fight for the true idea
A troubadour figure was riding a bicycle with super high speed. He passing through with his body bent like a racer, while his left hand besides the front axle as if will 'clutch' something of the path. Its roar cleaves the wind and the blood-red of mist. Behind the mist, Mount Merapi vaguely upstands and dead silence.
Sosok trubador itu mengendarai sepeda dengan kecepatan super tinggi. Ia melintas dengan tubuhnya membungkuk laiknya seorang pembalap, seraya tangan kirinya di samping poros roda depan seperti hendak ‘meraih’ sesuatu dari lintasan. Gemuruhnya menyibakkan angin dan kabut berwarna merah darah. Di balik kabut itu samar-samar Gunung Merapi berdiri diam dan sunyi.
'Celebrating The Body' lifts body as a foundation framework for visual narrative assembled by artists of Fighting Cocks Group. Why does the body? Body as philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty called as etre-au-monde. Body is a human's mode to exists in this universe. It is an important aspect for humans, either biologically, because the body supporting human life, as well as philosophically, namely as a medium to touch the world and realize itself. Through their body, human reveals the existence of man himself, because by his body he was known as a subject. By his body, man passes the test of history stored neatly in the sensory organs of his body.
‘Celebrating The Body’ mengangkat tubuh sebagai kerangka landasan atas narasi visual yang dirangkai oleh seniman-seniman Fighting Cocks Group. Mengapa tubuh? Tubuh sebagaimana disebut filosof Maurice Merleau-Ponty sebagai etre-au-monde. Ia adalah cara mengada manusia di alam semesta ini. Ia merupakan aspek penting bagi manusia, baik biologis, karena tubuh menunjang kehidupan manusia, maupun filosofis, yakni sebagai medium untuk menyentuh dunia dan merealisasikan dirinya sendiri. Melalui tubuhnya, manusia mengungkapkan eksistensi diri, karena dengan tubuhnya ia dikenal sebagai subyek.
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| VICTIM OF INNOCENT Acrylic on canvas, 120 x 100 cm, 2011. |
Five painters, who together call themselves the Fighting Cocks Group, are presenting 20 new paintings at the exhibition, titled ‘Tubuh-tubuh Margin’, or ‘Marginal Bodies’.
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| VICTIM OF INNOCENT Acrylic on canvas, 120 x 100 cm, 2011. |
Lima pelukis yang menamakan dirinya Fighting Cocks Group Yogyakarta (Kelompok Jago Tarung Yogyakarta), memamerkan dua puluh karya terbaru mereka dalam ajang pameran bersama ‘Tubuh-tubuh Margin’ (Marginal Bodies).
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| Dr. Klaus Wolfer, the Austrian Ambassador to Indonesia |
An ingrained artistry, leads Nurul Hayat alias Acil explores in order to find unique art medium. The naughty idea of the man from Tasikmalaya, West Java, is finding its points since he was using old newspapers as a material.
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| Dr. Klaus Wolfer, the Austrian Ambassador to Indonesia |
Jiwa seni yang mendarah daging, membuat Nurul Hayat alias Acil bereksplorasi demi menemukan media berkesenian unik. Ide liar pria asal Tasikmalaya, Jabar, ini menemukan titiknya sejak ia menggunakan koran bekas sebagai materialnya.
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| From left: Karel Dudesek, Dr. Klaus Wolfer, Lukas Birk |
It is clearly visible through his works Acil was critiquing phenomenon of political, economic and environmental which is currently happening in Indonesia. Just look at the slow discussion of draft of laws in People Consultative Assembly/House of People's Representative that must be impact on the pace of development, repeated cases of corruption, collusion, nepotism involved state officials, looting of natural wealth of Indonesia by foreign companies, etc..
Terlihat jelas melalui karya-karyanya Acil sedang mengkritisi fenomena politik, ekonomi dan lingkungan yang saat ini sedang terjadi di Indonesia. Lihat saja lambannya pembahasan RUU di MPR/DPR yang pasti akan berdampak pada tersanderanya laju pembangunan, kasus-kasus korupsi-kolusi-nepotisme (KKN) yang terus berulang dan melibatkan pejabat negara, penjarahan kekayaan alam Indonesia oleh perusahaan-perusahaan asing, dsb.
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| RAMAH TAMAH TANAH JAWA, 2010 |
On a similar theme, Nurul Hayat or Acil makes a sculpture out of newsprint. He created an island. There is a small tree on it bowed before a human figure headed a back-hoe. Through the work which is titled 'Ramah Tamah Tanah Jawa' (Hospitable of Java Land), Acil touched permissiveness of Javanese cultures. In fact, when something comes from outside would harm himself.
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| RAMAH TAMAH TANAH JAWA, 2010 |
Pada tema yang sejenis, Nurul Hayat atau Acil membuat patung dari kertas koran. Ia membuat sebuah pulau. Di atasnya ada pohon kecil merunduk pada sesosok manusia berkepala back-hoe. Lewat karya berjudul 'Ramah Tamah Tanah Jawa' itu Acil menyentil budaya Jawa yang permisif. Bahkan, ketika sesuatu yang datang dari luar itu membahayakan dirinya.
