Who Will Buy Art That Costs the Skies?
The work at ART|JOG|13 was priced at millions, even billions of rupiah.
July 30, 2013
Metal plates made from old oil drums covered the terrace of the main building of the Yogyakarta Culture Park. Empty barrels or drums of different colors with writing from various products had been soldered together, creating a facade about 20 meters long and 10 meters high. It was an abstract, ship-like shape, which looked hefty but at the same time rundown and seedy. In front of it stood a merry-go-round filled with dozens of puppets.
The merry-g
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