Words from ArtSociates

When I was asked by the organizing team of Festival Grafis Berseni (FGB, Art of Printmaking Festival) from Institute Teknologi Bandung if Lawangwangi could be a venue for the festival,initially I was a bit reluctant. I was not very comfortable if Printmaking would only refer to "traditional ones" such as etching, lithography, serigraphy, woodcut, etc. Later they convinced me that the Festival would also accommodate larger horizon and more contemporary ways of "printmaking" such as photography,body printing, and others. I was very happy with the decision and welcome them to utilize Lawangwangi as the venue. 

FGB aims to facilitate printmaking artists to develop creativity and challenge them to come up with innovative ideas regarding printmaking in theera when printing and copying technology is quite advanced. The exhibition hopefully initiates a regular event to cultivate inventiveness in this area.This aim fits well with the new plan of Lawangwangi to be more open for publicat large by selecting qualified exhibitions.  

I witness Indina and her friends (from the student association of art of printmaking) have been working hard by conducting many pre-events prior the exhibition at several locations. For that, I truly appreciate the effort and the enthusiasm. I like to thank them for their daringness to take the challenge to organize such an event. Surely the curators of this event put much endeavour for pushing through all the hurdles and difficulties. In Indonesian printmaking, I owe my understanding to Deden Hendan Durrahman one of the curators of this event. I truly thankful to Tisna Sanjaya who let me collecthis works that extent the horizon of the regime of etching. From the past collaboration with Deden Hendan Durrahman and Tisna Sanjaya, this exhibition becomes even more relevant to be conducted at Lawangwangi.  

There are at least two important types of heroes in every exhibition.The first are the artists who participated in the event who deserve the applauses. I want to express my appreciation to the artists who confirm the invitation request to participate, to the artists who answer the open call and to the artists who let the artworks to be borrowed as archives for the Indonesian History of Printmaking.    

The second heroes are the audiences who give a life for such an event. I would like to thank the audiences who shared the happiness with the artists. The criticism as well as the applause is signsof a meaningful event that hopefully contributes to the development of and greater appreciation on Indonesian Fine Printmaking in the new and extended horizon!   

  

Bandung, 20 August 2011  

Andonowati, ArtSociates