NINDITYO ADIPURNOMO ::::

Adipurnomo’s work systematically utilizes local (tropical Indonesian) materials and techniques to create a highly personal installation style. His pieces are a systematic critical presentation and exploration of the issue of identity—how it is continuously reformulated and transformed in relation to tradition and modernity alongside a colonial past and an independent present, with global influences and local heritage. His works are organic and evolutional, incorporating different materials that embody the tropical condition and its cultural implication concerning Javanese values. in A Paternalistic Story from Java, Adipurnomo is preoccupied with unraveling that which lies behind the myth (or more specifically the stereotype) of Javanese culture. in Java, the rocking chair represents the colonial Javanese macho and unemancipated culture. Adipurnomo’s identity as a Javanese male is itself obscured and shows paternalism as an inescapable individual and intimate experience that is passed down from generation to generation.