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Sketches, stitches, and negotiations: Unravelling Indonesia’s national history through its visual representations
Edhi Sunarso may well be the only artist who worked with all regimes, all throughout the time, including after Reformasi. Artists from Sukarno’s era are generally attached, or associated in whatever ways, to the Indonesia Communist Party or its cultural under-bow, LEKRA. This means that during Soeharto’s regime, they would have been either annihilated, silenced, […]
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Four images and a short story
Towards Moelyono’s retrospective exhibition in 2018 In December 2015, Grace interviewed Bonyong Munni Ardhi about his fight against what they call as ‘the old art of Indonesia’ in the 1970s. With a couple of his peers, he was part of the influential Indonesia New Art Movement (1975-1989) that began right after they sent a flower […]
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List of SENI RUPA BARU exhibitions
We have been working on this Seni Rupa Baru research since 2013. Now, we are finally in the process of editing the new 11 essays! They are: Amanda K. Rath; Bambang Bujono; Patrick D. Flores; Hendro Wiyanto; TK Sabapathy; Nuraini Juliastuti; Aminuddin TH Siregar; Mahardika Yudha; Brigitta Isabella and Syafiatudina; and ourselves, Hyphen. Facts, news and essays from within […]
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Seni Rupa Indonesia: Sakit atau Sehat? (22 Desember 2002-
Harian Kompas, Minggu, 22 Desember 2002, hlm: 18 Enam “Kesakitan” Seni Rupa Indonesia 2002 Oleh Mikke Susanto, pengamat seni rupa, tinggal di Yogyakarta MENGGAMBARKAN sebuah catatan peristiwa tahunan atau aktivitas yang terjadi selama setahun terakhir kini menjadi satu pemetaan yang telah dianggap penting. Kajian seperti ini, mau tak mau, akan memberi gambaran yang lebih terjangkau […]