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FX Harsono (Chinese: 胡丰文; pinyin: Oh Hong Boen) is an Indonesian artist of Chinese descent born 22 March, 1949, in Blitar, East Java.[1]

Early life

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Harsono's work is partially influenced by photographs he discovered that were taken by his father, Oh Hok Tjoe, who later went by Hendro Subagjo.

Hendro Subagjo was a photographer in Blitar and owned the photography studio "Atom". Subagjo's photographs were largely related to the Chung Hwa Hui organisation, documenting the exhumation and recording of the mass killings against the Chinese communities in Java in 1951. Harsono kept albums of these photographs that documented this time period, and used them later on in his works as well, such as in Memelihara Hidup, Menghentikan Hidup #1 (Preserving Life, Terminating Life #1).[2]

Education

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From 1969, Harsono studied painting at the Indonesian Arts Academy (ASRI) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. At the time, young artists in Yogyakarta and Bandung began to challenge the "aesthetic and theoretical conventions of modern art largely defined by painting and sculpture".  Students at ASRI, such as Harsono, criticised the school administration which culminated in the "Black December Affair" of 1974. They criticised the jury at the Grand Exhibition of Indonesian Painting for their conservatism and favouritism, sending them flowers on the last night of the Grand Exhibition with a ribbon attached that read "Ibut berduka cita atas kematian seni lukis kita" (condolences on the death of Indonesian painting).[3]

Harsono was later suspended from ASRI and moved his studies to Jakarta Institute of the Arts (IKJ). While in Jakarta, he also founded the Gerakan Seni Rupa Baru (GSRB), or New Art Movement.[4]

Notable works

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Pilgrimage to History, 2010-2017

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In 1951, Chung Hua Tsung Hui, a Chinese community organization, formed a team to locate and properly bury the bodies of murdered Chinese individuals. Harsono's father, a photographer, documented this work. Using his photos, Harsono investigated the genocide by surveying villages where the victims were found. This research led to a solo exhibition, "The Erased Time," in 2009 at the Indonesia National Gallery. Later, he received a document (MEMORANDUM, Outlining Acts of Violence and Humanity Perpetrated by Indonesian Bands on Innocent Chinese Before and After The Dutch Police Action Was Enforced on July 21, 1947) detailing violence against Chinese people from 1947 to 1949. He expanded his research to other cities with mass graves, gathering data and interviewing witnesses, which took considerable time.

Rewriting the Erased

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After 1966, due to a government directive, Harsono was required to change his Chinese name to an Indonesian one, as all Chinese-Indonesian citizens were pressured to do so. This policy aimed to erase Chinese identity, promoting the idea that only "real" Indonesians, with Indonesian names, were good and patriotic. This social and political pressure led many Chinese-Indonesians to hide their true identities. In his project "Memory of A Name," Harsono aimed to honestly reflect on this history, emphasising that acknowledging our past doesn't negate our nationalism but connects our cultural roots to our future, celebrating diversity as a strength.[5]

Exhibitions

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Solo exhibitions

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1994

Suara (Voice), National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta – Indonesia.

1996

Suara (Voice), Cemeti Art Gallery, Yogyakarta – Indonesia.

1998

Victim, Cemeti Art Gallery, Yogyakarta – Indonesia.

2003

Displaced, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta – Indonesia.

Displaced, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta – Indonesia.

2004

Mediamor(e)phosa, Puri GaIllery, Malang – Indonesia.

2007

Titik Nyeri (Point of Pain), Langgeng Icon Gallery, Jakarta – Indonesia.

2008

Aftertaste, Koong Gallery, Jakarta – Indonesia.

2009

The Erased Time, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta – Indonesia.

2010

Testimonies, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore.

2012

Writing in The Rain, Tyler Rollins, New York – United State of America.

2013

what we have here perceived as truth/we shall some day encounter as beauty, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta – Indonesia.

2014

Things Happen When We Remember (Kita Ingat Maka Terjadilah), Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung – Indonesia.

2015

Beyond Identity, Nexus Arts Gallery, Adelaide – Australia.

Kata-kata, Eramus Huis, Jakarta – Indonesia.

The Life and The Chaos Object, Images and words (Kehidupan dan Khaos; Benda, Citra dan Kata-Kata), Eramus Huis, Jakarta – Indonesia.

2016

Gazing in Identity (Menerawang Identitas), ARNDT Fine Art, Gilman Barracks – Singapore.

The Chronicles Of Resilience, Tyler Rollins, New York – United State of America.

2018

Night Moment, Video 'Writing in the Rain' showned at 14 big screen in Times Square.

Midnight Moment, Times Square Arts, New York – United Stated of America.

Reminiscence, Sullivan & Strumpf, Gillman Barrack – Singapore.

2019

NAMA, Tyler Rollins, New York – United State of America.

2022

JEJAK, Can's Gallery, Jakarta – Indonesia.

2023

SPINAE | DURI, BAIK Art Jakarta – Indonesia.

Group exhibitions

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1998

Meet 3:3 (3 Indonesian artists, 3 Germany artists), Purna Budaya, Yogyakarta.

1999

Art Document 1999, Kanazu Forest Museum, Kanazu, Japan.

Volume & Form, Singapore.

2000

Reformasi Indonesia, Protest in Beeld, Museum Nusantara, Delft, Netherland.

The Third Kwangju Biennial, Kwangju, Korea.

Setengah Abad Seni Grafis Indonesia, Bentara Budaya, Jakarta.

2001

Membaca Frida Kahlo, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta.

International Print Triennial, Kanagawa, Yokohama, Japan.

Print in The Future, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta

2003

Exploring Vacuum 2, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta.

CP Open Biennale, Jakarta.

2005

Quota 2005, Langgeng Icon Gallery, Jakarta.

Taboo and Transgression in Contemporary Indonesian Art, Herbert F.Johnson of Art Museum, Cornel University, USA.

Text Me, Sharman Gallery, Sydney, Australia.

Eksodus Barang, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Reformasi, Sculpture Square, Singapore.

2006

Out Now, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore.

The Past Forgotten Time, Cemeti Art House, Jogyakarta, Indonesia.

Anti Aging, Gaya Fusion Contemporary Art Space, Ubud Bali, Indonesia.

2007

Quota 2007, Langgeng – Icon Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Artchipelago Alert, Tonyraka Contemporary Art Gallery, Ubud Bali, Indonesia.

Imagine Affandi, National Archive Centre, Jakarta, Indonesia, Organize by Semarang Gallery.

2008

Highlight, ISI Jogya Nationa Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Art With Accent, Group Exhibition four country China, Japan, Korea and Indoenesia, Guang Zhou, China.

ALLEGORICAL BODIES, A-Art Contemporary space, Tai Pei City, Taiwan 2006.

Res Publicum, Canna Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia.

3rd Nanjing Trienialle, Nanjing, China.

Manifesto, National Gallery, Jakarta – Indonesia.

Space/Spacing, Semarang Gallery, Semarang – Indonesia.

2009

Beyond The Dutch, SCentral Museum, Ultrecht, Netherland.

Face Value, Exhibition of 4 artist, Agus Suwage, Budi Kustarto, Atari rasyid and FX Harsono at SIGIarts, Jakarta, Indonesia.

TechnoSign, Surabaya Art Link, Surabaya, Indonesia.

Milestone, Vanessa Art Link, Jakarta, Indonesia.

2010

Contemporaneity/Contemporary Art in Indonesia, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai.

Recent Art From Indonesia: Contemporary Art-Turn, SBinArtPlus, Singapore.

Pleasures of Chaos, Inside New Indoneisan Art, Primo Marella Gallery, Milano, Italy.

Digi(all): Indonesian Contemporary New Media Practices, Umahseni, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Homo Ludens, Emmitan CA Gallery, Surabaya, Indonesia.

2011

Edge of Elsewhere, Group exhibition arttist from Australia, Asia and the Pacific at 4A, Sydney, Australia.

Closing The Gap, Melbourne Institute Of Fine Art (MIFA), Melbourne, Australia.

Negotiating Home, History and Nation: Two Decades of Contemporary Art in Southeast Asia 1991-2011, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore.

Beyond The Self, National Potrait Gallery, Canberra, Australia.

Asia: Looking South, ARNDT Gallery, Berlin, Germany.

NOW INK: A Call For New Perceptions – a special project at 5th SH Contemporary, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai.

4th Moscow Biennale, Moscow, Russian.

Beyond The East, Macro, Rome, Italy.

2012

Beyond Geography, By South Asian Visual Art Centre (SAVAC) at Art Toronto, Canada.

What is it to be Chinese?, Group exhibition at Grimmuseum, Berlin, Germany.

Encounter, Royal Academy In Asia, Group exhibition at Institute Of Contemporary Art, Lasalle, Singapore.

Edge of Elsewhere, Group exhibition artist from Australia, Asia and the Pacific at 4A, Sydney, Australia.

Archive-Reclaim doc, Group exhibition at National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Migration, ARNDT, Sydney, Australia.

Contemporary Indonesia, Ben Brown Fine Arts London, London, UK.

2013

Concept Context Contestation, Art and the collective in Southeast Asia, Bankok Art And Cultural Center, Bangkok, Thailand.

Seeing Painting: Conversations Before The End of History, Sangkring Art Space, Jogyakarta, Indonesia.

Jogja Biennale XII, Jogja National Museum, Jogyakarta, Indonesia.

Collection: Photograhpy | screenings "Writing in the rain", National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia.

Sip! Indonesian Art Today, Group Show at ARNDT Gallery, Gillman Barracks, Singapore.

Quota 2013, Langgeng Art Foundation, Jogjakarta, Indonesia.

Outspoken, Group show at Biasa Art Space, Bali, Indonesia.

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back – Us and Institution, Times Museum, Guangzhou, China.

Sip! Indonesian Art Today, Group show at ARNDT Gallery, Berlin, germany.

Indonesian Painting I, Group show at Equator Art Project, Singapore.

2014

The Roving Eye, Contemporary Art From Southeast Asia, Arter Space for Art, Istanbul, turkey.

Past traditions / New Voices in Asian Art, Hofstra University Museum, New York, United State of America.

Market Forces 2014, From Conceptualism to Abstraction, Osage Art Foundation & City University of Hongkong.

2015

Videos from South-Easr Asia, Curated by Lola Lenzi, in the framework of Art Paris Art Fair 2015, Grand  Palais and at the Silencio Clun, Paris, France.

Tell me My truth, Group exhibition artists from Australia, Asia and the Pacific at 4A, Sydney, Australia.

2016

20th Biennale Of Sydney, Saydney, Australia.

Art-Jog 2016, Jogja Nationa Museum, Jogyakarta, Indonesia,

BACC International Exhibition: Concept Context Contestation: "art and the collective in Southeast Asia", Cemeti Art House, Jogyakarta.

Rethingking Home, Group show at New Dakota Art Space, Amsterdam.

2017

Rosa's Wound, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan.

Sunshower Art from Southeast Asia 1980s Now, National Art Centre Tokyo and Mori Museum, Tokyo, Japan.

After Darkness: Southeast Asian Art in the Wake of History, Asia Society, New York, United State of America.

Power & Other Things, Indonesia & ARt 1835 – Now, Bozar, Brussels, Belgium.

Nomadic Traveler, showcases 8 Korean and Indonesian Contemporary artist, Presented by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea and Korean Cultural Center in Indonesia, the Annual Korea Festival, Edwin Gallery, Jakarta.

In Suspense, Group Show, Roh Projecy, Jakarta, Indonesia.

2018

Sunshower Art from Southeast Asia 1980s Now, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan.

Moving pledges: Art and action in Southeast Asia, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore.

2019

Awkening : Art in Society in Asia, 1960s to 1990s. Museum of Moden Modern Art Tokyo, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Seol, Korea. National Gallery of Singapore, Singapore.

Concept Context Contestation, Art and the collective in Southeast Asia, Goethe Institute, Yangoon, Myanmar.

Sunshower Art from Southeast Asia 1980s Now, Kaoshiung Museum of Fine Art, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Organize by Mori Museum.

Dunia Dalam Berita/ World in News, Macan Museum, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Contemporary Worlds: Indonesia, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia.

2020

"RAIL", Jeju 4,3 Peace Memorial Hall, South Korea.

Corporeal/Material: On Performance Art and Photography, ISA Art & Design, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Turn Your Lights On, Suwon Museum of Art, Korea.

2021

"Errata": Collection Entanglements and Embodied Histories, MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum, Chiangmai, Thailand.

2022

Integral Historia, Space AfroAsia, Dongducheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.

Year on Democracies, Smith College Museum of Art, Bedford Terrace, Northampton, US.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Post, The Jakarta. "FX Harsono: Exposing the beauty of ugly truth - Lifestyle". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
  2. ^ Wiyanto, Hendro. "Erased Time, Disappearing Traces." Story. In Erased Time : FX Harsono Solo Exhibition / Curated by Hendro Wiyanto, 13–19. Indonesia, Jakarta: Langgeng Gallery, 2009.
  3. ^ Singapore Art Museum. "From Black December to New Art Movement: The Beginnings of Contemporary Art in Indonesia." Story. In FX Harsono : Testimonies, 12–13. Singapore, Singapore: Singapore Art Museum, 2010.
  4. ^ Post, The Jakarta. "FX Harsono: Exposing the beauty of ugly truth - Lifestyle". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
  5. ^ "Artworks – FX Harsono". Retrieved 2024-09-02.
  6. ^ "Bio – FX Harsono". Retrieved 2024-09-02.