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50th Venice Biennale
15 June - 2 November 2003

Venice / 2003 / Report / Pavilions / Indonesia

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Tisna Sanjaya

Tisna Sanjaya Tisna Sanjaya
Tisna Sanjaya Tisna Sanjaya

Sacred Prayer for the Dead /
Sketsa Wajah Kita, 2003

Installation

In the picture on the wall (painted in 1999), the artist presents himself in a yellow ruling party t-shirt, in a worker’s uniform and an army uniform. The huge penis of an upside-down figure made of bamboo mats is labeled "Mass Destroyer Weapon".

Among the numerous other elements are t-shirts (also from 1999) with the names of places in Indonesia where acts of violence have occurred.

Tisna Sanjaya
* 1958 Bandung, West Java; lives there.
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