Lot 29: FX HARSONO

FX HARSONO B. 1949 MEMORY OF A NAME # 2 Quantity: 3 SIGNED, TITLED MEMORY OF A NAME # 2 AND DATED 2009 LOWER RIGHT OF EACH PANEL; SIGNED, TITLED MEMORY OF A NAME # 2 AND DATED 2009 ON THE REVERSE OF EACH PANEL ACRYLIC AND OIL ON CANVAS, IN 3 PARTS each panel: 135 by 120 cm.; 53 by 47 1/4 in. overall: 135 by 360 cm.; 53 by 141 3/4 in.

"Harsono's efforts to revisit his past, his family, and reconsider the influence of his education, language, and environment during his childhood constituted his desire to understand or become aware of the problems of his identity...Is identity a given, something that is assigned to us since we are still in our mothers' wombs? ... Is identity a cultural problem, or is it political?"

HENDRO WIYANTO CITED IN EXHIBITION CATALOGUE, JAKARTA, GALERI NASIONAL INDONESIA, THE ERASED TIME, NOVEMBER 1-14, 2009