HOM Art Trans: BUBBLICAL HORIZONS: E-Invite

BUBBLICAL HORIZONS: E-Invite

Whose identity?
HOM ART TRANS features the cultural investigations of Indonesian artist Choirudin

Kuala Lumpur, September 2013 – Fresh off exhibitions like JULAI and Young Guns, HOM ART TRANS is busy preparing for its next exhibition titled Bubblical Horizon. A solo exhibition by Indonesian artist Choirudin, the gallery will see its walls adorned with the artist’s paintings for two weeks.

Hailing from Jombang, Choirudin has been exhibiting in Yogyakarta and beyond Indonesia’s borders since 2001. In 2012, he was part of HOM ART TRANS’ regional residency programmed called SAGER.

Bubblical Horizons is Choirudin’s first solo exhibition and it explores the complexities of culture and identity today.

“In this show, I try to explain a notion called the ‘bubble phenomenon’, which refers to the simulations and imaginations in life, whether they are social, political, artistic, or religious. I use this theme as a vehicle to showcase the progression of my art from the very beginning until today,” explains the artist.

Works like Confidence Expectation, which features a beautiful Bollywood starlet, is a metaphor for how we often look to other cultures for answers, overlooking our own origins and identity. In other pieces, Choirudin blends different cultural icons to represent the exhibition’s central themes of identity, American hegemony, popular culture, the rise of Korea, and how we grapple to be true versions of ourselves.

“I hope my artworks serve as advice for all of us to be proud of our own culture and identities,” concludes the artist, whose last showing in Malaysia was at Art Expo Malaysia 2012.

Choirudin’s return to Kuala Lumpur fits in perfectly with HOM ART TRANS’ regional efforts over the last few years.

“Our gallery has been working actively with various regional counterparts and we have gotten a lot of good response for bringing in Southeast Asian artists. We feel that the local art scene benefits from this multicultural dialogue, and Choirudin’s works will only intensify that experience further,” argues gallery director, Bayu Utomo Radjikin.

Choirudin’s works will be on display at HOM from October 12-26. Entrance to Bubblical Horizons is free and all are welcome at the Ampang-based gallery.

For more information on Bubblical Horizons and HOM ART TRANS’ other activities, visit homarttrans.blogspot.com

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About Choirudin

Choirudin was born 1979 in Jombang, Jawa Timur, Indonesia. Attending the Faculty of Visual Arts, he graduated from the Indonesian Institute of Arts-Yogyakarta (ISI Yogyakarta) in 2008. He has garnered numerous awards such as The Best Still Life from the Indonesian Institute of Arts-Yogyakarta, The Best Work at the 24th Anniversary of ISI Yogyakarta and 1st Place for the MQR Calligraphy Painting Student Competition, Islamic University of Yogyakarta, just to name a few.

His work first came into public view with his first show Do’a Dalam Hening in 2001. Since then, Choirudin has actively exhibited in over 60 art shows around Indonesia as well as in Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. His last show in 2013 was Astronomi at Suka Gallery in Yogyakarta. He has been an artist-in-residence with SAGER or the Southeast Asia Art Group Exchanged Residency, which is a regional residency programme organized by House of MATAHATI (Malaysia), TENGGARA Artland (Indonesia) and Projectspace Pilipinas (Philippines). In 2012 he founded SAGEJOGJA and is a co-organiser of the SAGE Residency in Yogyakarta.

About HOM ART TRANS

Formerly known as House of MATAHATI (HOM), this Ampang-based institution was founded in 2007 and comprises a gallery and studio facilities. The space seeks to provide a venue for events conducive to the development of local and regional art, and one of HOM’s core objectives is to promote and nurture artists through its key programs.

These include MATAHATI Art Fund, MATAHATI Art Award, Malaysian Emerging Artists Award, the annual ARTriangle exhibition, and the MATAHATI Art Residencies. HOM ART TRANS also supports archival and documentation work under the stewardship of gallery co-director, NurHanim Mohamed Khairuddin.

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Adopted Residency (A-RES) is a six-month residency programme designed for young and emerging local artists to start creating their name and building their own career in the local art scene.

The programme emphasizes on committed studio practice that serves as guidance in art direction and technique for the resident artists, fully supervised by HOM Art Trans and guest artists. They will also be exposed to the reality of being a full time artists.

Towards the end of the programme, all the artworks that are produced during the residency will be exhibited for public viewing.

Southeast Asia Art Group Exchanged Residency (SAGER) is a regional residency programme organized by HOM Art Trans (Malaysia), SageJogja (Indonesia) and Projectspace Pilipinas (Philippines).

The exchanged residency takes in artists with at least five years of experience and SAGER enables Malaysian, Indonesian, and Filipino artists to foster and strengthen regional ties, as well as to network and establish a better understanding of their neighbours.

The residency entails 30-days each in Kuala Lumpur, Jogjakarta and Manila. During this time, artists-in-residences not only produce artworks for exhibitions in each city, but also partake in studio visits, gallery and art institution visits, as well as introductions to significant art collectors and art communities.

Aside from these physical dialogues, SAGER also fosters a visual dialogue, as artists from these three countries are encouraged to engage in cross-cultural meditations and to broach new visual languages in their works.

ARTRIANGLE is an exhibition showcasing the latest artworks from Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Singapore. With the purpose of increasing the appreciation of art in this region through a more open network of exchange and to further inculcate closer working ties amongst our artists, it aspires to energies a 4-way art dialogue between these countries and inadvertently, adds more excitement to the art scene in Southeast Asia.

ARTIANGLE is also a fund-raising event. Benefits from the sales of the exhibition will be channelled to the MATAHATI Art Fund (MAF).

MAF is an effort that provides funds to support visual artists and help the art scene in general. It will go towards assisting in the welfare of those artists in need, which includes incidences involving natural disasters, accidents and health issues. MAF is also used as a grant for artists to initiate art projects and art activities.

Artaidartist is a social media platform that’s purpose and intention is to introduce and market fine artworks in a series of virtual exhibitions. This platform was initiated in efforts to support artists who have been affected by the Covid-19 Pandemic, and who have struggled to make ends meet during the continuous implementation of MCO.

Artists whose works are sold will be entitled to fifty percent of the sale of their works, while the remaining fifty percent will be donated to participating artists whose works were not purchased during the showcase. The distribution of profit will not only represent a community of artists coming together in solidarity towards those in financial need, but will also provide support to as many artists as possible..

Artaidartist is an open call that involves all Malaysian visual artists, comprising of young, emerging, and established. Featuring some of their best work, all artworks will be capped between RM500 to RM5000. This special offer which is below the market price, will allow the sale to be more accessible and affordable to a larger pool of art enthusiasts and young collectors.

MEA Award is a biennial competition that honours the most promising young artists in Malaysia. Its main goal is to recognize the country's top emerging talents and to give them the opportunity to break into the local and international art scenes.

The 5 artists with the highest number of votes from a panel of respected juries will receive cash prize, coucher for art materials, 10-day travel grant to a city in Southeast Asia and a showcase of their works.

MEA Award is joint-organized by HOM Art Trans and Galeri Chandan.