Meanders in the Tropics: Narrative of Indonesian Modern and Contemporary Art

Exhibition Info

Exhibition Period　　　　　　18 February 2021 - 18 July 2021

Exhibition Venue　　　　　　3rd Floor Exhibition Hall, Tsinghua University Art Museum

General Planners　　　　　　Su Dan　Deddy Kusuma

Curator　　　　　　Agung Hujatnikajennong

Lenders　　　　　　Deddy Kusuma　Linda Gallery

General Coordinators　　　　　　Du Pengfei　Wang Chenya

Project Coordinators　　　　　　Wang Zhao　Sun Yiwei　Wang Ying　Agus Sugiharto

Curatorial Assistants　　　　　　Wang Yiting　Yacobus Ari Respati　Akmalia Rizkita

Visual Director　　　　　　Wang Peng

Exhibition and Visual Designer　　　　　　Wang Ning

Exhibition Team　　　　　　Liu Huijian　Sun Yiwei　Wang Ning　Wang Zhao　Chen Xinglu　Lan Yu

International Affair　　　　　　Wang Ying

Administration Affair　　　　　　Ma Yanyan

Host　　　　　　Tsinghua University Art Museum

Exhibition Profile

Meanders in the Tropics aims to display works that represent the development of Indonesian modern and contemporary art. Underlining the diversity of aesthetic languages, this exhibition is composed of drawings, paintings, sculptures and video works that span nearly a hundred years, from 1930s up to today. The narrative thread is structured in twofold. Not only does it outline a history of artistic styles and themes developing in different periods, the exhibition also attempts to sketch out the art world’s formation by underlining the affiliations among artists, groups and schools. This curatorial outlook eventually shapes the exhibition in both chronology and topography of the field, placing the artists and their works in their unique positions in the twists and turns—the meanders—of the Indonesian art history. As a non-repetitive imprint of a time, artwork serves as a reminder of the circumstances that have passed, of those which is occurring today and those that will be approached by a society in the future.