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SHOCKING GERMANY AND SPAIN
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arti magazine 008 | Oktober 2008 edition
Indonesian paintings are now more squinted in foreign countries.
Indonesian painters are now more and more getting invited to exhibit their paintings abroad, either in solo or in group. This cannot be separated from their quality that related with technical or contents from the theme currently performed. Another important factor is the networking build by their painters.
One of the painters who get invited to exhibit abroad is Hansen Thiam Sun. He will perform his exhibition in two places: Germany and Spain. In Germany, he will perform six of his artworks at “Galerie Lecocon”, D. Klegin-Bartelings Muggenkamp Strasse 21, Hamburg, from September, 27, to October, 27, 2008. Meanwhile, in Spain he will exhibit/show twenty of his latest artwork at “Galerie Zero Contemporary Arts”, Canvis Nous 1, Barcelona, from October,7, to October, 21, 2008.
Hansen explained that his exhibition in Hamburg, Germany is a duet of exhibition between Indonesia and the Netherlands themed Netherlands—Indonesia in Contemporary Arts. Hansen is invited to represent Indonesia. The exhibition will celebrate the 25th anniversary of Galerie Lecocon. The invitation is not by accident because the Galerie Lecocon is one of the collectors of Hansen's paintings and is continue to monitor the development of Hansen's artwork since the beginning.
Hansen's artworks themed for the exhibition are mostly about Indonesian ingenious culture. He combined abstract painting and puppet shadow as shown on his painting entitled Wayang Contemporer (2008).
Meanwhile, the exhibition at Galerio Zero Contemporary Arts, Barcelona, Spain is Hansen's solo exhibition themed Hansen—Global warming. His artworks shown in this exhibition is concentrated on global warming issue. “I only give naration with icons that in my opinion become the major sources for global warming directly or indirectly”, said Hansen about the content of his artworks.
To realize those narrations, Hansen pour icons of used cans on canvas with blocked abstract motifs that shown cracks on earth surface caused by global warming. This can be seen on paintings entitled Global Warming Series Black Can #9 (2008) and Global Warming Series Black Can #8 (2008). For Hansen, cans are icons of massively produced modern industries. Cans and plastics are one of the causes of nature devastation and environments that trigger the global warming.
“Every time I see cans, I imagine a huge manufacture with high chimney that blow dark-black smoke and chemical wastes that devastate the nature. The manufacture is also sucking ground water from the core of the earth that causes pollution and dryness”, he explained further about the concept of his artwork.
Who is Hansen?
Hansen Thiam Sun was born in Toho, a small town in the hinterland of West Borneo, in 1960. His love on paintings has been shown since his childhood. The fresh, green, and beautiful surrounding environment has motivated young Hansen to draw. In 1967, Hansen learned drawing from the painter Lim Ngo Chung. Hansen said that the lesson has given a good foundation for his future career as a painter.
Hansen has been traveling abroad while working. In 1980 he studied Mechanical Design in Taipei, Taiwan. At the same time he also studied further his painting in Cung Hua Ching Nien Hui, Taipei. After graduated from Mechanical Design in 1984, Hansen continued to work at Transpacific Marine Co. Ltd. -- a U.S. foreign company that makes yacht. In 1986, while still working at that company, Hansen undertaking specialization in yacht design at Westian School of Yacht Design in Connecticut, U.S. At the same time he spent his time learning painting from Georgian—a painter with abstract background.
Hansen returned to Indonesia in 1990. He had been living in Bandung for 13 years and then moved to Bali in 2003. He founded and opened the Hansen Art Gallery on Jalan Raya Sanggingan, Ubud, Bali. Hansen is a hard-working person and is continue to learn and dedicate his life on painting. Hansen has been recognized as being a painter with strong character of scratch and stroke, spontaneous, simple, but inspired by philosophy of life he believed. Hansen prefers to call his artworks as abstract art minimalist.
Hansen has shown many of his paintings, either in solo or in group. Since 1983 he has shown his artwork ten times in solo, either at the level of local, national, or international. Other than Indonesia, he has shown his paintings in Europe, U.S.A, Brazil, Hongkong, Japan, Singapore, and Taiwan.