Ines Katamso Indonesian French, b. 1990
Synthetis II, 2020
Gouache on raw cotton with recycled plastic frame
190 cm x 146 cm
Ines Katamso, Synthetis II, 2020
IDR 65,000,000.00
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Rather than treating the canvas as a structure or base to paint on, Ines uses the canvas as a medium in its own right. In her ‘Synthetis’ series, Ines grafts and combines different raw-cotton canvases, layering them, in exploration and inquisition towards ‘the matter’, with the canvas as the matter. What is usually part of the structure is now exposed, revealing another painted surface within the structure. The inner surface of the canvas is flipped and stitched to the front, literally subverting the surface-structure order of the artwork
Ines’s current practice revolves around the idea of life’s structure, inspired by biology, astrobiology, and quantum physics. In her artwork 'Synthetis 2', Ines grafts and combines different raw-cotton canvases together, in exploration and inquisition towards 'the matter', with the canvas as the matter. The technique also reflects the process of molecule bonding that perpetually happens in every part and scale of life. Just steers away from compartmentalizing her identity as either Indonesian or French, she would also like for her artworks to not be labeled; blurring the line between painting, sculpture, drawing, craft, and art.
