volume and anti-rhythm with his brushwork and setting forth impressions through contrast and lines, forms and colours.
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
| Year | Exhibition | Venue | Country |
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| 2014 | Yunizar | Ben Brown Fine Arts | Hong Kong |
| 2012 | Yunizar: Story | Ben Brown Fine Arts | Hong Kong |
| 2010 | Jogja Psychedelia - Flowers from Yunizar[5] | Gajah gallery | Singapore |
| 2007 | Coretan - Recent Works by Yunizar[6] | Gajah gallery | Singapore |
| 2006 | Biasa Aja[7] | Gajah gallery | Singapore |
| 2005 | Reborn | Sin Sin Fine Art Gallery | Hong Kong |
| 2002 | - | Chouinard Gallery | Hong Kong |
| 2001 | New Sensation | Gajah Gallery[8] | Singapore |
| 2001 | Exploring Spacing | Mien Gallery | Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
| 2001 | Room, Space & Wilderness | - | Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| Year | Exhibition | Venue | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Seeing Paintings:Conversations Before The End Of History | Sangkring Art Space | Jogjakarta, Indonesia |
| 2013 | Lokanat Ground Zero | Gajah Gallery | Singapore |
| 2013 | Lokanat Ground Zero | Lokanat Gallery | Yangoon, Myanmar |
| 2013 | Art Stage | Gajah gallery | Singapore |
| 2012 | India Art Fair with Gajah Gallery | New Delhi | India |
| 2011 | Art Stage | Gajah gallery | Singapore |
| 2009 | Jogja Biennale X | Yogyakarta | Indonesia |
| 2009 | Jendela - A Play of the Ordinary | NUS Museum | Singapore |
| 2006 | Angkor-The Djin Within | Gajah gallery | Singapore |
| 2006 | - | Exhibition at Vanessa Art Link Gallery | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 2005 | CP-Open Biennale: Urban/culture | - | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 2004 | Merahnya Merah (How Red is Red) | Nadi Gallery | Jakarta Indonesia |
| 2004 | Object(ify) | Nadi Gallery | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 2004 | Faces | Chouinard Gallery | Hong Kong |
| 2003 | Borobudur International Festival | H.Widayat Museum | Magelang, Indonesia |
| 2002 | Alfi-Yunizar-Mantofani | Chouinard Gallery | Hongkong |
| 2002 | Indofood Art Awards | National Museum | Jakarta & ARMA Agung Rai Art Museum Bali, Indonesia |
| 2001 | Not Just Political | H.Widayat Museum | Magelang, Indonesia |
| 2000 | Indonesian Expressions | - | Singapore |
| 1999 | From a Window, Group Exhibition of the JENDELAll | Padma Gallery | Bali, Indonesia |
Publications
- Jogja Psychedelia Flowers From Yunizar [3] (30 July-29 August 2010) Soemardja Gallery Faculty of Art and Design, Bandung Institute of Technology JL.G
- Yunizar Diary 2010 (10 December 2009- 10 January 2010) Gajah Gallery
- JENDELA: A Play of the Ordinary [9] (5 March-19 April 2009) NUS Museum
- Coretan Recent Works By Yunizar [3] (16 November - 9 December 2007) NUS Museum
- Biasa Aja: A Solo Exhibition by Yunizar (19–29 October 2006) Gajah Gallery
References
- ^ "Yunizar Article by I-S". Is.asia-city.com. 2007-11-22. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
- ^ "YUNIZAR-Coretan" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-03.
- ^ a b c "Yunizar" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-03. Cite error: The named reference "Yunizar" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "Yunizar: The Letters of expression" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-03.
- ^ Jogja Psychedelia – Flowers from Yunizar (2010-08-29). "Jogja Psychedelia – Flowers from Yunizar « Gajah Gallery". Gajahgallery.com. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
- ^ Coretan – Recent Works by Yunizar (2007-12-09). "Coretan – Recent Works by Yunizar « Gajah Gallery". Gajahgallery.com. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
- ^ Yunizar – Biasa Aja (2006-10-29). "Yunizar – Biasa Aja « Gajah Gallery". Gajahgallery.com. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
- ^ "Gajah Gallery". Lonelyplanet.com. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
- ^ "Jendela" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-03.