Lot 19: FX HARSONO

FX HARSONO B. 1949 REWRITING THE ERASED NAME # 3 SIGNED, TITLED REWRITING THE ERASED NAME # 3 AND DATED 2010 LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED, TITLED REWRITING THE ERASED NAME # 3 AND DATED 2010 ON THE REVERSE OF BOTH PANELS SCREEN PRINT AND OIL ON CANVAS, IN 2 PANELS each panel: 120 by 150 cm.; 47 3/4 by 59 in. overall: 120 by 300 cm.; 47 3/4 by 118 in.

The reality of Chinese ethnic means he is forever 'not quite' Indonesian. Perhaps Harsono also feels betrayed by his own naiveté, by his moral sense of the people and kerakyatan. Harsono has not stopped with his social criticism or his empathy for the suffering.

AMANDA KATHERINE RATH CITED IN RATH, WIYANTO, SENG AND TAN, RE: PETITION / POSITION / FX HARSONO, LANGGENG ART FOUNDATION, INDONESIA, 2008, PAGE 17