fight for the true idea
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| Podojoyonyo, 150 x 200 cm, Mixedmedia on canvas, 2012 |
Pameran lukisan yang mengetengahkan karya-karya dua dan tiga dimensi dengan beragam medium berlangsung di Syang Art Space Jl. MT. Haryono No. 2 Magelang, Jawa Tengah 56122 pada tanggal 23 Juni s/d 25 Juli 2012. Pembukaan dilakukan sineas senior Garin Nugroho. Pada malam minggu (23/06) kemarin, pameran seni rupa dan lukisan tersebut dimulai.
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| I Made Wiradana: Raining #1, 130 x 150 cm Mixedmedia on canvas, 2012 |
One only has to listen to the dialogues between the members of Fighting Cocks Group Yogyakarta to see the passion for this theme, “And the Cocks Are Still Fighting,” and the eclectic selection of artists. As a group they are concerned with artists who have gone through a process of growth and found their identities whilst simultaneously being concerned with supporting new, lesser known artists. The members of Fighting Cocks Group Yogyakarta are Dedi Yuniarto as manager, Zam Kamil, Nurul ‘Acil’ Hayat, Moch Basori as the key artist members.
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| I Made Wiradana: Raining #1, 130 x 150 cm Mixedmedia on canvas, 2012 |
Apabila menyimak obrolan-obrolan para anggota Kelompok Jago Tarung Yogyakarta, kita dapat segera ketahui semangat tema “And The Cocks Are Still Fighting” ini, dan mengapa pemilihan perupa dilakukan secara eklektik. Selaku kelompok seniman, mereka memandang penting proses yang ditempuh oleh seorang seniman dalam menemukan identitasnya sendiri, sekaligus memandang penting untuk mendukung seniman yang baru memulai kariernya. Anggota-anggota Kelompok Jago Tarung Yogyakarta yakni Dedi Yuniarto sebagai manajer, dan Zam Kamil, Nurul ‘Acil’ Hayat serta Moch Basori sebagai seniman kunci.
'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.
