Lot 093
Agus Suwage
b. Indonesia, 1959
Quote #2, 2016
signed and dated
‘AGUS SUWAGE ‘2016’ (lower right)
mixed media on paper
150 x 102cm
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Kuala Lumpur
ESTIMATE RM 20,000 – 35,000
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An apparition of Indian Independence fighter and pacifist Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) is superimposed over the blue yonder of sky and sea in an apparent environmental message that reads: ‘This planet can provide for human need but not for human greed!! Unending greed is detrimental, disastrous, destructive; it’s not a good trait to own. Often, Man especially the sceptics pooh-poohing climate change, has made the planet inhospitable by over-exploiting natural marine resources and polluting the sea with chemical contaminants and plastics apart from polluting the air with factory effluents and non-biodegradable products. The illusory image also hints at impermanence of life. While Gandhi would be a nice symbolic spokesman, sometimes such aphorisms as this are ascribed to anyone from Einstein to Brad Pitt in an unrestrained social media. Blue often exudes something clean and fresh. |