For a German Friend
Monday, July 11, 2022
Taring Padi’s work at the Documenta art exhibition in Germany is taken down. When censors get reasons, cartoons end.
WHERE does a cartoon end, Bruno?
Let us take another look at the large 8 x 12-meter banner titled Pengadilan Rakyat (People’s Justice) that was mounted in Kassel only to be swiftly taken down because it was censored—a particular scandal in the large Documenta 15 art exhibition, 2022.
The banner, the work of an art collective from Yogyakarta, is busy, crowded, captivating and dynamic, like a traditional Balinese painting. B
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