The body has
proved to be one of the most versatile and expressive subjects or contemporary
artists.
In
The body as
performance, as exemplified in very different ways by the work of Agus Suwage,
Budi Kustarto and Melati Suryodarmo, is a familiar concept in
The body as a
vessel of spiritual energy, expressing the force of life, can be seen in Putu
Sutawijaya’s and also to an extent in Ahmad Zakii Anwar’s
work. At different ends of the aesthetic spectrum, we also have the monumental,
muscular figuration of Thaweesak Srithongdee and I Nyoman Masriadi, or the
equine existentialism of Ugo Untoro.