Gazing on Identity

December 15, 2019

Man as an individual has the freedom to decide their own will’ is a menaingless quote. When one is declared to be valid as a citizen the freedom changed.

For the chinese, although they were born in Indonesia, they are still cosidered as migrant. Apart from Indonesian Citizenship certificate, they must also have other documents, where this regulation is not applied to ‘real’ Indonesians.

The dichotomy of real-migrant, free-bonded, is presented in this work. The facial expressions, poses, interaction in the familiy that seems to be free and happy on one side; and on the other side facing legal-formal issues that specifically only applies on them The point is, the law becomes discriminative if it appliesonly to suppress a communitu group.

 

Lisa Polten

Exhibition Curator

 

  • Undisclosed Identity. 59 light boxes with LED light, digital print on duratrans film, acrylic sheet, LED running text, and 15 stools. Variable dimension

  • Piecing Together Fragments of Migration, Drawing series no 1 / Merangkai Fragmen Migrasi, Seri drawing no 1, 2016. 75 X 90 cm

  • The Record of a Journey / Catatan Perjalanan, 2016. Oil on Canvas. 164 x 123 cm, diptych

  • Gazing on Collective Memory / Menerawang Ingatan bersama, 2016. Installation with wood, found object book, ceramic bowls, 3D Digital print, frames and photographs and electric candle light. 80 X 190 X 270 cm

  • The Families, 2016. Pigment base print on photo paper. 20 x 345 cm, (10 panels, each panel 20 x 30 cm)

  • The ID Card, 2016. 20 copies of original ID card. 50 x 312 cm

Title:
Gazing on Identity

Year:
2016

Curator:
Lisa Polten

Venue:
ARNDT Fine Art, Gillman Barack, Singapore

Duration:
28 October - 17 December

Go Back
Share on