Melati Suryodarmo

Autori

• AA.VV.

Parametri

• Arte / Cultura
• Belle arti
• Hobby

Maggiori informazioni sul libro

Published to celebrate Melati Suryodarmo's first solo exhibition in a museum at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara (Museum MACAN) Jakarta, 'Why Let the Chicken Run?' (2020-21), and her exhibition at Ikon Gallery, 'Passionate Pilgrim', 2023.The hardback publication features full-colour documentation of the exhibitions and texts by Aaron Seeto, Director of Museum MACAN; curators Alia Swastika and Philippe Pirotte; and Melanie Pocock, Acting Artistic Director, Exhibitions, Ikon.It explores the ongoing practice of the artist and her legacy in expanding performance art and nurturing a new generation of performance artists and fostering performance art appreciation in Indonesia.The publication is complemented with an in-depth conversation with the artist.Melati Suryodarmo is one of Indonesia's most important living artists. Mentored by renowned Butoh dancer and choreographer Anzu Furukawa and performance artist Marina Abramovic in the early 1990s, Suryodarmo has, for four decades, created durational performances, installations and films that merge live art with sculpture, drawing and time-based media.Visually spectacular, Suryodarmo's performances are feats of endurance that interrogate notions of time, labour and identity.English and Bahasa Indonesia text.Co-published with Museum MACAN.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2023

(Copertina rigida)