After four decades of providing a critical voice against political and social oppression in Indonesia, FX Harsono is racking up the accolades.  We would like to congratulate FX Harsono on the glowing write-up he received in this weekend's New York Times and International Herald Tribune, and on his one-man show, "FX Harsono: Testimonies," at the Singapore Art Museum. 


    
    
Some of FX Harsono's seminal works are now on show at the Singapore Art Museum until May 9, showcasing the artists evolution, from his conceptual visions of the 1970s to his groundbreaking social commentaries of the 1990s to his more recent explorations of identity and self.  Among the works is “Voice Without Voice/Sign,” a 1993-4 work in which the artist arranged nine silk-screen canvases in a row, each imprinted with a gesturing hand and collectively spelling out "DEMOKRASI," with the final hand being bound by rope to symbolize the political oppression going on in his home country at the time. 

FX Harsono will follow up his current show at the Singapore Art Museum by participating in "My World, Your World, Our World," a major exhibition of Contemporary Southeast Asian Art that opens at Wendt Gallery New York on Friday, March 19th.  He will be joined by Jumaldi Alfi, Agus Suwage, M. Irfan, Agapetus Kristiandana, Ariadhitya Pramuhendra, Dede Eri Supria, Cucu Ruchyat, Gede Mahendra Yasa, Yunizar and others.