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Ada meriam di muka ku (There is a cannon on my face) 1994

Artwork Ada meriam di muka ku (There is a cannon on my face) this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint and collage on cardboard, created in 1994-01-01
Accession No.
1996.065
Date Created
1994
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Contemporary Asian Art
Dimensions A
66 x 77cm
Media Category
Painting
Secondary Media Category
synthetic polymer paint
Medium
Synthetic polymer paint and collage on cardboard
Place Created
Yogyakarta
Credit Line
Purchased 1995. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation

Heri Dono has been a leading figure in Indonesian art since the early 1980s. As part of a generation of artists creating politically critical work before the fall of President Suharto’s dictatorial rule in 1998, he drew on Indonesian cultural traditions – such as the figurative style of wayang-kulit (leather puppetry) – to make art that operated as a form of political resistance. Ada meriam di muka ku (There is a cannon on my face) 1994 presents a grotesque vision of the face of war – part mad beast, part materiel. 
 

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