Books & publications

2017

Art Turns. World Turns. Exploring the Collection of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara

Charles Esche, Agung Hujatnika, Aaron Seeto

Museum MACAN, Jakarta

Art Turns. World Turns. Jakarta: Museum MACAN, 2017. ISBN 978-602-50539-0-0. It reproduces Kerton's 'Akibat Pemboman di Lengkong Besar Bandung, 1945' (1979; 198 × 298 cm) and reads its distorted figures as suited to the 'Bandung Lautan Api' narrative. The exhibition-history section records Kerton in a 1945 Pelukis Front group with Barli, Abedy and Turkandi. It also records the group's 1946 Red Cross exhibition in Tasikmalaya, which later travelled to Yogyakarta. Verified from the publisher's catalogue PDF.

2009

Beyond the Dutch: Indonesia, the Netherlands and the Visual Arts, from 1900 until Now

Meta Knol, Remco Raben, Kitty Zijlmans

Centraal Museum, Utrecht / KIT Publishers, Amsterdam

Knol, Raben & Zijlmans (eds.). Beyond the Dutch. Utrecht: Centraal Museum; Amsterdam: KIT, 2009. 200 pp. Catalogue of the Centraal Museum exhibition (16 Oct 2009 – 10 Jan 2010), in which Kerton was exhibited. p. 86 cites him among artists who joined the fighters and sketched the war. Verified from the AAA record and a Google Books snippet.

2006

Modern Indonesian Art: From Raden Saleh to the Present Day

Koes Karnadi

Koes Artbooks, Denpasar (Bali)

Karnadi, Koes (ed.). Modern Indonesian Art: From Raden Saleh to the Present Day. Denpasar: Koes Artbooks, 2006. 366 pp.; ISBN 979-98704-0-2. Reference book of 305 artist entries; includes a Kerton entry, and its bibliography cites Tanah Airku (1990). Verified from the AAA record and a Google Books snippet (p. 333).

2006

The Lone Wolf: The Art of Sudjana Kerton

No author or editor named in library records; contents not yet inspected.

Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts

The Lone Wolf: The Art of Sudjana Kerton. Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2006. 60 pp., illus., 25 × 25 cm; ISBN 0-937426-76-8. Published with the exhibition of 26 October 2006 – 7 January 2007 (University of Hawaiʻi library record).

2003

"Sejarah Terpisah": Sudjana Kerton dalam Seni Rupa Modern Indonesia / "Separate History": Sudjana Kerton in Indonesian Modern Art

Aminudin T.H. Siregar, Dikdik Sayahdikumullah, Nurdian Ichsan, Herry Dim

Sanggar Luhur, Bandung

Siregar, Aminudin T.H., et al. "Sejarah Terpisah": Sudjana Kerton dalam Seni Rupa Modern Indonesia / "Separate History": Sudjana Kerton in Indonesian Modern Art. Bandung: Sanggar Luhur, 2003. xvii, 187 pp. Bilingual essays that place Kerton within the historiography of Indonesian modern art and of the Bandung school (mazhab Bandung). Chapters by Siregar, Sayahdikumullah, Nurdian Ichsan and Herry Dim, plus Ridi Winarno's interview with the artist. Verified from NLA and AAA catalogue records; text not read. The book is dated 2003; the related exhibition at Sanggar Luhur was July–Aug 2004 (IVAA document dated 30 Jul 2004).

2001

"Di dalam oplet" Sudjana Kerton: karya-karya historis kehidupan sehari-hari di atas kertas — menampilkan untuk pertama kali reproduksi dari 19 lukisan yang dicuri / Sudjana Kerton's "Anatomy of an Oplet": historical works of everyday life on paper — displaying for the first time reproductions on canvas of the 19 stolen paintings

Exhibition catalogue, Cemara 6 Galeri, Jakarta. No author visible in the index record.

Cemara 6 Galeri, Jakarta

"Di dalam oplet" Sudjana Kerton / Sudjana Kerton's "Anatomy of an Oplet". Jakarta: Cemara 6 Galeri, 2001. Exhibition catalogue that, per its title, first displayed canvas reproductions of the 19 paintings stolen in 1997, making it a primary source for the /stolen register. Title verified in the University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa discovery index, which prints the Indonesian title with typos ('de atas', 'untik'); pagination and ISBN not seen.

2000

Setengah Abad Seni Grafis Indonesia / Half a Century of Indonesian Printmaking

Enin Supriyanto

Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia & Bentara Budaya Jakarta, Jakarta

Supriyanto, Enin (ed.). Half a Century of Indonesian Printmaking. Jakarta: KPG / Bentara Budaya Jakarta, 2000. 188 pp.; ISBN 979-9023-43-2. It treats Kerton and Mochtar Apin as pioneers of Indonesian printmaking and discusses his cubist-influenced lithograph 'Kekasih' (c. 1952–56). It reproduces 'Homeward (Pulang)', dated there 1960–63. Relevant to SK-PR0001, which the estate's caption dates 1956. Read via Google Books search-inside.

1999

Revolusi & Evolusi Sudjana Kerton / The Revolution & Evolution of Sudjana Kerton

Astri Wright, M. Dwi Marianto, Hilda Soemantri

Bandung: Sanggar Luhur

Tjandra Kerton (ed.), Revolusi & Evolusi Sudjana Kerton / The Revolution & Evolution of Sudjana Kerton. Bandung: Sanggar Luhur, 1999. 159 pp., bilingual. Published for the exhibition at Benteng Vredeburg, Yogyakarta (26 July – 7 August 1999). Essays by Astri Wright (“The Aesthetics of Revolution and the Birth of a Modern Artist”), M. Dwi Marianto of ISI Yogyakarta (“The Revolution and Evolution of Sudjana Kerton (The Wolf Who Walked Alone)”) and Hilda Soemantri (“Sudjana Kerton: Out of Sight, Out of Mind?”), with a chronology.

1996

Nasionalisme dan Perubahannya: Refleksi Karya Sudjana Kerton / Nationalism and its Transformations: Reflection on Works of Sudjana Kerton

Rizki Akhmad Zaelani, Louise Kerton, Astri Wright

Jakarta, 1996 (printed by Seni Budaya Offset)

Nasionalisme dan Perubahannya: Refleksi Karya Sudjana Kerton / Nationalism and its Transformations. Jakarta, 1996. 192 pp., bilingual. The catalogue of the retrospective (22 November – 13 December 1996): the title essay by Rizki A. Zaelani, “Sudjana Kerton Yang Kukenal” by Louise Kerton, Astri Wright’s “Body Abroad, Soul at Home, and the Heart in Both Worlds (Sudjana Kerton in America)”, and a memoir by Rosihan Anwar.

1994

Soul, Spirit, and Mountain: Preoccupations of Contemporary Indonesian Painters

Astri Wright

Oxford University Press, Kuala Lumpur

Wright, Astri. Soul, Spirit, and Mountain: Preoccupations of Contemporary Indonesian Painters. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1994. The standard English survey of the period. It discusses Kerton's revolution-era Pelukis Front activity (p. 86) and his socially observant painting (p. 184), and its bibliography (pp. 256–65) lists the Kerton literature to 1990. Kerton coverage verified indirectly through citing works and the reprinted bibliography; the book itself not inspected.

1993

Indonesische moderne kunst / Indonesian Modern Art: Indonesian Painting since 1945

Helena Spanjaard, Kusnadi, Astri Wright, Soedarso SP, Jim Supangkat

Gate Foundation, Amsterdam

Indonesische moderne kunst / Indonesian Modern Art: Indonesian Painting since 1945. Amsterdam: Gate Foundation, 1993. 110 pp.; ISBN 90-73230-03-9. Catalogue for the De Oude Kerk, Amsterdam exhibition (21 Apr – 28 May 1993), with a Kerton artist page. AAA dates the item 1992; NLA's 1993 matches the exhibition. Verified from the NLA and AAA records.

1993

The First Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

Queensland Art Gallery. Indonesia section by Jim Supangkat; foreword by Doug Hall; introduction by Caroline Turner.

Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane

Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art [1st, 1993]. South Brisbane: Queensland Art Gallery, 1993. 120 pp.; ISBN 0-7242-5681-4. Kerton was one of nine Indonesian artists. Supangkat's Indonesia essay, reprinted in Kent, Hooker & Turner (eds.), Living Art (ANU Press, 2022), ch. 6, names Kerton and Djoko Pekik as social-realist painters of the poor. Verified from the AAA and Whitecliffe records and the ANU Press text.

1990

Tanah Airku / My Country, Indonesia

S. Kerton

Bandung: Sanggar Luhur

Sudjana Kerton (with Louise Kerton), Tanah Airku (My Country) Indonesia — Paintings by S. Kerton. Bandung: Sanggar Luhur, 1990. 52 pp., with colour plates of works of 1978–89 and an afterword by Astri Wright.

1980

Sudjana Kerton

Issued by Dewan Kesenian Jakarta for the Taman Ismail Marzuki solo exhibition (21 Oct – 11 Nov 1980, dates per Tempo).

Dewan Kesenian Jakarta, Jakarta

Sudjana Kerton. [Jakarta]: Dewan Kesenian Jakarta, [1980]. [4] pp., ill., 22 cm. Small catalogue for Kerton's first Indonesian solo exhibition after his 1976 return, held at Taman Ismail Marzuki. Verified from the NLA record; not inspected.

Seni Lukis Indonesia Masa Jepang sampai Lekra

M. Agus Burhan

Burhan, M. Agus. Seni Lukis Indonesia Masa Jepang sampai Lekra. 156 pp. Mentions Kerton among Sticusa scholarship holders (p. 49) and in its account of the kerakyatan (people-oriented) line (p. 110). It reproduces the 1947 statutes of Peloekis Rakjat from the 'Koleksi Sudjana Kerton, Sanggar Luhur Bandung' (p. 140), evidence of the family archive's research value. Verified by Google Books search-inside.