Indonesian Contemporary Art & Design Kicks Off in Its 6th Year

This year marks the 6^th year of the Indonesia’s contemporary art and design collaboration and exhibition, the Indonesian Contemporary Art & Design or ICAD, and it returns for one whole month for the public to experience in Hotel Grand Kemang Jakarta, as with previous years, from 28 October to 30 November 2015.

With the theme ‘Vertical Horizon’, the 2015 ICAD is featuring 30 most avant garde artists from various generations and backgrounds. All the artworks have gone through strenuous curating process, and in line with ICAD’s concept, the artists are presented around the grandkemang Hotel’s public area. This is truly a party celebrating power of creativity and expressions, presented by Arturo Insanido and Yayasan Design + Art Indonesia, and fully supported by grandkemang Hotel.

Graphic artist Ines Katamso “in” her work of art

Curated by seasoned curator Hafiz Rancajale, some of the artists that are taking part in this exhibition include Darbotz, a Jakarta-born graphic designer who usually use street walls as his canvas; or Mella Haarsma, a Dutch artist who has relocated to Indonesia for more than 30 years and started Cemeti Art House Gallery with her husband; also check out an Indonesian-French young artist Ines Katamso’s beautiful interpretation of the exhibition’s theme, inticing works by contemporary photographer Davy Linggar, and a piece by Triawan Munaf, graphic designer, musician cum Indonesian Government’s head of the Creative Economy Agency, and many other thought provoking art works.

Another exhibition that is a little bit different from the previous year is the exhibition of rattan furniture created by 14 young designers from Denmark that are doing a residential project in Cirebon, Indonesia. This ICAD is also the first one that welcomed a special visit from Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, who came to Indonesia for the first time.

All exhibition in ICAD is free for the public to see, and is hoped to stimulate people’s creativity and view of design, art, and culture as part of the human lives. Not just as an aesthetical element, but also an aspect to enhance the quality of life.

ICAD 2015 is currently on display until 30 November 2015 at grandkemang hotel, Jl. Kemang Raya 2H, Jakarta Selatan. For five weeks, in addition to the art exhibition, visitors can take part in conventions, talk shows, and film shows.

For more information about the event, visit www.arturaicad.com, their Facebook page, twitter @ICADartura and instagram @ICADartura 

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