Joining ITB (Institute Technology Bandung),Bachelor,Fine Art Division,Painting Studio in 1998,and graduated in 2002,CumLaude. Present,active as a painter whom used to do exhibition in and abroad countries. Artworks mostly paintings, art installations, and art object,reflects her emotion poured in abstract/realism illustrations mixed cartoon, using bright colors. Now exploring personal,feminism, social themes ,subject of herself to be the icon to the artworks.
Friday, November 17, 2006
Artworks description :
Title : 100 % made in Indonesia
Medium : Digital Print mixed red thread
Size : 300 x 500 cm
Year : 2006
This is my digital print in No War Exhibition in Korea. Made by part to part and joining with threads.
Talks about Indonesia - Chinese people in Indonesia.The story comes from artist personal life too.How in artist childhood, native Indonesia children yelling her, "Chinese, Chinese..!"
Talks about the different treat from the native Indonesia to Indonesian-Chinese. How they have different treat such make a new passport, visa, even Indonesian ID card.
This artwork purpose image it's to make the feeling of the artist want to be comfort and secure to be 100% Indonesian. As the shadow words say about the percentage of the material of clothes.The artist make it as percentage of the body of the artist.It's took from the artist parents hometown, the lining took from collage and work hometown where the artist now living.The artist questioning too about why only 1 % Chinese Blood in her body,she has to be different.Even the artist cannot talk Chinese language...
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