Titarubi

Titarubi
Born
Rubiati Puspitasari [1]

1968[2]
Alma materBandung Institute of Technology[2]

Titarubi (born 1968) is an Indonesian artist. She is based in Yogyakarta and is one of Indonesia's most prominent contemporary artists.[3][4][5][1]

Biography

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Titarubi began making art while studying ceramics at Bandung Institute of Technology in 1988.[2]

She is heavily involved in social movements. She was very active in fight against the Bill against Pornography and Pornoaction, and produced Surrounding David, a gigantic replica of Michelangelo's David with the body covered by red lace brocade.[2][6][7]

Titarubi created the Vagina Brocade in Opera Jawa, symbolising both a vagina and a blazing fire.[8]

She is the director and founder of Indonesian Contemporary Art Network (iCAN).[1]

Titarubi has exhibited at the Venice Biennale, the Singapore Art Museum, the Singapore Biennale, the ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, the Busan Biennale, the Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina, and the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery.[9][10][11][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Dirgantoro, Wulan (17 May 2017). Feminisms and contemporary art in Indonesia : defining experiences. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-90-485-2699-4.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Arditya, Andreas D. "Titarubi: A journey of experience & knowledge". The Jakarta Post.
  3. ^ Lee, Doreen (May 2015). "A Troubled Vernacular: Legibility and Presence in Indonesian Activist Art". The Journal of Asian Studies. 74 (2): 303–322. doi:10.1017/S002191181400223X.
  4. ^ Ardhy Perkasa, Baskara; Juwariyah, Anik (2019). "Criticism of the Titarubi's Sculpture Entitled "Hallucinogenic" in the Senyap Exhibition at the Salian Art Gallery in Bandung 2015". Proceedings of the Social Sciences, Humanities and Education Conference (SoSHEC 2019). doi:10.2991/soshec-19.2019.56. ISBN 978-94-6252-862-8.
  5. ^ Dirgantoro, Wulan (2012). "Bodyscape: Renegotiating feminist ideals in Indonesian visual arts". Art Monthly Australia (250): 48–50.
  6. ^ Lingham, Susie (2 July 2016). "Our Geographies Map Our Histories: A Response to 'Asian Art Research in Australia and New Zealand: Past, Present, Future'". Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art. 16 (2): 236–246. doi:10.1080/14434318.2016.1240647. S2CID 131885511.
  7. ^ Pausacker, Helen (20 May 2016). Religion, law and intolerance in Indonesia. London: Taylor & Francis. p. 304. ISBN 9781317327806.
  8. ^ Intan Paramaditha; Ugoran Prasad (24 April 2015). "Performing the Multicultural Space in Opera Jawa: The Tension Between National and Transnational Stages". Asian cinema and the use of space : interdisciplinary perspectives. New York: Routledge. p. 160. ISBN 9781134629534.
  9. ^ Clifford, Andrew (8 February 2005). "Insight into Indonesia". The New Zealand Herald. ISSN 1170-0777.
  10. ^ Voragen, Roy (2013). "Biennale fever in Indonesia". Art Monthly Australia (265): 9–13.
  11. ^ "Singapore spotlights diverse art offerings : The Lion City sets its sights on being the creative hub of Asia". Korea JoongAng Daily. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2020.