Intermission

Kohesi Initiatives presents Intermission, a group exhibition of 16 contemporary Indonesian artists with a total of 53 artworks of various media. The word “intermission” can be interpreted as a temporary state of time; a pause, a time in between, separated from the before and the after in which the artists respond in this exhibition, each in their own ways.

The works of Angki Purbandono (Simple Mood, 2017), Anastasia Astika (Foisted Familiarity #I dan #II, 2023), and Wisnu Auri (The Living Room Series, 2023) give meaning to everyday objects. Meanwhile, with a different visual approach, the works of Andy Dewantoro (The Uncertainty #3, 2023), Suvi Wahyudianto (Landscape di Balik Sayap Burung-Burung, 2023) dan Wimo Ambala Bayang (Untitled (Batu Alihan), 2023) can be interpreted through the symbol used to imagine landscape.

Meliantha Muliawan (Mini Beast #2, 2023) dan Yosefa Aulia (Akar, 2023) works offer another perspective on things that are often ignored. On the other hand, borderline conditions such as ghosts, irregularities, and emptiness in story, memory, and history are common threads among the works of Enka Komariah (Aku Membunuh Malaikat Pencatat Amal Buruk, Atid Namanya, 2023), Timoteus Anggawan Kusno (Cracks on Pavement dan Wildfi re, 2019), and Yudha Kusuma Putera (seri karya Potret Batu-Batu, 2022).

Regardless of the form chosen, process-based, object-based, or both, the link between art and intermission is not merely a cause-and-effect connection. Art can develop further with intermissions that exist between efforts to make a living or as a way to create other intermissions.