HARIS PURNOMO
Illustrated Babies
Artist Haris Purnomo features babies swathed in cloth, tattoos covering their faces and bodies. A picture of a child’s suffering.
Tempo
May 5, 2009
HUNDREDS of baby statues swathed in cloth hang vertically. Their faces are soft, with slight lines and eyes closed. At the end of the cloth knot is a kitchen knife pointing down. On several statues, the knife’s blade goes up and down powered by a dynamo.
The composition of the fiber statues is unparalleled. Under the glare of halogen lights, the 1-meter-tall, 2-kilo statues look like gigantic hanging lamps. In the background is a neon box of d
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