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Our Djeran season at WFAC presents three interconnected exhibitions exploring Indonesia and its diasporic communities in Australia and beyond. Featuring artists from both countries, the exhibitions examine the dynamics of this neighbouring relationship while offering an opportunity to reflect on Indonesia’s cultural life and its connections across Australia.

Pasar Malam (Night Market) is an immersive exhibition of screen-printed works exploring the transgressive, shadowy spaces that exist in our communities. Each artwork has been created by Krack studio in collaboration with leading Indonesian and Australian artists. Engaging activities include printmaking workshops as well as a night of festival and food, a Pasar Malam/ night market style event staged here at WFAC.

Presented alongside a sculptural work, artist Leyla Stevens will present GROH GROH Rehearsal for Rangda.  GROH GROH repositions the mythical demon queen Rangda, positing her as a balancing force for spiritual order and as an empowering female force. GROH GROH proposes a matrilineal reshaping of Balinese art histories, as a counter to sustained colonial and touristic interpretations, and examines how these stories migrate and reconfigure in diasporic contexts.

Often presented with a mercurial charm, the construction process (or illusion of it) remain visible in the work of artist Ida Lawrence’s work, as layers of paint build up amidst hurried brushstrokes.  In the case of A Bigger Misha, Ida Lawrence’s ‘narrative painting’ combines text and image to a tell a story of (mis)understanding, (dis)connection, generosity, failure and surprise. Lawrence draws upon small observations, tiny gestures and subtle feelings that the artist has experienced or imagined in the places she has lived: Australia, Indonesia, and since 2019, Germany.

More about our exhibitions:
Pasar Malam/Night Market: Contemporary printmaking from Indonesia and Australia • Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre
Ida Lawrence: A Bigger Misha • Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre
Leyla Stevens: GROH GROH (Rehearsal for Rangda) • Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre