Exhibition Date
Opening reception 31 August at 6pm with Guest of Honour, Diaz Parzada
31 Aug – 22 Oct 2024
Wed - Sun, 12:00pm - 7:00pm
Closed on Mondays, Tuesdays and public holidays
Art Agenda, JKT. Wisma Geha (JKT Art Hub) lt. 4, Jl. Timor 25, Central Jakarta 10350.
Beyond its literal context of the ocean,
pasang surut (ebbs and flows) also resonates with our daily lives. Sometimes, we are buoyed up during a high tide, while at other moments, we’re pulled back by a receding tide. Yet, it’s important to remember that high tides can overwhelm us, just as a calm sea can offer tranquillity.
This complex duality is captured in
Wanti Amelia's work, where brushstrokes flow and intertwine across canvases. Deep, dark blues blended with radiant teal hues are interspersed with white ripples that elicit seafoam or beams of light, while grains of sand that glimmer like gold complete these swirling compositions that evoke the ocean’s surface.
Through her latest
body of works, Wanti negotiates the high and low tides, uncovering feelings
that remain unchanged amidst the ebbs and flows. This solo
exhibition distils the essence that emerges as the tides recede: starting from the
refraction of light on the sea's surface, to a submergence into the crashing
waves, then finally a return to the shore.
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Wanti Amelia was born in Bandung in 1998. She graduated from Institut Seni Budaya Indonesia, Bandung, in 2021, majoring in Fine Arts. Wanti has been actively producing works since 2018 with an interest in the relationships between human emotion and nature, mainly the sea and seashore. To Wanti, painting is a medium of intimacy to know and accept herself fully, from the negatives and the positives.
Pasang Surut is our fourth collaboration – and a first solo – with Wanti after Under the Sun (2023), Do you hear the invisible sound? (2023) and Elegi Buih (2023). This is the third exhibition curated by Stella Wenny after Do you hear the invisible sound? (2023) and Elegi Buih (2023).
For further inquiries, reach out via WhatsApp +62 813-1066-8211 (Stella) or info@artagendasea.org.