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Restu Ratnaningtyas Solo Exhibition at Vivi Yip Art Room, Jakarta

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Colophon

“MeMento: Privatization rooM”

a Solo exhibition by reStu ratnaningtyaS

Curator

Hafiz

tranSlator

Rani Elsanti

PhotograPhS by

Gamaliel W. Budiharga

Catalogue DeSigner

Kotasis Kamar Desain 3x3x3Yogyakarta, [email protected]

eDition

300 copies

CoPyright

2008. vivi yip art roomLot 2-3 The Promenade Jalan Warung Buncit Raya 98,Jakarta Selatan, 12510, Indonesiap/f: +62-21-79 00 480e: [email protected]

IntroduCtIon from the Gallery

Restu has a unique personality; she seems so quiet, but her friends are all over the world; she looks mysterious, yet her laughter can be so boisterous. I’m impressed by her works, they can so well represent her, very personal. They are not pretentious, not beautified or, conversely, made to look mystical to heighten the mystery.

She has prepared her solo exhibition so thoroughly that she even moved to Yogyakarta in order

to concentrate on working. Observing her works, we feel as if we are entering a comic book,

conveying a coherent story but at the same time being independent as well.

The world of Restu’s generation is akin to her works. So close, so clear, yet so reflective. Enjoy the

works!

Pejaten, November 2008

vivi yip art room

Pertanyaan pertama sebenarnya apakah ruang personal itu sebenarnya? Kata “ruang” begitu dekat dengan kita. Namun, jarang sekali kita berpikir tentang ruang-ruang itu sendiri, baik dalam konteks pribadi maupun sosial. Sering ada istilah “ruang kota”. Namun apakah ruang itu sudah hadir sebagai ruang yang memberikan peluang “ruang”

kepada individu-individu di dalamnya? Kota yang kita kenal selama ini sering mengabaikan

individu. Kota lebih dibangun sebagai struktur sosial untuk kepentingan ekonomi. Jakarta sebagai

contoh paling pas untuk ini. Kepentingan manusia sangat terabaikan dalam tata letak kota besar

ini. Ruang untuk berjalan kaki saja sangat sulit untuk mendapatkannya. Semua sudah didominasi

kendaraan roda dua dan empat. Belum lagi pedagang kaki lima yang tidak pernah mendapat ruang

yang layak, sehingga mengokupasi ruang-ruang yang diperuntukkan bagi publik.

memento: prIvatIsasI ruanG pameran tunGGal restu ratnanInGtyas

Bagaimana membaca Restu Ratnaningtyas? Dalam sebuah pertemuan beberapa bulan

lalu, seniman yang pernah kuliah di Universitas Negeri Jakarta ini meminta saya untuk

mengkuratori pameran tunggalnya. Dari pembicaraan awal banyak sekali pertanyaan di

kepala kami berdua. Apa yang harus disampaikan ke publik dengan karya-karyanya yang

sangat personal dengan gaya melukis seperti komik ini? Pada pertemuan berikutnya hadir

beberapa ide tentang benda-benda. Tapi pertanyaan lanjut muncul benda apa yang dimaksud

oleh Restu.

Benda-benda yang hadir dalam karya-karyanya adalah benda-benda yang sebenarnya

tidak ada bedanya dengan apa yang dikenal oleh generasi sebaya seniman ini. Tidak ada

yang spesial. Namun, menjadi tantangan buat saya bagaimana membongkar benda-benda

yang ada dalam bidang-bidang lukisannya itu dalam konteks bacaan senirupa sekarang.

Kami banyak melakukan diskusi melalui teknologi anak zaman sekarang: chatting (Yahoo

Messenger). Dialog teks melalui teknologi maya ini sangat menarik. Ada keintiman di situ.

Restu mulai membongkar sendiri bagaimana kode-kode dari benda-benda itu hadir di dalam

karyanya.

Dari kode-kode benda ini kami mencoba merelasikan dengan persoalan-

persoalan yang paling aktual dari fenomena masyarakat kontemporer. Kami

bicara komputer (baik secara fungsi, kegilaan, teknologi, dan ruang) dengan

berbagai perspektif. Tentu, itu ada kaitannya dengan apa yang menjadi

pengalaman pribadi seniman ini. Melalui pembicaraan itu kami mencoba

membongkar satu per satu kode-kode visual itu dalam berbagai perspektif;

sosial, politik, ekonomi, budaya, dan konteks personal (memori, di situ juga ada

passion, cinta, ketakutan, dan keterasingan).

Dari rangkaian kode-kode yang kami diskusikan, Restu menemukan persoalan “ruang” yang saya tulis di pembuka tulisan ini. Ruang ini menjadi sangat berubah saat kode-kode itu dirunut dalam beberapa tingkatan kepentingan menurut senimannya. Saya menemukan bahwa

Restu punya ikatan-ikatan yang sangat sensitif dan emosional dengan benda-

benda itu. Bagi saya ikatan-ikatan inilah yang memunculkan ruang-ruang yang

diprivatisasi oleh senimannya dalam bingkai-bingkai lukisannya.

Kode-kode visual ini hadir dengan “sejarah” dan “memorinya” sendiri-sendiri.

Baginya ruang adalah bagaimana membangun batas-batas tertentu baik

dengan sengaja maupun tidak. Ruang-ruang ini memberikan kepercayaan diri

dan memberi “kuasa” kepadanya untuk mengontrol peristiwa-peristiwa sosial

di sekitarnya. Ada peristiwa dan kesakitan di dalamnya. Tentu, itu milik Restu

sebagai seniman yang tidak perlu saya jelaskan di sini. Ada kekecewaan yang

mendalam pada peristiwa-peristiwa tertentu yang tidak bisa diabaikan. Memori

inilah yang mengiringi dalam kode-kode visual Restu. Misalnya; pada suatu

ketika kami mendiskusikan apa sebenarnya itu donat. Kenapa donat bundar?

Kenapa sekarang ada donat yang tidak bolong di dalamnya. Restu punya obsesi

tertentu dengan donat ini. Ia bisa menjelaskan bagaimana membuat donat

walau itu pengalamannya membuat donat ketika masih kecil. Dalam diskusi

itu ada kesenangan yang tak bisa diabaikan dalam membuat donat. Saat kami

diskusi, saya sendiri baru tahu ternyata donat bisa dibuat dari kentang.

Dari pameran ini Restu mencoba membongkar kepingan-kepingan memorinya

selama ini, yang pasti dilihat dengan perspektif saat ini. Karena kehadiran

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benda-benda yang membentuk ruang yang saya sebutkan juga menghadirkan kode-kode visual

kontemporer yang memang tidak bisa lepas dari dunia anak muda zaman sekarang.

Pada pameran ini Restu menampilkan lukisan dan figur yang hampir semua merupakan karya-

karya baru. Juga ditampilkan beberapa teks sebagai bagian dari pembacaan kode-kode yang

selama ini kami lakukan.

Inilah Restu Ratnaningtyas, seorang seniman perempuan muda yang berusaha mengokupasi

ruang-ruang sosialnya menjadi ruang pribadinya. Pada bagian tertentu dalam salah satu lukisnya

ada kaktus berdiri di antara obat-obatan dalam ruang alienasi seniman ini: jamban. Selamat

menyaksikan.

hafiz

(Kurator, menulis dari Tokyo)

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memento: personalIZed spaCesolo exhIbItIon by restu ratnanInGtyas

The first question will be: what is the personal space, actually? The word ‘space’ is so close to us, but only rarely do we stop to think about the spaces, be it in the personal or social context. Often we hear the term ‘urban space.’ But does the space truly exist as one

that gives a “spatial opportunity” for the individuals inside? The city that we know today often

ignores the individuals. The city has been more developed as a social structure for the interest of

the economy. Jakarta is the most apt example for this. Human needs have been very much ignored

in the spatial arrangement of the city. It is very difficult even to find a space for pedestrians. All

spaces have been dominated by four wheel and two wheel vehicles. Not to mention the street

vendors who are not provided with a space of their own and thus occupy the spaces actually

reserved for the public.

How does one read Restu Ratnaningtyas? During an encounter a few months ago, the artist who

once studied at the State University of Jakarta (UNJ) asked me to be the curator for her solo

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exhibition. From the initial discussions, many questions emerged in our minds. What must

we present to the public, with her deeply personal works and the painting style that is akin

to that of comics? Our subsequent encounter brought us the idea of things. But then there

was a further question of what exactly was the thing that she wanted to present.

The things that are present in her works are things that actually are no different with those

known by people from her generation. Nothing special about them. But it was a challenge

for me to deconstruct the things appearing on her canvass using the context of current

art discourses. We had a lot of discussions using the technology so familiar for the youth

of today: chatting (using Yahoo! Messenger). The textual dialogues on the virtual platform

of technology have been very interesting. There is a certain intimacy with such dialogues.

Restu started to peel through the codes of the things on her works, how they appear on her

canvasses.

We then tried to relate the codes of the things with the actual problems of the contemporary

society. We talked about computers (be it in terms of their function, of technology, of space,

and of people’s obsession about them), using a variety of perspectives. Naturally, they

all had to do with the artist’s personal experiences. In our discussions, we tried to peel

through the visual codes one by one, layer upon layer, using a wide range of perspectives:

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social, political, economic, cultural, and the personal context (memories, in which there were

passions, love, fear, and alienation).

From the series of codes we were discussing about, Restu arrived at the problem of “space,”

which I mentioned in the opening of this essay. The space changes dramatically as the codes

are lined up in several layers of interests according to the artist. I found out that Restu has a

very sensitive and emotional relationship with those things. To me, it is such relationship that

has given rise to spaces that the artist had made personal within the frames of her paintings.

Such visual codes are present with their own “history” and “memory.” To her, space is

about creating certain boundaries, deliberately or not. The space endows her with the

confidence and “power” to control the social events around her. There are events and pain

inside. Of course, those are her personal belongings that I do not need to explain here.

There are profound disappointments in certain events that she cannot ignore. It is such

memories that loom over Restu’s visual codes. One day, for example, we discussed what

a doughnut actually was. Why is it round? Why are there doughnuts with no holes in the

center? Restu has a certain obsession with the doughnuts. She can explain how to make

doughnuts, although the knowledge originated from so long ago, when as a little girl she had

the experience of making doughnuts. In that discussion, there was a palpable joy when she

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talked about the experience. As for myself, I only found out from that discussion that one could

actually make doughnuts from potatoes.

From this exhibition, Restu tries to peer through the fragments of her memories so far, naturally by using today’s perspective because the presence of things that gives form to the space also conveys contemporary visual codes that are indeed inextricable with the lives of today’s youth.

In this exhibition, Restu presents mostly new paintings and figures. There are also textual parts,

representatives of our code-reading efforts so far.

This is thus Restu Ratnaningtyas, a young female artist who tries to occupy her social spaces,

turning them into her personal spaces. In one of her painting, one can see a cactus standing erect

amongst medicines in the artist’s space of alienation: the toilet. Happy viewing.

hafiz

(Curator, writing from Tokyo)

1�hey! 120 x 150 cm, acrylic on canvas, 2008

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Popy in the Sky like Diamond150 x 100 cm,acrylic on canvas2008

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the Messenger Journey150 x 100 cm

acrylic on canvas2008

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in the arm of Sweetness120 x 150 cmacrylic on canvas2008

1�Maya nan Dosa 150 x 120 cm, acrylic on canvas, 2008

20 battle on empty Street 150 x 180 cm, acrylic on canvas, 2008

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the time for nothing140 x 100 cm

acrylic on canvas2008

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Keep Connected100x 140 cm

acrylic on canvas2008

23insidiousness 150 x 200 cm, acrylic on canvas, 2008

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a Small history that Will end in the living room37 x 32 x 20 cm,acrylic on fiberglass2008

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restu ratnanInGtyas

Lahir di Tangerang, 13 November 1981. Berkuliah di Universitas Negeri Jakarta jurusan Pendidikan Seni Rupa tahun 2000 – 2003 (tidak selesai). Selain berkarya Restu bekerja sebagai freelance illustrator, pengajar senirupa, kurator dan organizer pameran. Merupakan salah satu anggota SERRUM,

sebuah Art Community di Jakarta. Awalnya menyukai komik dan menjadi salah satu tim artistik sebuah zine

independen “GELAK” (gerak langkah kartunis) yang beredar di wilayah kampus. Setelah mengenal Seni grafis,

Restu menjadi lebih tertarik pada proses seni cetak mencetak seperti etsa,engraving dan sablon. Dan kemudian

ikut terlibat dalam Propagraphic Movement; sebuah kelompok yang bergerak dan melakukan eksekusi karya

diruang publik. Beberapa kali mengikuti Kegiatan dan Pameran street Art seperti Revolusi 300cc (2007),

Djarum Black Urban Art (2007), Urban Fest (2008).

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Sejak tahun 2000 aktif mengikuti pameran, antara lain: KRESSEK dan RewindArt UNJ, Pameran dan workshop

seni grafis bersama Grafis Minggiran (Yogyakarta),Pameran mahasiswa Jakarta 32°c di Galeri Nasional,

Pameran kollaborasi “Collabs and Collaps” bersama M.Sigit Budi.S di SERRUM studio Jakarta,Pameran Tanda

kota “Project Satu Selimut”bersama SERRUM di Galeri Cipta II Jakarta,Pameran Mon Décor “FREEDOM” di

Galeri Nasional dan Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Jogja Art Fair, Pameran IniBaruIni di Vivi Yip Art Room. Pada

tahun 2007-2008 menjadi kurator dalam sebuah program SeniRupa di CCF (Pusat Kebudayaan Prancis) Jakarta

“Hybrid_e”, yaitu: “Instant 3 in 1” dan “Mari bungkus”.

Beberapa penghargaan yang pernah diperolehnya, yaitu: Nominasi karya terbaik sketsa gedung Galeri Nasional

(2001) dan Pemenang favorit custom sneakers Djarum Black UrbanArt 2007.

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restu ratnanInGtyas

Born in Tangerang, November 13, 1981. Studied at the State University of Jakarta, Department of Art, in 2000 – 2003 (unfinished). Besides working as an artist, Restu is also a freelance illustrator, art teacher, curator, and exhibition organizer. She is a member of SERRUM, an art community in Jakarta. Early on, she

began to like comics and was member of the artistic team of an independent zine, GELAK (an acronym for

Gerak Langkah Kartunis, or literally “Cartoonists Footsteps”), distributed within the campus. After becoming

acquainted with the art of prints, Restu was interested in such print processes as etches, engraving, and screen

prints. She then joined the Propagraphic Movement, a group that creates works in public spaces. She joined

several street activities and exhibitions such as Revolusi 300cc (2007), Djarum Black Urban Art (2007), and

Urban Fest (2008).

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Since 2000, she has been actively taking parts in many exhibitions, such as KRESSEK and

RewindArt UNJ, prints exhibition and workshop with Grafis Minggiran group (Yogyakarta),

students’ exhibition Jakarta 32oC at the National Gallery of Indonesia, collaborative work

“Collabs and Collaps” with M. Sigit Budi S. at the SERRUM studio in Jakarta, Urban Signs

Exhibition, Project Satu Selimut with SERRUM at the Galeri Cipta II Jakarta, exhibition with

the Mon Décor gallery at the National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, and at the Taman Budaya

Yogyakarta, Jogja Art Fair, and IniBaruIni exhibition at vivi yip art room. In 2007 – 2008, she

served as the curator in the “Hybrid-e” art program at the Centre Culturel Français in Jakarta,

i.e. “Instant 3 in 1” and “Mari bungkus” (Let’s wrap it up).

Her work has been nominated as the best sketch of the National Gallery of Indonesia (2001),

and won the award for the favorite custom sneakers in Djarum Black Urban Art 2007.

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Works lIst

hey!

120 x 150 cm

acrylic on canvas

2008

Popy in the Sky like Diamond

150 x 100 cm,

acrylic on canvas

2008

the Messenger Journey

150 x 100 cm

acrylic on canvas

2008

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in the arm of Sweetness

120 x 150 cm

acrylic on canvas

2008

Maya nan Dosa

150 x 120 cm

Acrylic On Canvas

2008

battle on empty Street

150 x 180 cm,

acrylic on canvas

2008

the time for nothing

140 x 100 cm

acrylic on canvas

2008

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Keep Connected

100x 140 cm

acrylic on canvas

2008

insidiousness

150 x 200 cm

acrylic on canvas

2008

a Small history that Will end in the living room

37 x 32 x 20 cm,

acrylic on fiberglass

2008

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thanks to

Allah s.w.t. //Ibunda tercinta; Yayuk Erlyaningtyas, yang sedang berjuang melawan sakitnya

(semoga selalu semangat dan diberi kekuatan oleh Tuhan YME)// Papa ; Endang Djaenudin//My

Beloved Hendra “HeHe”Harsono//Mbak Vivi Yip dan Mas Bre Redana// Hafiz beserta teman – teman

Forum Lenteng//Dewi Pangestu dan keluarga// Mirna Tamam// Fajar Mahesya// Teman- teman

SERRUM // Teman teman Kotasis// Teman - teman SeniRupa UNJ // Teman – teman Propagraphic

Movement//Teman - teman Ruang rupa// Andy Tidjels dan Sakit Kuning Collectivo// Teman teman

CCF Jakarta // Susan Alysa dan keluarga //AIS //Yahoo Messenger// dan semua pihak yang telah

membantu proses pameran ini yang tidak dapat disebutkan namanya satu persatu.

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