ROH announces its participation at Art Jakarta 2022 with four presentations at GALLERY, SPOT, and SCENE sectors.

ROH is pleased to share its participation at Art Jakarta 2022 with two gallery presentations at ROH Salon (Booth D3) and tubuh (Booth B8) as well as a solo presentation of Bagus Pandega at Art Jakarta Spot (Spot 14) and a performance work by  Uji “Hahan” Handoko, Adi “Uma Gumma” Kusuma in collaboration with  Black Hand Gang at Art Jakarta Scene (Scene 6).

Our main presentation, ROH Salon, will present the works of our represented artists in conversation with artists from around the Asia-Pacific Region we have been working with closely throughout the years, namely BANGKOK CITYCITY (Bangkok, Thailand), STPI Gallery (Singapore), Silverlens Galleries (Manila, Philippines and New York, United States), Tropical Futures Institute (Cebu, Philippines), Nova Contemporary (Bangkok, Thailand), and Gallery EXIT (Hong Kong).

Continuing upon the previous iteration of Art Jakarta, ROH Projects Projects will concurrently be presenting tubuh, a curated presentation of works that focus on the body and the myriad ways of its expression, interpretation, as well as positions. This presentation places within the context of each other the drawings of Agung Kurniawan (b. 1968, Jember, Indonesia) with a number of paintings by Banny Jayanata (b. 1983, Surabaya, Indonesia) as well as video works by Kawita Vatanajyankur (b. 1988, Bangkok, Thailand). Agung Kurniawan has been developing a new series of striking works on paper that interweave complex layers of history and narrative with fiction based off of his ongoing interest in the Indonesian reformation period of 1965. Banny Jayananta works on an impasto methodology of painting that looks for a balance between the figurative and abstract. In her performative videos, Kawita's Vatanajyankur transforms her body into a site upon which issues of labour, feminism, oppression and consumerism are thoroughly interrogated and challenged. Vatanajyankur undertakes various repetitive and strenuous tasks, turning herself into mechanical tools and domestic objects as she pushes her body to its limits as a testament to human capabilities and female resilience.

Furthermore, ROH is pleased to present a special installation by Bagus Pandega at Art Jakarta Spot. Working primarily through installation, Pandega often challenges pre-conditioned relationships between objects and its viewers. In his works, Pandega assembles various electronic systems as ‘modules’ and explores objects such as voice recorders, cassette and record players, lamps, and electronic circuit boards–among others–to construct his works. Many of his artworks become activated through the interaction of movement, sound, and light.

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Photography by ROH

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