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Lot Essay
Born in Bandung, Indonesia, Ay Tjoe studied at the Faculty of Visual Art and Design at the Institute Technology of Bandung. Upon graduation in 1997, she gained success as a fashion designer specialising in textiles and returned to her artistic practice in early 2000. Her extensive experimentation with dry-point steered her to exploit the expressive potential of the line in her subsequent works. An introvert, Ay Tjoe finds solace in the physical practices of art-making which allows her to channel her perceptions and emotions about life in a fashion that is particular and private.
Thematically and visually, Ay Tjoe's works are delicate and fragile and reveal an inner world full of private thoughts, melancholy, struggle, pain and happiness. Exorcising emotional and religious forbearance within her deeply personal artistic journeys, the artist dwells upon themes of Catholic sensibilities, figural violence and bodily consumption.
Study of First September Doll (Lot 118) combines many of the characteristic visual elements of Ay Tjoe's works and exemplifies her 'doll' series, where the dolls are metaphors for human struggle and emotional imprisonment. The end result is manifested in startling quality; taking the shape of massing, barely-human figures and abstracted gestural forms rendered primarily in scarlet, blue and earth hues. Ay Tjoe expresses the disclosure of thoughts in the form of amorphous floating masses at the heart of the composition. Abstinence, suffering, and metaphysical transformation are primary subjects within Ay Tjoe's artistic impulses; however, there is always a certain redemptive quality and the prospect of salvation.
Thematically and visually, Ay Tjoe's works are delicate and fragile and reveal an inner world full of private thoughts, melancholy, struggle, pain and happiness. Exorcising emotional and religious forbearance within her deeply personal artistic journeys, the artist dwells upon themes of Catholic sensibilities, figural violence and bodily consumption.
Study of First September Doll (Lot 118) combines many of the characteristic visual elements of Ay Tjoe's works and exemplifies her 'doll' series, where the dolls are metaphors for human struggle and emotional imprisonment. The end result is manifested in startling quality; taking the shape of massing, barely-human figures and abstracted gestural forms rendered primarily in scarlet, blue and earth hues. Ay Tjoe expresses the disclosure of thoughts in the form of amorphous floating masses at the heart of the composition. Abstinence, suffering, and metaphysical transformation are primary subjects within Ay Tjoe's artistic impulses; however, there is always a certain redemptive quality and the prospect of salvation.