Curator Talk by Elly Kent - On Tradition, Contemporary Art from Indonesia
Event description
Take a deep dive into the On Tradition exhibition with curator Elly Kent.
In this talk, Elly will guide attendees through the exhibition at Delmar Gallery, discussing the artists' relationships with traditional practices and how the works are brought into the contemporary art world.
Featured artists: Alfred W. Djami (West Timor)| Broken Pitch (java) x Juanga Culture (North Maluku)| Nency Dwi Ratna (Sumba) | Ni Luh Pangestu (Bali)| Rizka Azizah Hayati (Kalimantan)| Udeido Collective (West Papua)
Dr Elly (Ellen) Kent is a lecturer in Indonesian studies at the Australian National University. She has worked as researcher, writer, translator, artist, educator and intercultural professional in Indonesia and Australia. Elly is the author of Artists and the People: Ideologies of Indonesian Art (2022) NUS Press, and co-editor (with Virginia Hooker and Caroline Turner) of Living Art: Indonesian Artists Engage Politics, Society and History (2023) ANU Press. Elly’s research focuses on contemporary and historical art, design and cultural practices in southeast Asia, and especially in Indonesia. She is interested in the intersection between social change, politics and art practice.
On Tradition: Contemporary art from Indonesia features artists and collectives from across the Indonesian archipelago and is co-presented by 16albermarle Project Space and Delmar Gallery.