Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Albert Yonathan: Temple of Threshold' at Valentine Willie Fine Art, Singapore, 12-27 February 2011.

'Albert Yonathan (born in Bandung, 17 June 1983) has continued working with ceramics as the main medium of his practice since he graduated from the Faculty of Art and Design, Bandung Institute of Technology in 2007. Compared to other Indonesian artists in his generation, his approach toward the material is rather unique and pensive. Yonathan personally considers the process of building and casting three-dimensional forms from the amorphous, natural clay as something that represents impalpable transformation. From mud processed into clay, moulded or cast it with bare hands into shape, and burnt to become a sculptural objects that could encode meaning through human craftsmanship and perception, the transformation always involves a totality of nature's power, which is often unexpected and surprising.

'From such an understanding, Yonathan has developed visual idioms that relate to the idea of the 'liminality', namely a state of transition at the boundaries. He persevered with creating ceramic object representing an imaginary character or a creature that is a combination of two or more living existence—human, animal or plants simultaneously. His works often appear in arrangements of hundreds of ceramic cast modules in geometric outline such as triangle, circle, hexagon or square. Since the method of ceramic casting can never produce sameness as found in mass industrial products, Yonathan proposes the idea of singularity in the life cycle of universe. While suggesting the power of collectiveness in cosmos, the repetitive appearance of the works also stress the idea of a spiritual contemplation on the values that transcend the visible reality.' (From Valentine Willie Fine Art website)

With artist biography.
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Onsite

Location code
MON.YOA
Language

English

Publication/Creation date

2011

No of pages

32

ISBN / ISSN

Nil

No of copies

2

Content type

artist monograph, 

catalogue

Chapter headings

Temple of Threshold - Agung HUJATNIKAJENNONG

Albert Yonathan: Temple of Threshold
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Albert Yonathan: Temple of Threshold