This Thing #8
Painted steel and plastic
100 cm x 88 cm x 110 cm
2015

This Thing #9
Painted steel and plastic
84 cm x 79 cm x 52 cm
2015

This Thing series is concerned with the everydayness of forms. My work deals with forms we are all familiar with. We often encounter the elements that make up the works of this on-going series, such as materials and colors, in everyday objects, for example furniture. I observe and analyze everyday objects. And when I understand the structures of these everyday objects, I take out elements from a systematic structure that catch my eye. Next, with a formalist approach, I use these elements to create the works in the series This Thing. Each work in the series This Thing is characterized by a certain anonymity to open up the possibility of many different perceptions, experiences and interpretations.

To determine the size and dimensions of an artwork, I use my body. Apart from proportionality of my own body (or, in more general terms, ergonomics), I also use my own experiences, including feelings and thoughts, to determine how I scale my works. Beside for scaling the works, I use my body as a reference to create a composition of different elements into a work. Both my body and my work – and, of course, the everyday objects I deal with in my practice – exist within space. And each space is characterized by flows and rhythms, volume, shadow and light. I observe and analyze space, and when understand the spatial elements, I use these to create a composition of my work(s) within space to entice an embodied relationship to/with my work as well as to/with/in space. The ongoing series This Thing is, in an abstract way, an analysis of and commentary on our material culture, specifically its aesthetic dimensions: structures, forms, materials, colors of which we have embodied experiences within space.

FAISAL HABIBI (l. 1984, Jakarta)

Setiap bentuk alat material yang kita kenal pada hari ini melewati sebuah proses panjang sampai dengan bentuknya hari ini. Faisal Habibi, yang mendalami Seni Patung di FSRD ITB, gemar melacak proses pembentukan bentuk-bentuk tersebut. Varian bentuk dari benda-benda, dan bagaimana benda menjadi pertemuan berbagai kepentingan manusia, membuat pendekatan Faisal dalam berkarya cenderung menekankan aspek visual, formalistik, dan mengundang ingatan akan fungsi. Faisal kini gemar melakukan dekonstruksi pada bentuk-bentuk benda yang sudah kita kenal, sehingga memancing penikmatnya untuk berdiskusi. Gelas, meja, kursi, atau piring misalnya adalah benda-benda yang berkembang bersama dengan peradaban manusia. Benda-benda yang dihasilkanmanusia menghasilkan sistem tersendiri, di mana manusia dapat menjadi sub-ordinat dari benda-benda tersebut. Ia sedang mencoba melakukan pendalaman untuk meluaskan eksplorasinya pada persepsi terhadap ruang dan tidak tutup kemungkinan hingga arsitektur.

2011 [Group Exhibition] Kuota! Kuota! Kuota! Langgeng Art Foundation, Yogyakarta

2011 [Group Exhibition] 1001 Pintu, Ciputra Artpreuneurship, Jakarta

2012 [Group Exhibition] Renegotiating Boundaries, Lawangwangi Art & Science Estate, Bandung

2013 [Award & Exhibition] Indonesia Art Award, Galeri Nasional, Jakarta

2013 [Award] 1^st Prize Competition for Three Dimensional Works, Komunitas Salihara, Jakarta

2014 [Group Exhibition] In Between, Salihara Gallery, Jakarta

2014 [Group Exhibition] Ortstermin, Moabit, Berlin

2014 [Group Exhibition] Symbol, Spirit, Culture (To Communicate in Art Making Today), Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta

2014 [Residency] ZKU – Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik, Berlin

2015 [Award & Exhibition] Special mentions Bandung Contemporary Art Award, Bandung

2015 [Solo Exhibition] This is not an apple…, ROH Projects, Jakarta

2015 [Group Exhibition] FAD Democracy, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore

2015 [Group Exhibition] Family And Friends, ROH Projects, Jakarta

2015 [Group Exhibition] Belum Ada Judul, Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta

2015 [Group Exhibition] Bipolarity To Multipolarity, LAF, Yogyakarta

2016 [Group Exhibition] Waiting For It To Happen, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta

2016 [Group Exhibition] Neglected Ordinaries, Red Base Foundation, Yogyakarta

2016 [Group Exhibition] Kait Kelindan, Galeri Salihara, Jakarta

2016 [Group Exhibition] Art Jog 2016, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta

2016 [Art Fair] Art Stage Jakarta, ROH Projects Booth

2016 [Art Fair] Bazaar Art Jakarta, ROH Projects Booth

2017 [Art Fair] Art Fair Philippines 2017. ROH Projects, Makati City, Philippines