Taking a more conceptual and reductive approach, I aim to push the notion of a traditional portrait painting by deliberately stripping away the figure, gender, race. By stripping away these signifiers we now have name and color in the equation. The role of a name and color give us more room to interpret a portrait. Once a name has been bestowed upon a portrait, it cannot be unnamed. On the other hand, imbuing the colors of the body or flesh to a portrait immediately gives context to the painting as color comes before meaning. This intricate relationship between a name and colour give birth to a new way of painting a portrait.
Jemana Murti (b.1997) is an Indonesian born artist from Bali, currently based in Singapore. He was commissioned to create artworks for the Raffles Dhevanafushi in Maldives, managed by Accor Group which was curated and consulted by Henny Scott- together with other more professional artists such as Eddi Prabandono, Laila Azra, Made Wiradana and Meliantha Muliawan. He then interned in Sundaram Tagore Singapore as a gallery assistant. He was a part-time artist assistant for Mangu Putra. He also participated in CHAIRity Arts & Design Against Cancer with Mangu Putra and the 'Sketsa & Drawing' held by Bentara Budaya Bali. He then together with fellow NAFA students exhibited at The Connoisseur Concerto: TCC x NAFA Savour The Arts II.