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Surga diatas Berlin (Heaven over Berlin) 1993

Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online
Accession No.
1996.077
Date Created
1993
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Contemporary Asian Art
Edition
A.P.
Media Category
Print
Secondary Media Category
intaglio
Medium
Etching and aquatint on paper
Place Created
Indonesia
Credit Line
Purchased 1995. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation

In this etching Surga diatas Berlin (Heaven over Berlin) and a work of a similar period, Pesta pencuri (Thieve's carnival) (Acc. no. 1996.078), Tisna Sanjaya characteristically displays a forceful expressionism. Through theatre-like scenarios, he alludes to violence, victimisation, imprisonment and man's inhumanity. These prints reflect a European tradition, particularly Spanish master Francisco de Goya (1746-1828), but which, at the same time, may be veiled commentaries on injustice perceived in his own country.

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