Saturday, April 21, 2018

THE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT: Solo Exhibition by Naufal Abshar

D Gallerie is proud to present

THE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT: Solo Exhibition by Naufal Abshar
27 April - 27 May 2018

Opening
Friday, 27 April 2018
7 PM

Host
Kenes Andari
Winda Malika Siregar
Rianti Catwright

Performance
by NDNR

Artist Talk
Saturday, 28 April 2018
3 PM

D Gallerie
Jalan Barito I No.3, Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta 12130
dgalleriejakarta@gmail.com
www.dgalleriejakarta.net

Naufal Abshar's works in this exhibition are about laughter, humor and jokes to talk about the socialites’ life. Though dressed in fashionably, the wide laughter figures in Naufal’s paintings are present in a grotesque manner. Their eyes are also empty, as if laughing unconsciously. The visualization signifies Naufal's criticism to socialites and their excessive desire to exist and thirst for entertainment at the same time so that they behave unreasonably. Looking at the ugly figures and reading the accompanying naughty jokes enables us to laugh at socialite world or the world of entertainment, a world we used to see on television screens. The increasing human need for entertainment today can be more fulfilled by communication devices and social media. The rapid advances in information technology also enable the socialites to be both producers and consumers of entertainment at once. Thus extend the world of entertainment to all circles, rather than owned by the socialites themselves. By staring at the laughing figures who consume entertainment in Naufal paintings we are actually laughing at ourselves.

Naufal Abshar (born in Bandung, 1993) lives and works in Jakarta. Naufal completed his study at Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore and Goldsmith University of London. Naufal has participated in exhibitions in Singapore, Yogyakarta, Jakarta and Venice. The World of Entertainment is his first solo exhibition in Indonesia.

The exhibition is curated by Chabib Duta Hapsoro

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