TIGA KEPALA SATU MASALAH (THREE HEADS AND ONE PROBLEM), 2010

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Melbourne
27 November 2019
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EKO NUGROHO

born 1977, Indonesian
TIGA KEPALA SATU MASALAH (THREE HEADS AND ONE PROBLEM), 2010

machine embroidered rayon thread on fabric backing

218.0 x 137.0 cm overall

each panel embroidered with name and date verso: EKO NUGROHO 2010

Estimate: 
$20,000 – 30,000 (6)
Provenance

Ark Galerie, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
The Mainland Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2010

Catalogue text

Eko Nugroho lives and works in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2019 – 2020 Ábadakone/Continuous Fire/Feu Continuel, National Gallery of Canada, Ontario, Canada (upcoming)
2019 Contemporary Worlds: Indonesia, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
2018 My Monster: The Animal-Human Hybrid, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
2017 Middle of Now|Here, Honolulu Biennale, Honolulu, Hawaii
2017 IMAGINARIUM: To the End of the Earth, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
2016 Lot Lost, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2015 Root: Indonesian Contemporary Art Frankfurter Kuntstverein, Kunst Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
2014 Burning Down The House, 10th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea
2013 The Encyclopaedic Palace, 55th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2013 We Are What We Mask, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore
2012 RALLY: Contemporary Indonesian Art, Jompet Kuswidananto & Eko Nugroho, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
2011 The Eko Chamber: Recent Works by Eko Nugroho, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
2011 – 2013 Beyond the Self: Contemporary Portraiture from Asia, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra and touring to McClelland Gallery & Sculpture Park, Victoria; Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, University of South Australia, Adelaide; Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
2010 Contemporaneity, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
2009 Lyon Biennale X: The Spectacle of The Every Day, Lyon, France
2008 Expenditure, Busan Biennale 2008, Busan, South Korea
2008 Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland

SELECTED LITERATURE
Tang, C., ‘Eko Nugroho: Plastic Democracy’, ArtAsiaPacific, Hong Kong, no.110, Sept/Oct 2018, p. 146
Effendy, R., ‘Reality in the world of Eko Nugroho. (The Work of One of Indonesia’s Most Successful Artists.), Art and Australia, Art & Australia Pty Ltd, Sydney, vol. 51, no. 1, 2013, p.129 – 133
Bentley, S., ‘Come Together: the art of Jompet Kuswidananto and Eko Nugroho’, Art and Australia, Art & Australia Pty Ltd, Sydney, v. 50, no. 3, Autumn 2013, p.392 – 395
The Encyclopaedic Palace, exhibition catalogue, 55th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy, 2013
Gokalp, S., ‘Art is Melting/L’Art Mixe’ (essay) in Eko Nugroho: Threat as a Flavour, exhibition catalogue, Arndt Gallery, Berlin, 2012
Supriyanto, E., and Ooi, A. (eds.), Eko (space) Nugroho, Daging Tumbuh Studio, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 2011

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Arario Collection, Cheonan, Korea
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Artnow, International A3 Collection, San Francisco, USA
Asia Society Museum, New York, USA
Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, USA
Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation, Beijing, China
Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, Berlin, Germany
M+ Museum, Hong Kong
Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, Paris, France
Musée des Beaux Arts de Lyon, Lyon, France
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

REPRESENTED BY
Arario Gallery, Korea