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About Artist
Mangmoel
Designer
Mulyana (Mangmoel) b. 1984. Mangmoel is known as an
artist who uses yarn and cloth in his work. Mangmoel
graduated from the Department of Fine Arts and Crafts,
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI), Bandung in
2012. After his solo exhibition in 2012 entitled “Mogus
World”, Mangmoel lives in Yogyakarta until today.
Mogus is an alter- ego in the form of an octopus
monster character created by Mangmoel complete
with they ecosystem that is close to the visual form of
underwater.
13 years since his first solo exhibition, Mangmoel has
undertaken many explorations. Apart from using yarn
as the main material, Mangmoel also combines
materials and massive forms using iron structures and
other supporting materials. What clearly stands out
from Mangmoel’s work is the modular system in each of
his works, this system was chosen because he felt it
could save the main material. Mangmoel realizes that
his work practices indirectly have an impact on the
environment, bearing in mind the use of manufactured
thread material which is not small in each of his works.
This is what made Mangmoel decide to use leftover
yarn from the factory to be used as material for his
creations. The yarn used as the material for his work was
obtained from several home-based industry in
Bandung city.
Mang Moel
1984, Jakarta
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