Irene Hardjanegara: Minimalist art blooms after the crisis in Frankfurt!

Irene Hardjanegara: Minimalist art blooms after the crisis in Frankfurt!

Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland - Irene Hardjanegara is a versatile artist who, in her minimalist drawings, explores the boundaries between control and chance. Born in 1973 in Indonesia, grew up in Viersen, Germany, the artist started her career at a time when pandemic stalled the life and work of artists worldwide. In this challenging phase, Hardjanegara has expanded its techniques and materials and continuously developed their art. Like FAZ now not only uses paper, but also paper, but also canvas, but also Glass and enamelled steel to express their ideas.

The artist, who has been a freelance artist since 2016 and moved to Frankfurt am Main in 2014, has made a name for herself in the art scene. Your work combine acrylic, chalk, spring and calligraphy brush and create in a creative process that she describes as a meditative experience. The exchange in the art scene was severely restricted during the pandemic, so that a large part of the exhibitions were canceled. Nevertheless, Hardjanegara used this time to intensify her productions. During this time, the title of her announced but temporarily canceled exhibition "The Unexpected Beauty of Not Knowing" was created, in which she wanted to address the beauty and freedom in uncertain, such as Werkbund Hessen describes.

The exhibition "And in Between, there are doors"

At the moment, Hardjanegara has presented her current works in the Arte Giani gallery in Frankfurt. Her exhibition "And in Between, there are doors" shows the diversity of your artistic approaches and is open until June 6, 2023. The gallery is open on Tuesday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The work that can be seen there is based on principles of rhythm, ranking, variation and chance.

Hardjanegara emphasizes that despite the diversity of her techniques of her identity, she remains true to her identity as a draftsman. In her work she reflects tensions between black and white, light and dark - motifs that are also important in today's world. The connection between the human factor and the possibility of failure plays a central role in the perception of your creative process. This process allows control and work impulsively, which she sees as an essential part of her art.

The role of art in pandemic

The Covid pandemic not only affected Irene Hardjanegara, but the entire art scene. Closets of museums and galleries have presented artists with major challenges. Many had to open up new sales channels and adapt their ways of working when art became a bright spot for many people during isolation. Carlos Blanco Artero, a Spanish artist, described life as an artist during pandemic as a constant lockdown, while other artists, such as Susana Aldanodo, discovered loneliness as a source of their inspiration, such as Kulturnews reported.

In the middle of these circumstances, Hardjanegara impressively showed how you can grow artistically during times of crisis. While many projects have been postponed or canceled, their ability to engage in new materials and techniques is a sign of the resilience of artists in challenging times.