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‘Excursion’: A look into the inner journey of an artist
A collective of artists have banded together to express their inner artistic odysseys through a visual art exhibition called “Excursion” at the National Gallery of Indonesia that runs from Jan. 8 to 27.
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Look closer: Visitors look at a painting. (National Gallery of Indonesia/-)
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collective of artists have banded together to express their inner artistic odysseys through a visual art exhibition called “Excursion” at the National Gallery of Indonesia in Central Jakarta that runs from Jan. 8 to 27.
“I like to think of an excursion as an [artistic] journey with a mission,” head curator Frigidanto Agung said, explaining the inspiration behind the exhibition’s name in a recent interview.
“Within the mission we can find subjectivity, and that subjectivity is how we act on that journey.”
Going further into the exhibition’s philosophy, Agung believed that the subjectivity of the artists involved could be divided into three main aspects; raga (the body), menjiwai raga (the animation of the body) and jiwa (the spirit within the body).
The “body” aspect of the philosophy refers to the basic bodily interpretation of the artist’s five senses as they engage with the world around them. This includes both social phenomenon and individual affairs.
“Animation” refers to the process of drawing from the inspirations acquired from bodily interpretations and translating said inspiration into an art form. In this process, an artist can draw from an old pre-existing interpretation and inject some new meanings into it, or create a new interpretation from the “body” aspect.
