Local painters explore 'The Hidden Art'

Local painters explore 'The Hidden Art'

An abstract painter meets an expressionist counterpart in a
gallery in Jakarta.

The works of Hanafi, 42, and Yunizar, 31, greet art lovers and
visitors with bright colors that speak about hidden meanings.

Hanafi, who was born in Purworejo, Central Java, painter,
produced smooth expressions through sweeping stroke on broad
canvass to speak out his impression about many things, such as
the sceneries of the sea, dessert and certain objects.

But he will ask you to make your free interpretation of what
he presented.

Yunizar, who was born in Sawahlunto, West Sumatra, has
developed a more radical concept in painting. He does his
paintings with absolute freedom. He does not paint what he sees
but rather what he feels in his heart to produce loose images.

These images portrayed everything that passes by in front of
his eyes, such as cups, passersby, stones, steam rising from a
hot cup of coffee and so on. His paintings are quite naive,
comical but always surprising.

According to fine art critic Agus Dermawan T., the works from
both painters had some hidden values.

"Allow me to refer to rhetoric's Marcus Fabius Quintilianus,
who said that the art come to perfection only when it can hide
its value. We can't understand, interpret and comprehend Hanafi's
and Yunizar's paintings in a glance, may be they hid the values
like Marcus Febius' had mentioned," he said.

Hanafi and Yunizar have attracted art lovers' attention in the
last 10 years with their works. Both have academical background
and they have held exhibition in many location. They have
received a number of national accolades.

Seni Yang Tersembunyi (The Hidden Art) is held at Galeri Santi
on Jl. Benda No. 4, Kemang, South Jakarta until Dec. 12. -- JP