Infinity Yin Yang

Lini Natalini Widhiasi

04 September - 03 October 2024

National Gallery of Indonesia

Infinity: Yin Yang, is a convergence between the representation of Lini's limitless artistic spirit and the exploration of materials, mediums, and techniques. Lini's artwork is the crystallization of the experience of spiritualism and secularism, from childhood to old age. Breaking down the walls of the Panopticon, 'an institutional building with a strict control system' starting from the family to the social environment is the main key in exploring the depth of Lini's monumental works. After feeling shackled by social supervision and control for so long, it's time to achieve freedom, rise to achieve the authenticity of life, to work without limits. The metaphor of freedom and awakening but still in control of the balance of life, is represented by Lini through the dominance of winged objects, human figures, eyes, wild plants, with golden nuances sprinkled with sparkling light. In truth, the function of art is not to focus on beauty alone, but a reflection, a true contemplation in exploring, interpreting and uncovering the veil of life.

Creative artists always look for new things in their work and do not know the word 'end', they mutate from one form of creativity to another. Various periods of work have been passed through, with their own characters and visual charms. This Lini exhibition is very different from the works of "Lini Pelukis Cilik Ajaib", the 1970s. The movement of time and experience has dynamized the concept and technique of creating works. Lini is no longer satisfied with painting with a brush on canvas, for him the adventure of creating works must continue to roll and flow freely, no longer limited to two-dimensional fields but breaking through conventional boundaries. The selection of aluminum and stainless steel with various local techniques, namely the kênteng, kêthok, pukul, Lipat, Embos, and paku techniques, with strokes, splashes and melted paint, is part of the concept of "breaking through conventional methods" in the rules of painting.

In Lini's imagination, the aspect of fine art must be able to penetrate the frame, flow organically, limitless expressive, borderless and even progressive, forming chunks, niches, frames and endless aesthetic cavities, interconnected, overlapping, intersecting, chasing as if without boundaries. The aesthetic experience of "The art of cavity exploration" wrapped in splendor is the right word to describe Lini's artistic spirit.

Citra Smara Dewi

Curator

Here are some of the titles of the artworks at this exhibition:

Journey of Life, Balancing Masculine and Feminine Energy, Opposite, Suffer - Hope - Glory, Infinity Yin Yang, Influence and to be Influenced, The Paradoxical Life, Upside Down Mind, and Yin Yang.

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