#Perempuan 2021 - Contemporary Indonesian Art
19 March—24 October 2021
Installation view: Maharani Mancanagara, The Patron, 2014, in #Perempuan 2021, Castlemaine Art Museum. Image: Julie Millowick.
Installation view: Citra Sasmita, Timur Merah Project: Embrace of My Motherland, 2019; Patricia Untario, Silence, 2018; Octora, Take my heart in sweet surrender and tenderly say that I’m the one you love and live until the end of time, 2018; in #Perempuan 2021, Castlemaine Art Museum. Image: Julie Millowick.
Installation view: Patricia Untario, Silence, 2018, in #Perempuan 2021, Castlemaine Art Museum. Image: Julie Millowick.
Installation view: #Perempuan 2021, Castlemaine Art Museum. Image: Julie Millowick.
Installation view: Fitri DK, Strong Together, 2018 in #Perempuan 2021, Castlemaine Art Museum. Image: Julie Millowick.
Installation view: Ruth Marbun, One is a Million, 2018 in #Perempuan 2021, Castlemaine Art Museum. Image: Julie Millowick.
Perempuan 2021 celebrates voices and unspoken stories of Indonesian women – a platform for artists to share issues that are not always openly discussed in Indonesia.
Imagine if the pulse of a nation was taken through the work of living
artists, as opposed to GNP (gross national product). Here, eight Indonesian artists-all women-explore the unspoken narrative around women's visibility and their role and participation in contemporary Indonesia. The diversity of materials reflects their multifaceted backgrounds and personal experiences.
Perempuan 2021 (woman) presents work by Arum Dayu, Citra Sasmita, Fitri DK, Maharani Mancanagara, Maria lndriasari, Patricia Untario, and Ruth Marbun-who are based in Bandung, Yogyakarta, Jakarta and Bali-and Octora who is Melbourne based.
Perempuan 2021 is organised by Project Eleven, a philanthropic initiative under the leadership of Konfir Kabo and Monica Lim. Project Eleven supports contemporary Asian visual arts, new music and cultural exchanges. This exhibition is an example of its thought-provoking projects addressing challenging themes including sex education, gender and colonial identity in Indonesia.
To learn more, check out these interviews with the artists.
Supporters
Tint Design, Art Guide Australia, Project Eleven, Presented with the Castlemaine State Festival.