FX Harsono Indonesia, b. 1949
Berlindung, 2006
Acrylic on canvas
150 x 150 cm
This work is from FX Harsono "Point of Pain" series. That series talk about how pain a person as a minority feels if he suffers discrimination. This is one of his earlier works that uses the banana leaf as a shield to protect him from the discrimination. In later works FX uses needle as a metaphor that needle pierce the body. Even though the needle cannot kill but it is painful, just as humans if they get discrimination. Whereas butterflies are a metaphor of minority who are vulnerable to discrimination and violence by the majority who have power.
This work is from FX Harsono "Point of Pain" series. That series talk about how pain a person as a minority feels if he suffers discrimination. This is one of his earlier works that uses the banana leaf as a shield to protect him from the discrimination. In later works FX uses needle as a metaphor that needle pierce the body. Even though the needle cannot kill but it is painful, just as humans if they get discrimination. Whereas butterflies are a metaphor of minority who are vulnerable to discrimination and violence by the majority who have power.
