FELIX ART FAIR
February 14 - February 17, 2019
Baik + Khneysser is pleased to present works by Aliansyah Caniago, Heri Dono, Mella Jaarsma, and Eddie Susanto at the inaugural iteration of the Felix Art Fair in Los Angeles. This group exhibition provides contemporary insights into the burgeoning Indonesian art scene through artistic practices that grapples with foreign influence, racial mystification, and geopolitical tensions.
Despite featuring works localized to Indonesia, the discourses around these pieces extend well beyond any specific geography. Confronting questions such as what it means to belong to a nation? Or how a disapproving republic can comply with its partisan leaders? The works featured here deal with the subsequent complications of multi-culturalism and globalization. This multi-disciplinary display looks to topical conversations on America’s relationship to the East and emphasizes various dynamics of cultural exchange, orientalism, and nationalistic conformity.