Contemporary Classic Batik Patterns

Batik artists Agus Ismoyo and Nia Fliam recently exhibited their latest works. They frequently collaborate with their African and Aboriginal counterparts.

November 4, 2008

THE audience entering from the main gate of Taman Budaya Yogyakarta seemed to hesitate to come into the exhibition hall. The reason was that a piece of white cloth was stretched lengthwise from the gateway to the middle of the hall. This piece of fabric, carrying a line of footprints on it, seemed as if it were a pathway leading to the sky which ended on the ceiling of the hall.

This installation work, titled Putri Alam (Daughter of Nature)

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