Hardi (26 May 1951 – 28 December 2023) was an Indonesian visual artist who was a member of the
New Art Movement ( id , Gerakan Seni Rupa Baru).
Biography
From 1971 to 1974 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Indonesia in
Yogyakarta
Yogyakarta (; jv, ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ ; pey, Jogjakarta) is the capital city of Special Region of Yogyakarta in Indonesia, in the south-central part of the island of Java. As the only Indonesian royal city still ruled by a monarchy, ...
, and from 1975 to 1977 at the ''
Jan van Eyck Academie'' in
Maastricht
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(Netherlands). His first solo exhibition (1976) was also held there. He was one of the founders of the Cultural Forum of Jakarta ( id , Formja, Sept. 2015). His first three paintings were sold in 1970 to a small shop owned by a certain Neka, who later turned into one of the largest art dealers in Indonesia.
Hardi died on 28 December 2023, at the age of 72.
Creativity
His first pictures reflected social protest in accordance with the ideas of the New Art Movement of which he was a member. In 1978, he was arrested for a photo collage depicting the artist in a general form with the title "President of 2001. Suhardi". But soon he was released with the help of the Vice-President
Malik, Adam, an art lover.
Later he became an adherent of
expressionism
Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it rad ...
. There are numerous portrait works made by the artist (for example, the portrait of
Raden Saleh or the president
Joko Widodo
Joko Widodo (; born 21 June 1961), popularly known as Jokowi, is an Indonesian politician and businessman who is the 7th and current president of Indonesia. Elected in July 2014, he was the first Indonesian president not to come from an elite ...
) and paintings on mythological subjects.
Hardi was also a master of making
kris
The kris, or ''keris'' in the Indonesian language, is an asymmetrical dagger with distinctive blade-patterning achieved through alternating laminations of iron and nickelous iron (''pamor''). Of Javanese origin, the kris is famous for its disti ...
es.
Hardi held 16 personal exhibitions in different countries. Beginning in 2009, he was an active member of the working committee of the Congress of Culture of Indonesia. The artist's paintings are kept in the museums of
Jakarta
Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...
and
Bali
Bali () is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller neighbouring islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nu ...
, and in private collections. On 17–26 June 2011 in Jakarta there was held his personal retrospective exhibition "Art and Politics" in connection with the artist's 60th birthday.
The artist's works are of acute social character.
Some of his works served as the basis for the cover designs of several books published in Russia.
["A Balinese dancer" in Тауфик Исмаил. ''Верните мне Индонезию. Избранные стихи''. Составление и перевод с индонезийского Виктора Погадаева. М.: Ключ-С, 2010; "A Peasant Family" in ''Малайская кровь. Антология малайского и индонезийского рассказа''. Составление, перевод с малайского и индонезийского и предисловие Виктора Погадаева. М.: «Ключ-С», 2011; "Portrait of the President ]Sukarno
Sukarno). (; born Koesno Sosrodihardjo, ; 6 June 1901 – 21 June 1970) was an Indonesian statesman, orator, revolutionary, and nationalist who was the first president of Indonesia, serving from 1945 to 1967.
Sukarno was the leader of ...
" and "Oil Tower" in ''Индонезия. Краткий справочник. Русско-индонезийский разговорник.'' Составитель Виктор Погадаев. Москва: «Ключ-С», 2013; "Homage to Chairil Anwar" in ''В поисках мечты. Современная поэзия Индонезии в переводах Виктора Погадаева''. М.: "Ключ-C", 2016
Awards
* Award of the Indonesian government "Permata" (2002)
References
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1951 births
2023 deaths
Indonesian artists
People from Blitar