Contemporary Indonesia @ Ben Brown FA – London

There is more to contemporary Indonesia than Eko Nugroho, even if he and his art collective may be the first to come to your mind when asking about contemporary Indonesian art. After his residency program and exhibition @ Parisian MAM which just finished last week, Eko & a whole crew are taking over London’s Ben Brown Fine Arts until August 4th.

A group exhibition which attempts to concentrate some of Indonesia’s mos famous & talented contemporary artist…. being a country with an astonishing cultural & religious mix it shouldn’t surprise the recent explosion in art production and innovation. Globalization, a path towards a established democracy and a growing level of openness have definitely helped in this increasing level of an anti-establishment, more provocative and critical work production.

South-east Asia has always been a land of rich artistic traditions and Indonesia (with many artists coming from the islands of Java & Bali) has become over the last two decades a busy contemporary arts market that is now expanding globally, BBFA are opening a window for all of us to enter such rich world with works from artists like FX Harsono, Nyoman Masriadi, Eko Nugroho, J. Ariadhitya Pramuhendra, Agus Suwage, Ugo Untoro, Entang Wiharso and Yunizar….

Not to be missed, more and images info this way.