Contemporary Indonesian Art: Artists, Art Spaces, and - 9789814722360

Product details
Format Hardback | 240 pages
Dimensions 187 x 235 x 20.32mm | 997.9g
Publication date 15 Aug 2017
Publisher NUS Press
Publication City/Country Singapore, Singapore
Language English
Edition Statement Expanded, Updated
Illustrations note 65 colour illustrations; 65 colour illustrations
ISBN10 9814722367
ISBN13 9789814722360

Indonesian art entered the global contemporary art world of independent curators, art fairs, and biennales in the 1990s. By the mid-2000s, Indonesian works were well-established on the Asian secondary art market, achieving record-breaking prices at auction houses in Singapore and Hong Kong. This comprehensive overview introduces Indonesian contemporary art in a fresh and stimulating manner, demonstrating how contemporary art breaks from colonial and post-colonial power structures, and grapples with issues of identity and nation-building in Indonesia. Across different media, in performance and installation, it amalgamates ethnic, cultural, and religious references in its visuals, and confidently brings together the traditional (batik, woodcut, dance, Javanese shadow puppet theater) with the contemporary (comics and manga, graffiti, advertising, pop culture).Spielmann’s Contemporary Indonesian Art surveys the key artists, curators, institutions, and collectors in the local art scene and looks at the significance of Indonesian art in the Asian context. Through this book, originally published in German, Spielmann stakes a claim for the global relevance of Indonesian art.