Program

Isa Perkasa Solo Exhibition
May 29^th - June 21^st, 2009

Opening
May 29^th , 2009 | 7.00 PM
Officiated by Deddy Irianto
Curated by Aminudin TH Siregar
Venue : Bale Tonggoh

Artist Talk
June 5^th, 2009 | 3.00 PM
Speaker: Isa Perkasa, Aminudin TH Siregar
Venue: Bale Tonggoh

Isa was born in northwestern Java in 1964, fourth of nine children. "I was always the different one," he says, "always the crazy one, with the long hair, wanting to be an artist." His talent wasn't a surprise since his father was a traditional painter, sculptor, and wood carver whose art surrounded Isa as he grew up. But his father was also a traditional, conservative patriarch who wanted his sons to get a good education, find a decent job in an office, and get married. He didn't understand this new, modern art that claimed his son's soul, or Isa's rebellion against the strict mind control of Soeharto's New Order government.
Isa's mind was made up, however. "I've always had to find my own way," he says. Isa pursued his art education at the Bandung Institute of Technology and completed his schooling as a graphic artist in 1993. He's always had a taste for the fringes as well as the classroom, though, and as a young, hungry artist he took his talents to the streets, finding common cause with the self-taught artists who made their art wherever they could. A talented draftsman, Isa also moved into performance art and became a well-known presence in Bandung's avant-garde music and performance scene. "I just record what happens," he says. "Sometimes I work in two dimensions - drawings - and sometimes three dimensions - installations. And when I want to work in multimedia, I make performances. But it's all the same, really." (noted from www.asianartnow.com)