The order of chaotic lights: Rangga Aputra

Press release
Primo Marella Gallery Lugano is pleased to present “Rangga Aputra - The order of chaotic lights” the new exhibition dedicated to the Indonesian artist RANGGA APUTRA.
 
Born 1995 in Yogyakarta, Rangga Aputra graduated at the Indonesian Institute of Arts, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Since his childhood, Rangga Aputra has been interested in painting: painting is pure pleasure for him. He started to paint when he was at Senior High School. Influenced by some important exhibitions in Yogyakarta, today Rangga has already joined plenty of shows in his country and has also been awarded several times.
Anselm Kiefer, George Baselitz, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jean Dubuffet, Antoni Tàpies and Zao Wouki are some of “legend” artists (as he likes to call them) who have inspired him. Most of Rangga’s artworks highlight his interests for daily issues such as personal routines. “Art is the game to play with the public perception.Art is also the therapy to sharpen the visual sensitivity”, he says.
Monochrome colors are his typical landmark, whereas colors bring the nuance of deep reflection. Rangga uses different tools, depending on the needs of the visual language to be delivered. Alongside acrylic and oil paint, he likes to play with texture and explore new materials such as asphalt, bitumen, car paint and spray, to get different results such as the color of the soil.
 
I work as if I was remembering and writing random memories as a form of gradual self-digging. Memories of the past become personal things to dig deeper, and are then sorted and gathered into the artwork.
- Rangga Aputra
 
The series of paintings called “Bias Cahaya” (“Record of Refraction”) refers to the explora- tion of memories in the experimental area and remembering when the pupils of the eyes enlarge while seeing the sunlight. Being in a dark room after staring at the sun causes our eyes to give rise to imaginary colors and irregular lines due to ocular diaphragm (the iris). It seems to be among the fireflies.
Artworks created by undefined blocks of color and absurd shapes, superimposed on each other, are an effort to remember this condition, and to express spontaneous and com- mon objects so that their existence is appreciated.
The series is “Catatan Tekstur” (“Record of texture”) concerns artworks connected to memories of the past. These artworks try to reveal layers of memories about things from the past that really imprint on our mind and subconscious, interpreting the background layers as the past. On the other hand, the outer layer rep- resents the present, with lines shaping visuals and letters spontaneously. The texture etchings are instead seen as a past that cannot be completely dismantled.
Memories remain in the present. However, it’s impossible to remember all the past and to scratch the entire the surface, because it quickly dries, and cannot be modified, like time, which cannot turn back and cannot be changed.
Installation Views
The order of chaotic lights, Primo Marella Gallery, Lugano, installation view
Works
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