Angga creates new genre in graphic art<\/p>\n
Sri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta<\/p>\n
Narpati Awangga is proving that contemporary graphic art is
\nenjoyable for practically anyone. People don't have to scrunch
\ntheir eyebrows to understand the works he displays at the French
\nCultural Center.<\/p>\n
On entering the exhibition room, visitors will be greeted by
\nsome 3 meter by 12 meter bright colorful murals and acrylic
\npaintings. They are set in such a way that they look like a
\nsingle artwork that flows smoothly along the wall from one end to
\nthe other.<\/p>\n
Titled Dipaksa Oomleo (Coerced by Oomleo), the exhibition
\nactually features only three acrylic-on-canvas paintings.
\nHowever, the way they are set on the wall and intermixed with the
\nmurals (paintings on the gallery's wall) is what has made this
\nparticular exhibition different and worth visiting.<\/p>\n
\"I made the murals correspond with the three acrylic paintings
\nin order to make them more interactive for the audience,\" Narpati
\nAwangga, or Angga as he is usually called, told The Jakarta Post
\nafter opening the exhibition last week.<\/p>\n
To do so, for example, Angga put on the wall next to a
\npainting a huge title, much bigger than the painting itself. The
\ntitle has been written in different colors brighter than the
\npainting itself.<\/p>\n
In Power So Good, for example, a painting dominated by pink
\nhues featuring Rupuz, a funny orange comical cartoon character of
\nAngga's own creation, is put against the wall while a spot of
\nyellow paint spills onto the floor right under the canvas. It
\ngives the impression that the yellow spot has just flowed out of
\nRupuz's body.<\/p>\n
On another part of the wall, next to a painting \"Something
\ndropped to the ground\", is also written in large lettering.<\/p>\n
\"I had a dirty thought as I made it. I imagined a man's semen
\ndrop to the floor during intercourse. But I make it look decent
\nby making it very decorative,\" said Angga.<\/p>\n
\"With this work I mean to show that something suggestive can
\nbe presented artistically without the viewers feeling offended,\"
\nhe said.<\/p>\n
The mural, too, according to Angga, was made to accumulate all
\nthings that happen at the exhibition into a single and special
\nformat of a graphic arts game named \"swinging ball\".<\/p>\n
\"This (the game) is what is supposed to make everything here
\ncommunicate with the visitors,\" said Angga<\/p>\n
To play the game, players are required to swing, not throw, a
\nball hung with a tiny rope in front of a mural featuring
\ndifferent characters of Rupuz as the targets. There are four
\ndifferent targets offering different musical sounds as rewards.<\/p>\n
Born in Jakarta on May 8, 1978, Angga who is currently
\ncompleting his study at the Graphic Arts Department of the
\nIndonesian Institute of the Arts (ISI) Yogyakarta, is renowned
\namong his fellow artists as a graphic arts game specialist.<\/p>\n
The ongoing exhibition is his fifth solo.<\/p>\n
\"I plan to publish a book containing a collection of graphic
\narts games that I have created since 1996 when I first started
\nthe work; two years from now at the latest,\" said Angga.<\/p>\n
Angga, who claims to have been strongly inspired by American
\ngraphic artist Keith Haring for his comical characters and
\nItalian graphic artist M. Escher for his works' interactivity,
\nlikes to create simple things.<\/p>\n
\"I don't like talking about complicated things. That's why my
\nworks are all simple,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Angga wants everything he creates to be interactive and to
\nappeal to both adults and children.<\/p>\n
--The exhibition at Yogyakarta French Cultural Center (CCF),
\nJl. Sagan No. 3 (tel. 0274-566520) will run until Aug. 31, 2002.<\/p>",
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