October 2011 Issue 244
1 Indonesia – Australia: Bizarre Relations: YULIANA KUSUMASTUTI
Restu Ratnaningtyas, Connection no.1, 2010, acrylic and watercolour on paper, ply wood, 180 x 200 x 40cm. From the residency project HotWave #1, 2010. Image courtesy the artist and Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta
2 People, action and working together: Asialink engaging with Indonesia: ALISON CARROLL
Wanda Gillespie, Olah Rasa, 2007, performance based photographic series, taken during her 2007 Asialink residency in Bandung, Indonesia. Image courtesy the artist and Asialink.
3 After the house has gone: the future for Mes 56: NURAINI JULIASTUTI
Jim Allen Abel, Rastra Sewakottama, 2011, digital C-print
4 Indonesian art today: Navigating between idealism and commodity: MELLA JAARSMA
Arya Pandjalu, Jaga Tanah Ini (Take care for this Land) , 2008, resin, wood, shoes, and car paint, 120 x 53 x 93cm; shown in the exhibition Beastly at Cemeti Art House, 2011. Image courtesy the artist and Cemeti Art House
5 Driving (in) an Indonesian art jam: MALCOLM SMITH
Tromorama, Borderless, 2010, still from 2 min-25 sec video animation with embroidery on canvas. Tromorama is artists Febie Babyrose (Baby), Herbert Hans (Ebet), and Ruddy Hatumena (Ruddy)
6 Dadang Christanto: Artist of Conscience for Humanity: CAROLINE TURNER
Scent of a mountain, 2008, acrylic on linen, 137 x 167cm. Image courtesy the artist and Jan Manton Art, Brisbane
7 Terrain Vague: BO WONG
Image from Bo Wong’s Terrain Vague series, 2011
8 PUNKASILA at MUMA: NICOLAS LOW
Punkasila: La mision a Cuba del rock combativo , 10th Havana Biennial 2009, La Habana Viela (Old Havana). Photograph by Reynier Rodriguez Vazquez
9 Recapturing Monas and Us: ARDI YUNANTO
Photographic mirror; a photo of the photographers at Monas, with the ‘photographed’ behind. Photograph by Ardi Yunanto, 2011
10 Beyond the Self: Contemporary portraiture from Indonesia & other near neighbours: CHRISTINE CLARK
Herra Pahlasari, Potret diri di depan kelambu terbuka (Self-portrait before the open mosquito net), 2009, pigment print on Hahnemühle Leonardo canvas
11 Out of Focus: Independent Photography in East Java: ZHUANG WUBIN
SADEWA, UNTITLED IMAGE FROM ME AND MIRRORS PROJECT
12 Fibre Face 3 JOANNA BARRKMAN
Lampu Kuning Art Collective, Chaotical Bottom, woven rattan, hand-carved teak wood, coiled coconut fibre, burnt stencil, 256 x 158cm. Collection: Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
13 Kamasan Painting at the Australian Museum, and beyond: SIOBHAN CAMPBELL
Artist unknown, Smaradahana, c. 1925, natural pigment on cotton cloth. 166 x 132cm. Collection: The Forge Collection, Australian Museum. Photograph by Emma Furno
14 Whispered Landscapes of Jumaadi: GINA FAIRLEY
Cakrawala, 2011, gouache on paper, 18 x 12.5cm each / installation 37.5 x 126cm
15 Bryan Bulley: the irreverent logic of untamed chaos: CAROLINE RANNERSBERGER
Bali Flight over Darwin, 2010, acrylic on linen, 72 x 110cm. Collection: Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin. Photography by Regis Martin
16 Creative archaeology over Arafura seas: STELLA GRAY
Blue and white bottle vase with design from painting by John Bulunbulun, 2010
17 Landfall: Ian Fairweather’s landing at Oesosole: Roti TONY TWIGG
Ian Fairweather, Anak Bayan, 1957, gouache on cardboard on hardboard, 109 x 241.3 x 9cm (inc. frame). Collection: Art Gallery of NSW
18 Remembering 'Humanity Lost': Karla Dickens and Aris Prabawa
Aris and Karla in front of their ‘Appin Massacre’ mural on the grounds of Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney, 2010. Image courtesy Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre. The mural includes text from an account ofthe massacre: ‘The dogs sounded the alarm and the natives fell over cliff; it was moonlight’
19 Reflections on an Art House: Two Decades of Rumah Seni Cemeti: MICHELLE ANTOINETTE
Agung Kurniawan, The Shoes Diary, 2007-2011, a pair of adidas samba shoes, spray paint, silk screen, drawing and text on paper, vaiable dimensions; from the exhibition The mental Archive, at Cemeti Art House, 2010-2011
20 Nasi Goblok & Raja Kentut: an arranged marriage: CASSANDRA SCHULTZ
Lugas Syllabus, A Present or A Burden, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 40cm
21 The Library of Translation Exercises: dis/location and creative practice in West Timor: RUTH HADLOW
22 Beyond Batavia: the photography of Walter Woodbury and James Page
Dancer in traditional dress with musicians. Image of work by Walter Woodbury and James Page; courtesy Bonhams, London
23 Outside history – Mick Jawalji and Ngarra: QUENTIN SPRAGUE
Ngarra, Guglarrt (Mount Hamilton) Bangorri-Bat Dream. Ngamanray, 2008, synthetic polymer paint on paper, 35 x 50cm
24 book review: CHRIS RAJA The Donald Friend Diaries:Chronicles and Confessions of an Australian artist
Ian Britain (ed.), Text Publishing Company, Melbourne, 2010, rrp $39.95, 512 pp (paperback). ISBN: 9781921656705
26 Beyond the Self: Contemporary Portraiture from Asia: ANNE KIRKER
Agus Suwage, Meleleh (melt), 2011, wax, resin, galvanized zinc. Image courtesy of the artist
