The Separated Heads

Indonesian artist Dadang Christanto's latest works feature aluminum human head figures, depicting victims of the 1965 massacre.

June 13, 2012

Dadang Christanto began a "counting victim" project in 1999. The Indonesian sculptor, who lives in Australia, has recently added to it creating more than 200 aluminum sculptures of human headsa tribute to the victims who perished in the turmoil of 1965.

Dadang has put the largest figure on the first floor of Yuz Museum in Darmawangsa Square in South Jakarta, at an exhibition titled Mengingat Senyap (Recollections of Silence), which opened May 24

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