ASHTWO GRAFFITI BLOG / JAKARTA - INDONESIA

INDO GRAFFTIVI Indonesia graffiti video project

2012-01-30T09:21:00.000-08:00

THE POPO

KOMA (INDO) AND YEAH // ARTCOHOLIC

random

2012-01-30T09:15:00.000-08:00

shake and destroy

2012-01-30T09:08:00.000-08:00

burns

2012-01-09T20:09:00.000-08:00

learning

2012-01-09T20:02:00.000-08:00

pesan apa yang lo mau sampaikan kalo lo cuma nulis ASHTWO?

2012-01-08T23:55:00.000-08:00

I want to people notice me on the street. because i grew up in the street.
I put my work on the street. So, the name that i wrote is very important to put me on the map. It's like a mark, the name is describe who am i and what i did on the street. My artwork is live in Jakarta street side by side with all commercial, billboard and banner, not in Gallery which is deal with plain white wall..

RETAKE NO HATE

2011-12-25T10:26:00.001-08:00

VIOLENCE X ASHTWO

2011-12-24T09:47:00.000-08:00

YUK07 X ASHTWO JAKARTA INDONESIA GRAFFITI 2011

2011-12-22T01:57:00.000-08:00

NIES1 x ASHTWO at Highscope 2007

2011-12-17T09:55:00.000-08:00

back in the days,,, Nies1 and Ashtwo 2007

MUNNY WORLD CUSTOM JAKARTA 2011 (play in 720 hd)

2011-12-10T09:08:00.000-08:00

KOSMO JAMMING, Jakarta / Indonesia 2011

2011-12-06T06:39:00.000-08:00

ASHTWO

2011-11-15T23:47:00.000-08:00

ASHTWO

2011-11-15T23:46:00.001-08:00

ASHTWO

2011-11-15T23:43:00.001-08:00

ASHTWO

2011-11-08T22:00:00.000-08:00

JKT X SBY

2011-11-04T11:01:00.000-07:00

ASHTWO

2011-10-31T10:00:00.002-07:00

ASHTWO

2011-10-31T10:00:00.001-07:00

ashtwo

2011-10-31T09:58:00.000-07:00

simple blue

2011-10-31T09:55:00.000-07:00

Black Book series / Ashtwo / MDFK / sketch

2011-09-12T08:11:00.000-07:00

dirty gold

2011-08-11T11:44:00.000-07:00

my neighbourhood

2011-07-18T00:45:00.001-07:00

ashtwo X nish

2011-07-18T00:34:00.001-07:00

have a good time!

2011-07-03T14:51:00.000-07:00

ashtwo X lykerex

2011-06-19T16:01:00.000-07:00

JAKARTA x SURABAYA

2011-06-19T15:42:00.001-07:00

THE POPO - LYKEREX - MENAW - BIDHEE - ASHTWO(tribute to menaw)

K.segart artspace

2011-06-19T15:31:00.000-07:00

lykerex - ashtwo - yuk07 - thepopo - sendseva - add17

TIMELESS EXHIBITION

2011-06-14T12:59:00.000-07:00

ashtwo

2011-05-23T00:52:00.000-07:00

ADIDAS ALL IN ( ashtwo, name2, wormo, toter, sendseva ) Jakarta, Indonesia

2011-05-18T12:16:00.000-07:00

ashtwo, lyke-rex, the popo and MBC at k.segart artspace

2011-05-18T01:24:00.001-07:00

MDFK tshirt and ninja hoodie

2011-05-18T01:20:00.000-07:00

chroma blue ashtwo X lykerex

2011-05-18T01:15:00.001-07:00

quick piecing

2011-05-16T05:29:00.000-07:00

lyke-rex // the popo // ashtwo // koma

2011-05-05T05:36:00.001-07:00

click here for bigger!

madefake

2011-03-20T10:32:00.000-07:00

wildstyle scientist // ashtwo

2011-03-01T21:28:00.000-08:00

Jakarta international stencil art exhibition 2011

2011-02-25T15:46:00.000-08:00

PLACE: NORTH ART SPACE

DIVERGENCE
Jakarta International Stencil Art Exhibition 2011

KURATOR : Frigidanto Agung -- Selo Riemulyadi

ARTIST : JAKARTA (Reflect, Stenzila, Total Terror, UBC)
JOGJAKARTA ( Arie Diyanto, Farid Stevy, Farhan Siki, Sigit Bapak)
BALI (I Made Aswino Aji)
PERANCIS ( Goin, Jinks Kunst)
JERMAN (Pisa 73, Czarnobyl, Leckomio)
POLANDIA (M-City)
SPANYOL (BTOY)
AUSTRALIA (Vexta)
USA (Above, Mathew Curran)

OPENING : 4 Maret 2011-- 19.00 WIB

EXHIBITION : 5 Maret - 5 April 2011

OUTDOOR : 28 Februari – 3 Maret 2011

Perkembangan seni stencil di Indonesia belum mendapat pengapresiasian yang baik dalam wilayah seni visual maupun grafis. Hal ini dibuktikannya melalui pameran-pameran yang berskala nasional semisal: Trienalle Grafis, Bienalle dan ajang pameran-pameran. Berbeda dari media lain, perkembangan seni stencil selalu melibatkan publik serta teknologi terapan, yang telah memperluas kemampuan untuk menghasilkan lapisan makna tak terbatas. Perjumpaan antara medium hingga ruang telah mengubah cara di mana orang memandang realitas.

Perkembangan sejarah seni Stensil yang populer sebagai metode buku ilustrasi, dan untuk tujuan teknik berada pada puncak popularitas di Perancis selama tahun 1920-an. Ketika seni stensil yang digunakan dalam cara ini, mereka sering disebut "pochoir". Dalam proses Pochoir, cetak dengan garis-garis besar rancangan dibuat, dan serangkaian stensil digunakan melalui bidang warna yang diaplikasikan dengan tangan ke halaman. Pochoir sering digunakan untuk menciptakan warna intens cetakan, dan yang paling sering dikaitkan dengan Art Nouveau dan Art Deco. Stensil mungkin telah digunakan untuk corak kain pada waktu yang sangat lama, mungkin teknik mencapai puncak kecanggihan dalam Katazome dan teknik lain untuk digunakan pada pakaian sutra selama zaman Edo di Jepang. Di Eropa, dari sekitar 1450 mereka sudah sangat umum digunakan untuk master cetakan warna dasar dicetak dalam warna hitam dan putih.

Dikenal pertama buku yang akan dicetak dengan menggunakan stensil adalah Alkitab. Stensil memiliki banyak aplikasi praktis dan konsep stensil sering digunakan dalam industri, komersial, artistik, perumahan dan rekreasi pengaturan, serta oleh militer, pemerintah dan manajemen infrastruktur. Mould/master cetakan digunakan untuk membuat sebuah kerangka untuk foto tersebut. Cetakan stensil dapat dibuat dari bahan apa pun yang akan mengadakan bentuknya, mulai dari kertas biasa, kardus, lembaran plastik, logam, dan kayu.

Banyak karya telah membuktikan bahwa seni stencil, sebagai seperangkat praktek berdasarkan teori, dapat menunjukkan, merefleksikan dan mengomentari banyak hal dalam masyarakat kontemporer. Beberapa seniman telah berusaha untuk mendekati isu-isu mulai dari pribadi hingga publik luas dengan perspektif yang berbeda-beda, termasuk masalah publik dan pertanyaan yang diajukan sekitar hubungan peleburan perbatasan antara "nyata" dan "khayalan", "asli" dan "salinan" serta "kebenaran" dan "dusta".

Seorang penulis dari Amerika kemudian mengadakan riset dan mencoba mengklasifikasikan stenzil art yang bermula dari street art:

Russel Howze: Tiga Medium Seni Jalanan dan Fungsi Persebaran

Ada tiga medium yang menonjol pada praktik seni jalanan: mural yang
dekat dengan teknik lukis realis dan membutuhkan logistik cukup besar;
graffiti yang banyak bersandar pada karakter aksara (kaligrafi) dan
piktogram yang lebih sederhana secara teknis; dan seni stensil
(menggunakan bingkai cetak, alias mould) yang dari segi kerumitan berada
di antara ke dua medium sebelumnya.

Apa artinya?
Salah satunya: mural lebih memberi peluang pada
mereka yang sudah memiliki kemampuan lukis dan
logistik yang cukup kompleks (termasuk seniman
akademis yang bermaksud keluar dari batasan
sistem seni yang berlaku), sementara graffiti sama
sekali meninggalkan gambar dan mencukupi diri
dengan men-tag kode-kode atau aksara untuk
menyatakan kehadiran diri di sepotong ruang kota.

Stensil, di satu sisi tetap mempertahankan kemungkinan
me-(re)-produksi gambar (imaji) tanpa mensyaratkan
kemampuan (akademis) yang kompleks dan di sisi lain
menanggapi kebutuhan akan fleksibilitas gerak yang
diperlukan dalam praktik “gerilya visual”. Russel Howze
menganggap stensil sebagai medium perantara, di tengah
graffiti dan mural. Stensil dapat direproduksi dengan cepat
ke sejumlah tempat, atau disusun repetitif untuk memenuhi
bidang yang luas di satu tempat.
Jadi, seni stensil menawarkan kompleksitas tapi juga
keleluasaan gerak kepada para praktisinya.
Dalam perkembangannya, stensil telah menjadi sebuah
medium “seni rupa bawah” (baca: low brow) yang
berkembang cepat dengan bantuan internet. Metoda visualnya
juga telah dipungut oleh seniman berlatar akademis

back to the oldschool // ashtwo

2011-02-20T03:27:00.001-08:00

ashtwo X tank (sby)

2011-02-20T03:11:00.001-08:00

under the bridge // ashtwo

2011-02-14T10:06:00.000-08:00

spam!

2011-02-13T17:45:00.000-08:00

demi flyover pohon gameover! by the popo

2011-02-11T03:11:00.000-08:00

http://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2011/02/11/13451714/Demi.Fly.Over.Pohon.Game.Over

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Pembangunan jalan layang non tol di ruas Jalan Antasari-Blok M telah dimulai sejak 22 November 2010. Dinas Pekerjaan Umum DKI Jakarta menargetkan pembangunan ini rampung dalam waktu dua tahun.

Namun, akibat pembangunan jalan layang itu, ratusan pohon dikorbankan. Tercatat, 554 pohon akan menjadi korban proyek jalan layang tersebut. Protes pun mulai bermunculan menyikapi penebangan pohon secara massal itu. Salah satunya dengan coretan dinding di tuang publik atau biasa disebut mural.

Coretan dari cat pewarna tersebut menghiasi ruas Jalan Antasari menuju Blok M. Tulisan itu bertuliskan: "Demi Fly Over Pohon Game Over". Tulisan tersebut tersebar di tembok-tembok pinggir jalan. Belum jelas siapa yang menulis, identitas yang ditemui pada tulisan itu hanyalah nama Popo.

Beberapa waktu lalu, Gubernur Fauzi Bowo pernah menyatakan akan mengganti pohon-pohon yang menjadi korban pembangunan jembatan layang itu lebih banyak. "Pohon akan kami ganti beberapa kali lebih banyak," ujarnya.

Pembagunan jalan layang tersebut juga berdampak pada kemacetan. Pemandangan itu menjadi santapan sehari-hari pengendara yang melintas dari arah jalan Fatmawati menuju Blok M. Terutama di jam-jam sibuk seperti masuk dan pulang kantor.

Panjang jalan layang Pangeran Antasari-Lapangan Mabak Blok M yakni sejauh 4,846 meter dengan lebar 8,75 meter untuk satu jalur. Karena akan dibuat dua jalur, maka total lebar jalan layang menjadi 17,5 meter dengan ketinggian 10 meter dari jalan eksisting. Waktu pelaksanaan pembangunan fisik dilaksanakan selama 630 hari atau sekitar 1 tahun 7,5 bulan dengan sistem proyek multiyears.

Adapun nilai proyek jalan layang Pangeran Antasari-Blok M mencapai Rp 1,28 triliun yang dibagi dalam lima paket pengerjaan proyek. Adapun rute pengerjaannya dari selatan ke utara, masuk Jalan Pangeran Antasari menuju Brawijaya, Prapanca turun ke Wijaya I dekat kantor Wali Kota Jakarta Selatan. Sedangkan rute utara ke selatan, masuk dari Lapangan Mabak Blok M, menuju Jalan Iskandarsyah, Prapanca, Brawijaya dan turun di Jalan Pangeran Antasari.

as seen on the street

2011-02-09T07:35:00.000-08:00

sketch // ashtwo

2011-01-27T12:51:00.000-08:00

monokromatik // ashtwo

2011-01-23T13:11:00.000-08:00

Ninja Hoodie by MDFK available on www.madefake.com

2011-01-16T15:43:00.000-08:00

MDFK as seen on the street . part1

2011-01-15T10:43:00.000-08:00

visit www.madefake.com

AKU CINTA JAKARTA?

2011-01-15T10:39:00.000-08:00

MDFK by madefake studio

2011-01-10T07:23:00.000-08:00

visit www.madefake.com
MDFK ltd.

MDFK by madefakestudio ''as seen on the street'' official logo

2011-01-10T06:12:00.000-08:00

visit www.madefake.com

MADEFAKE STUDIO is a
collaborative newskool art project beetween Abi Rama as LYKE REX and Ramadhan Ryan a.k.a ASHTWO. this project was inspired by the street life and youth culture, such as graffiti, mural, street fashion, music, video, photography and design.

2x3m mural at Jakarta 32c exhibition // ashtwo // photo taken by Aloysius Nitia //

2011-01-10T03:52:00.000-08:00

teaser street art jakarta32c

2010-12-12T03:27:00.000-08:00

MADEFAKE project - Jakarta Butuh Cinta ( AKU CINTA JAKARTA?)

2010-12-10T13:42:00.000-08:00

Street Art Show "Breaking the Wall"

2010-12-10T12:18:00.000-08:00

Inilah program pemanasan Jakarta Biennale 2011. Menampilkan ekspresi terbaru street art, selain mural dan graffiti, dengan medium seperti sampah daur ulang, ilusi tiga dimensi, balon, dan sebagainya. Konsep street art show sebagai bentuk kampanye bahwa mural seni jalanan bukan vandalisme, bukan pula semangat perlawanan terhadap batas-batas seni tinggi dan seni rendah, atau ekspresi yang liar dan destruktif. Pameran ini secara etis berpihak pada khalayak yang lebih luas, ketika seni rupa dirayakan secara egaliter dan merujuk pada kebudayaan kontemporer.

Peserta :
Komunitas X Serut | Judul karya : Negeri Ilusi
Popo & Kampung Segart | Judul karya : Fun
Amel n Friends | Judul karya : Bam! Bam! Go!
Lintas Melawai | Judul karya : In Maridjan We Trust
Atap Alis | Judul karya : Koma
IKJ’S Action Painting

Kurator :
Bambang Sri Widjanarko

Pameran:
Halaman Teater Jakarta (Grand Theatre) – Taman Ismail Marzuki
8 – 18 Desember 2010

*terbuka untuk umum

THE POPO - Breakin The Wall Exhibition - Jakarta - 2010 MADEFAKE STUDIO

2010-12-10T12:07:00.000-08:00

Graffiti for Kenken, a kid from Bangka Belitung , // ashtwo// the popo// rharharha// bujangan urban

2010-12-09T02:11:00.000-08:00

Art Crimes: Featured Artists // ashtwo

2010-12-08T12:33:00.000-08:00

http://artcrimes.com/index/artists.html

about ARTCRIMES:

Beginnings

Welcome to Art Crimes, a gallery of graffiti art from the US, Europe, and cities around the world. This project was started with a handful of photos from Atlanta and Prague by Susan Farrell in May 1994, and the site went public that September. Susan teamed up with photographer Brett Webb in September 1994, who also worked in support of the site in various ways until 2005.

Art Crimes has won many awards for excellence, including Cool Site of the Day (1994) and top-10 nominee for Best of the Web (1995). This site has also been featured in Flashbacks, Twelve Ounce Prophet, Blitzkreig, Scientific American, Newsweek, Wired, Village Voice, Discovery Channel, Radio France, ZDTV's Internet Tonight, New York Times, USA Today, and many other fine publications.

By July 2004, Art Crimes had thousands of images from 445 cities around the world. Art Crimes was the first graffiti site on the net, and we're still one of the biggest, although many other interesting and useful sites have since sprung up.

Purpose

In many places, painting graffiti is illegal. We don't advocate breaking the law, but we think art belongs in public spaces and that more legal walls should be made available for this fascinating art form. Because it is so hard to get books published and to keep photos and blackbooks from being seized and destroyed, the Internet may be the best way to publish and preserve this information. Please get involved in the effort to preserve your local graffiti history.

Our main goals are to provide cultural and scholarly information and resources and to help preserve and document the constantly disappearing paintings. We also want to spread the truth that this kind of graffiti, called "writing" is being done by artists who call themselves "writers," not by gangs.

Get Involved

Art Crimes is a collaborative, ongoing, volunteer project. Special thanks to all the people who have supported and encouraged us.

Please email us if you find any dead links or wrong captions. You may find some language or images offend you -- but graffiti is risky stuff -- you're on your own. Click on a small picture to see a larger version.

Writers: We have great respect for you and your work. If you want to get involved, we welcome you. Protect your history by making it digital. Tell your story, express your opinions and publish them. Make your own site and send us your Web address. Make the Internet work for you. Fight media with media. Be careful in forums and chatrooms online, since those are very public places and words once spoken have a life of their own.

Many writers object to the terms "graffiti," "artist," "spraycan art," "graff," and other common terms used to describe the images we show at Art Crimes and those who make them. Although these terms are weak or have undesirable connotations, we think the currently preferred term, "writer," does not adequately set graffiti writers apart from book authors or journalists, which causes some confusion outside the community. Phase 2 prefers "style writing," which is a better but lesser-known term. This site uses "graffiti," because we think this word still has the most recognition and precision and using it makes Art Crimes more findable with search engines.

Copyright Notices

Photos belong to the photographers and artists. Artists have the ultimate legal rights to their own artwork and images of it. Some photographers are protecting their particular photographs, not claiming any ownership over the art itself.

The photos are shown with copyright notices on this site to protect the artists. Because the photographers have made the art portable, it is their responsibility to control their images of it, to prevent its abuse by commercial interests.

No images on Art Crimes can be used for anything (except your personal enjoyment) without permission. This means you can't scoop up a bunch of them and put them on your home page without asking. These images are not for sale, but the artists may wish to sell some original art and many are design professionals.

Photographers' email contact information, when available, is on the pages where their pictures appear. If you want artwork for a commercial purpose, you need to get permission from the artist as well, or get something new done just for you. Feel free to contact us if you need professional work done and we'll try to find just the right people to do the job.

Community Services

Many graffiti artists do murals, tattoos, and other kinds of art. Please show your support for these artists by helping them make a living. We maintain a list of featured artists, where you can see some of the cutting-edge artwork many of the world's best graffiti artists are doing. Many of them sell portable art or do commissioned mural and design work, including websites. If you're into skin, don't miss the graffiti-style tattoo list. We also offer one-of-a-kind artwork in our gallery from time to time.

Supporting Art Crimes

For many years, Art Crimes has been supported out of pocket and through the sales of graffiti media and merchandise. Because the site attracts more than 50,000 visitors per day, we must sell advertising space and look for other opportunities that can help keep the site online.

YK BOMBING NEVER STOP 2010 (end of the year project)

2010-12-08T09:08:00.000-08:00

MADEFAKE project - Jakarta Butuh Istirahat

2010-11-27T09:36:00.000-08:00

7soul graffiti ghatering

2010-11-24T22:07:00.001-08:00

URBANFEST 2010 JAKARTA // ashtwo

2010-11-24T06:41:00.000-08:00

photos by dho121

ride hard // ashtwo

2010-11-22T23:33:00.000-08:00

YK's real most wanted// "here here"

2010-11-22T01:39:00.000-08:00

be safe man!

struggle for space // ashtwo

2010-11-13T07:14:00.000-08:00

exploitation // ashtwo

2010-11-13T07:00:00.000-08:00

Kali Code YK // ashtwo

2010-10-07T05:22:00.001-07:00

OPEN SUBMISSION : JAKARTA 32°C 2010

2010-09-15T07:30:00.000-07:00

Jakarta 32°C mengajak mahasiswa Jakarta untuk membicarakan situasi sehari-hari yang berhubungan dengan permasalahan sosial dan budaya saat ini, juga berinteraksi dengan lingkungan dan masyarakat sekitar, khususnya kota Jakarta. Semua itu,dilihat dari sudut pandang sebagai generasi muda melalui karya visual.

PLEASE VISIT www.jakarta32c.org

bike to bomb

2010-06-04T04:21:00.000-07:00

forthes akeofex istence

2010-06-04T03:55:00.000-07:00

cakung train station

2010-06-04T03:48:00.001-07:00

night by night

2010-06-04T03:23:00.000-07:00

Existentialism

2010-04-08T13:40:00.000-07:00

Existentialism in the broader sense is a 20th century philosophy that is centered upon the analysis of existence and of the way humans find themselves existing in the world. The notion is that humans exist first and then each individual spends a lifetime changing their essence or nature.

In simpler terms, existentialism is a philosophy concerned with finding self and the meaning of life through free will, choice, and personal responsibility. The belief is that people are searching to find out who and what they are throughout life as they make choices based on their experiences, beliefs, and outlook. And personal choices become unique without the necessity of an objective form of truth. An existentialist believes that a person should be forced to choose and be responsible without the help of laws, ethnic rules, or traditions.

big problemo! // ashtwo

2010-03-14T05:40:00.000-07:00

yes, i'm back! // ashtwo

2010-03-14T05:28:00.000-07:00

love hate love and muck from YogyaKarta to jakarta

2010-03-14T04:48:00.001-07:00

two of the most wanted street artist from YK visited capital city, they are muck and love hate love.

POPO SOLO EXHIBITION at RURU gallery

2010-03-04T16:56:00.001-08:00

ruangrupa presents:

Solo exhibitions POPO

Numpang nampang

Curator: Andi RHARHARHA & Bujangan Urban

Opening of the exhibition:

Saturday, March 6, 2010

At 17.00 - finish

music by:

The Kucruts

Kapitalindo

Exhibition:
8 to 20 March 2010

(open Monday - Saturday at 11:00 to 21:00)

Ruru Gallery
ruangrupa
Jl. Tebet Timur Dalam Raya No.. 6, South Jakarta 12820
t / f: +62 21 8304220
e-mail: info@ruangrupa.org
www.ruangrupa.org

POPO is a street artist of Jakarta. The beginning of its existence starting from the walls of the silent streets. "Speak Silence", said POPO trying to explain his ideas that had been talking through his work as a diary of personal things that can not be expressed verbally.

POPO use the walls on the side streets of Jakarta as "street art diary of Visual Communication ". Diary records are personal stories or events experienced everyday. Visual communication, is a process of will or purpose to another party by using a medium that is only readable by sight. Street art refers to public spaces that provide places to channel expression with its own language to speak to the wider public again.

Apart from being an artist, POPO also taught as a teacher of Visual Communication at the Institute of Social and Political Sciences (IISIP) Jakarta. POPO removed, and then often called, as a Special Lecturer because he was considered a success using and presenting the media street art to communicate with the wider public.

This time, ruangrupa POPO specifically invited to present their project work in a solo exhibition at Gallery ruru at 6 to 20 March 2009.

For this solo exhibition, POPO will work explores a variety of digital print media, polaroid, paintings, murals, display a screen saver on your computer desktop, neon box, character toys, installation, painting on glass & medium bowl of chicken noodle. In addition, Sam is also responding to the things that keep the memory close to his experience as a landscape paintings and paintings of horses are often living room display. POPO character also tries to grasp the strategy "numpang nampang" by posing with artists infotainment and here we can see an example of his work, the character poses Polaroid POPO shook hands with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

SOLDOUT the bad dog dig" tshirt, available at RURU shop

2010-03-03T20:57:00.000-08:00

ashtwo "the bad dog dig" tshirt, available at RURU shop (at ruangrupa gallery Jl. Tebet Timur Dalam Raya, No. 6 Jakarta Selatan 12820) for your information please call to this number : 021-85433660// ogb limited

the bad dog dig // ashtwo

2010-03-02T13:38:00.001-08:00

still the best // ashtwo

2010-02-22T11:35:00.001-08:00

see u on the street part 14(coming soon)

lauching website respecta street art gallery (snapshots)

2010-02-22T11:01:00.000-08:00

MORE PHOTOS CLICK HERE

superiority // ashtwo

2010-02-17T01:47:00.000-08:00

Budding urban culture (the jakarta post)

2010-02-08T21:30:00.000-08:00

Alexandra Hansen , Contributor , Jakarta

Not a bad influence: French graffiti artist known as “RCF1” stands in front of his work.Not a bad influence: French graffiti artist known as “RCF1” stands in front of his work.

Quite often seen as street pests and vandals, young graffiti artists in Jakarta are using the canvas to show what they do is truly art.
Twenty-two young Indonesian street artists collaborated with well-known French graffiti artist RCF1 to create “Surface Activities: L’Art Dans L’espace Urbain”.
The exhibition, which was born from a workshop ran by RCF1 with hand-picked artists from the street-graffiti scene, features a number of works painted on canvas rather than street corners and buildings.
Originally, the workshop was to take place over two days, but RCF1 says the young artists were so dedicated and enthusiastic they were nearly all completed in just one day.
While the urban culture of graffiti is more of a western tradition, these young people felt it was important to let their Jakarta-style show through their art. The exhibition shows the urban street culture of the west is on the rise in Jakarta.
While many of the colors and shadings are just as pristinely conquered as any you might find in Melbourne or Brooklyn, the Jakarta style of graffiti art seems to have a much darker edge, and a greater distinction between light and shade.
Colorful blocks and tags fade into demonic creatures and fear-inspiring blank eyeballs.
Human heads are depicted resting on the ledges of bloody baths, while yellow and purple color schemes sit alongside it on the canvas.
The idyllic tags, or scribbles of an artist’s “street name”, are also featured, making a clear distinction between graffiti as a means to see your name in paint, as well as a means to convey a message.
“Indonesian Pride” can be seen scribbled in the paint, as it is seen on the flags of youth in the street.
The urban culture in the streets is strong, as is the artists’ pride in their country.
Some canvases seem more like comic strips than graffiti, with caricatures depicting Barack Obama and Britney Spears, aliens and police officers.
Urban art: One of the graffiti art pieces featuring in an exhibition at the National Gallery in Jakarta. Twenty-two young Jakartan and French artists are presenting their work.Urban art: One of the graffiti art pieces featuring in an exhibition at the National Gallery in Jakarta. Twenty-two young Jakartan and French artists are presenting their work.
Images of the devil and demonic creatures are quite prevalent, as are images of hantu (ghosts).
“Even though graffiti started in the west, we have our own style we are very proud of. As for technique and ability, RCF1 said we are not lacking when compared to the west, or any country which has had this kind of art form for much longer,” he said.
It is also important to note that these artists are just that: artists, he added.
“These kids are educated, talented artists with a message, they are not vandals.”
For the artists, it is important they convey a style that is uniquely Indonesian, he went on, adding artists were proud of the graffiti art in their own districts, be it Jakarta or Bandung.
The rise of the West: The graffiti artwork shows the urban street culture of the West is on the rise in Jakarta.The rise of the West: The graffiti artwork shows the urban street culture of the West is on the rise in Jakarta.

Well-known Indonesian graffiti artist in Jakarta, AshTwo, said he too liked to display the Indonesian culture in his art, and show the quality of the art here is just as good as anywhere in the west.

He mentioned he had painted a large mural in Singapore in a legal, designated graffiti art area where he depicted the slogan “Indonesian Style” to show off his heritage.

ASHTWO wants to travel all over the world displaying his art, and very much enjoys painting his own name in different colors and fonts.

“I like writing my name and being creative with it. You see your own name up in all those colors, it’s like you’re famous.”

His work is influenced by many “old-school” American artists, but with an Indonesian flair, he commented. He has been a big fan of RCF1 for a great number of years and was very excited at the prospect of working with him.

“I have great respect for him, he has been practicing graffiti art for about 20 years.” When asked if he approved of young artists painting illegally, he replied “maybe”.

“On the street, you make your own rules,” he said.

/FlatStreet/Art hoped the exhibition would inspire young people to be artistic, and to develop an interest in graffiti art, in an artistic rather than vandalistic way.

“It doesn’t have to be on a wall, it doesn’t have to be messy, it can be anywhere you like, be creative, use a canvas,” he said.

“In some countries, graffiti is not art, graffiti is scribble. But here, it is expressing something. It might not be with a brush, but it is paint, and it is an amazing expression of creativity.”

— Photos by Avril Holderness-Roddam

‘Surface Activities: L’art Dans L’espace Urbain’

Until Feb. 10, 2010

National Gallery
Jalan Medan Merdeka Timur
no. 14, Building B
Jakarta

And melt into nothingness // ashtwo

2010-02-07T00:55:00.000-08:00

ashtwo X bartKL

2010-02-05T08:06:00.000-08:00

rain again in Jakarta, we intend to do so in highscope, but the weather is not supported .. lolz, so we decided to do it at bartKL's house ...

DHO 121 X ASHTWO

2010-01-24T03:24:00.000-08:00

mosquito attacks / ashtwo with k.segart

2010-01-19T08:00:00.000-08:00

my another project with k-segart Jakarta, this time we raise the social issues about the dangers of mosquitoes. the stencil, this time we described the attacks of mosquitoes, which reads "WASPADA" or beware / alerts. This stencil is made aims to provide awareness of mosquito attacks that cause disease.

www.kampungsegart.blogspot.com

son of a beach

2010-01-06T17:18:00.000-08:00

what a holiday, after an exhausting jogja, forwarded to one of the beaches on the island of Java, beers and fire works always accompany the new year last night, luckily I brought the paint, there is a building for the lifeguard on duty, so I decided to brush incised into the wall, yes it would, but there is a simple message from the picture, lifeguard for life (we were not heroes but we can save lives).

for the sake of existence // ashtwo

2010-01-06T10:08:00.000-08:00

This is not about a change in myself, this is more like the maturing of a ashtwo who you know as a bomber, I like what I do now, that so I'll keep doing this and I would not care what people think about me, all that comes from within, saturation line system will be something that gradually become stereotypes of graffiti artists, not to try to change it, but just wanted to show that Indonesian culture has also applied the graffiti, I love graffiti and I do it myself, if I had to follow those words? once again I do not care, it is more like the satisfaction of the self, more subjective, making the work not to be judged well by others, but how this self enjoying what was done, so let it, do not limit myself to stay work, for the sake of existence until death.

highway

2010-01-06T02:28:00.001-08:00

the OGB( orang gila bau)

2010-01-05T03:58:00.000-08:00

Jogja biennale X - 2009

2010-01-05T03:36:00.000-08:00

About Biennale Jogja X - 2009

After approximately 21 years, after 9 times the event, Yogyakarta Biennale has become an art tradition that allows people to appreciate the development of aesthetic and artistic achievement of the principals of art in this city. Another thing that was always considered in the event biennale is a curatorial theme initiated want.

In this X Jogjakarta Biennale, curatorial themes set out from a real problem of art in this city, the memories so short that people will own history. The cause is one of the data management so weak, both individuals and institutions. Fragility of documentation becomes a critical point when the art building difficulty putting themselves in a broader context. That is why, Biennale Jogja X is a moment for the artist's invitation to read, interpret again the spirit of the time in every era of art history. The purpose of this biennale is not to collect records, but rather the artists awareness of the importance of the past that continues to have present.

If we flashback art Jogjakarta, then we will see a spirit that became his time marker. Populist humanism, has become the dominant marker in the spirit of the time Affandi, Hendra Gunawan, and Sudjojono beginners who are generations of modern art in Indonesia until the 1960s. ASRI who stood in the 1950s, could not also bring the discourse which then differentiate itself from the strong discourse in Bandung for example. In the new order regime, which woke up in the discourse of art also tend apolitical. Aesthetic forms that grow more dominant leading to the spirit of universal humanism with the strengthening of abstract art, decorative, and others. Later, we also know, "spirit" which has implications for the behavior and aesthetic choices, sued by later generations, as reflected in the "New Art Movement" and "Art Personality Is". Later, outside the world trend of art, the discussion of his "local" and to "global" in the 1980s has been dragged practices art Jogjakarta. In this case, the event Biennale Art of Painting I to Art Biennale Jogja IX can be used as a case study, particularly organizational problems its implementation. To the most contemporary practices of art can not escape from the urban culture and market trends.

From the reading of art history at the top of Yogyakarta, can be taken five (5) "spirit" or "paradigm" that major artists used to be a reference in the work, namely:

1. Humanism Populist

2. Universal Humanism

3. Resistance to aesthetic

4. Turbulence between global and local culture

5. Fine art based on the daily life of urban
Introduction curatorial

Things that distinguishes the city of Yogyakarta with other major cities in Indonesia is the pulse of art that so hard. There are no empty weeks without art exhibitions. Artists never run out of ideas for using various places as "gallery." No miss, even the ordinary citizen working in public spaces. This situation would be compared in a Javanese idiom, autumn mountain, where mutual cooperation, togetherness, still strong in the social process of artistic activity in Yogyakarta. These dynamics can also be described as a jam session in which each artist to each other in dialogue, sharing, and create in harmony creation.

Creative movement has spawned a monumental work and the discourse that marks the spirit of each era, such as humanism, democracy, universal humanism, resistance to the establishment of aesthetics, the unrest among the local and global culture, and urban art.

Jogjakarta X-Biennale 2009, titled "Jogja Jamming: Art Archive Movement" is a reflection of these dynamics. Reflection is poured in two practices, the artists interpretation of the spirit of the times in the archives and exhibitions. In this context, the meaning of the archive is not just an inanimate object, but also the memories that live in the present.

This practice presented by 126 artists who held interesting works in Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Sangkring Art Space, Jogja National Museum. While the exhibition will be held in the archives of Bank Indonesia Building. Then more than 200 artists and city residents will melt together to respond to the corners of the city. At this point, the biennale is not just displaying works of art, but also space for the operation of a culture.

FAT 2nd anniversary ( Jogja )

2010-01-05T03:35:00.001-08:00

i sticked it at Jogja

2010-01-05T03:26:00.001-08:00

ashtwo X LyKe

2010-01-05T03:16:00.001-08:00

abandoned ashwto x Muck (jogja)

2010-01-05T03:14:00.000-08:00

sólo una ( not for sale)

2010-01-05T03:11:00.000-08:00

mother's day

2010-01-05T03:07:00.000-08:00