Arahmaiani
Indonesia
Her work has grappled with contemporary politics, violence, critique of capital, the female body and her own identity, which although Muslim, still mediates between Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, and animist beliefs. She often uses her public presence in order to attract attention to violence in general, and violence against women or female discrimination in Indonesia’s Islamic society, in particular. Since September 11, she was combined her critical attitude toward Islam with a fight against its general stigmatization. And since 2010 she has been working with Tibetan monks in Tibet Plateau dealing with environmental issue. Besides working with various communities of artist, activist, academic in various places in Indonesia and in the world. Creating a long term community base art project called “Flag Project” since 2006 (started a community work with Islamic boarding school “Pesantren Amumarta” in Yogyakarta). And she has been working as a guest lecture in Passau University, Germany in the last 10 years. She also used to teach in Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (2006-2008).

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Arahmaiani
Burned Trees
2022
This artwork was created to remind people of environmental problems that are increasingly urgent and require immediate action in the field. The negative impact of climate change is already evident, bringing various havoc in almost all areas of this earth. The artist has dealt with the challenges of environmental problems with various communities in Indonesia and around the world, such as in the Tibetan Plateau, Germany, the Netherlands, America, Canada, and Australia through a long-term and sustainable community-based project, which started in 2006 until the present.



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