Not Rowan's but mine<\/p>\n
After reading your article Balai perupa honors three art forms
\nfrom Pavan Kapoor in the Sunday, June 17, 2001 edition of The
\nJakarta Post, I am writing to offer my criticism on this subject.
\nMy name is Grace Siregar, I am an Indonesian artist and I held a
\nsolo exhibition of my work at Balai Perupa between June 9 and
\nJune 27, 2001. The exhibition was titled Pohon Jakarta (The Tree
\nof Jakarta) and was opened on June 9 by Mr. Mohamad Sobari, the
\ndirector of Antara News Agency. This was my first solo exhibition
\nin Jakarta and I exhibited a total of 21 paintings and seven
\ninstallations. Performance artist K-Cung was invited to perform
\nhis piece at the opening of my exhibition. Rowan Winifred Davey
\nwas also invited to show her work called Sparkling Celebration
\nand Gloomy Days.<\/p>\n
I felt disappointed after reading this article because the
\ninformation regarding my work is not correct and the impression
\ngiven by the writer, Pavan Kapoor, is that the work is rather
\nthat of Rowan Winifred Davey. Pavan Kapoor did not contact me
\ndirectly prior to writing the article to discuss it and
\nconsequently the details of the exhibition were totally
\nincorrect.<\/p>\n
Pavan Kapoor states that "The second art form that was unique
\nto Pohon Jakarta was the installation art, primarily displayed by
\nartist Rowan Winifred Davey". In fact, the installation work
\nexhibited in the main square was entirely my own, which had also
\npreviously been exhibited by Pohon Jakarta at the National
\nGallery between April 22, 2001 and April 30, 2001.<\/p>\n
Regarding the paragraph "Although Rowan had some of his
\npaintings also on display...", I would like to state that all
\npaintings on display were my own work and not that of Miss Rowan
\nDavey"."... his installation works such as Pohon Jakarta, which
\nstands in the central arena in the Taman Kafe Complex, is more
\neye-catching. It consists of a central trunk with long narrow
\nplastic bags billowing out and waving in the breeze". In fact,
\nRowan is a "she" and Pohon Jakarta is again my own work.<\/p>\n
"The paintings on display are mainly by Grace Siregar...",
\nwhereas, previously mentioned, all the paintings in the
\nexhibition were mine. Pavan Kapoor also states that "the show is
\npart of JakArt@2001", but in fact this exhibition was
\nindependently funded by myself.<\/p>\n
GRACE SIREGAR<\/p>\n
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