Half of my family gathered at Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) last night to show our support for my cousin Hizkia Renaldo, whose final project artworks were displayed at Galeri Cipta II. This is his last step in his study at Institut Kesenian Jakarta (IKJ) before the final court and he'd be graduated after. Surely, this is a major progress we've seen from him.
Hizkia's artwork contains of a series of 9 oil paintings he titled "Cinta dan Pengorbanan" (Love and Sacrifices), which depicts the situations anyone would face in a relationship: the waiting and loyalty, the longing and reality, the leadership, patience, forgiveness, protection, and many others. They are the elements in which a relationship is built.
Hizkia, a cousin 9 years younger than me, just proved his five-year hard work through these oil paintings on 150 x 120 cm canvases. I remembered how he used to tell me how he wanted to be a business man when he was younger, but 5 years ago enrolled to art school, which surprised us all because we knew how little he had interest (or even to have such talent) on art before.
"The Devotion" |
"Prospect of the Goods" |
"End for Happiness" |
"The Frame of Minds" |
"Obtaining The Cloak of Sin" |
"The Passionate Lead" |
"The Lover's Shoulder" |
"Guarding Of The Peccance" |
"The Acceptance" |
Well, he just proved us wrong and showed how persistence, tenacity and hard work could beat any talent whatsoever. I couldn't be more proud!
Ari Tulang and Hizkia Renaldo |
To close the exhibition, the famous choreographer Ari Tulang made a visit to this expo, fulfilling his promise to Hizkia. Along with Hizkia, three other young artists displayed their final artwork project in the gallery: Pandu Cipta Wicaksono (Memoar), Henry Kresna (Ayah-Anak), and Citra Leonita (Egosentrisme). Check them out:
"Memoar" by Pandu Cipta Wicaksono |
"Ayah-Anak" by Henry Kresna |
"Egosentrisme" by Citra Leonita |
Proficiat, Hizkia Renaldo and friends! May you conquer the 'real world' as glorious as you finished your study. If you want to check it out yourself, the exhibition is still on until February 2.