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Indonesian Wins 2018 UOB Southeast Asian Painting of the Year award

Indonesian Wins 2018 UOB Southeast Asian Painting of the Year award
The artwork, titled Angs't (ANGST) by Suvi Wahyudianto © UOB/The Straits Times

Indonesian artist Suvi Wahyudianto, 26, clinched the 2018 UOB South-east Asian Painting Of The Year award on Nov 1, for Angs't (ANGST), which explores the themes of empathy and social harmony.

The artwork also examines the importance of embracing racial and cultural differences, through the use of various materials including plastic enamel and resin.

Drawing on the inter-ethnic tensions in Sampit in Central Kalimantan in February 2001, Wahyudianto said: "I wanted to share the importance of empathy as beneath our skin, we are all made of the same flesh."

Mr Suvi Wahyudianto, winner UOB Southeast Asian Painting of the Year, poses with his painting titled Angs’t (ANGST). Image: The Straits Times/Benjamin Seetor
Mr Suvi Wahyudianto, winner UOB Southeast Asian Painting of the Year, poses with his painting titled Angs’t (ANGST). Image: The Straits Times/Benjamin Seetor

 

The judging panel said it was impressed by his ability to evoke this sense of empathy towards communities involved in social conflicts.

Guest of honour Baey Yam Keng, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Culture, Community and Youth, and Transport, gave out the award at the Victoria Theatre on Nov 1.

The UOB competition is in its 37th year and is the longest-running art contest here. It has launched the careers of well-known artists including Singapore Cultural Medallion recipients Chua Ek Kay and Anthony Poon.

Awarding ceremony of 2018 UOB Southeast Asian Painting of the Year (POY). Image: The Straits Times
Awarding ceremony of 2018 UOB Southeast Asian Painting of the Year (POY). Image: The Straits Times

 

Before the regional award was introduced in 2013, participants in the UOB Painting Of The Year competition would compete only in their respective South-east Asian countries - Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore.

This year's Singapore winners include Khairulddin Abdul Wahab, who clinched the UOB Painting Of The Year (Singapore) award for his work titled Rite Of Passage, which depicts a scene from an oil bath ritual, and Hu Jingxuan, who won the Most Promising Artist Of The Year (Singapore) award for her mixed media work titled Encapsulated Time, where she explores the ideas of cultural borders and evolving social contexts.

The winning paintings from the competition will be exhibited at the UOB Art Gallery, UOB Plaza 1 at 80 Raffles Place from Nov 9 to Feb 28, 2019.


Source : The Straits Times 

Indah Gilang Pusparani

Indah is a researcher at Badan Perencanaan Pembangunan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Daerah Kota Cirebon (Regional Development Planning and Research Agency of Cirebon Municipality). She covers More international relations, tourism, and startups in Southeast Asia region and beyond. Indah graduated from MSc Development Administration and Planning from University College London, United Kingdom in 2015. She finished bachelor degree from International Relations from University of Indonesia in 2014, with two exchange programs in Political Science at National University of Singapore and New Media in Journalism at Ball State University, USA. She was awarded Diplomacy Award at Harvard World Model United Nations and named as Indonesian Gifted Researcher by Australian National University. She is Researcher at Regional Planning Board in Cirebon, West Java. She previously worked as Editor in Bening Communication, the Commonwealth Parliament Association UK, and diplomacy consulting firm Best Delegate LLC in USA. Less
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