HARIS PURNOMO
Illustrated Babies
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Artist Haris Purnomo features babies swathed in cloth, tattoos covering their faces and bodies. A picture of a child’s suffering.
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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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