A Krack Studio Exhibition in partnership with 16albermarle Project Space.

At the night market, you can buy fake Rolex watches, fried grasshoppers and amulets with “magical” powers. Skinny guys with tattoos operate carnival rides that aren’t safe. There’s a haunted house and a giant python. Gangsters, pickpockets and revolutionaries lurk in the shadows.  

The morning market is for groceries and gossip, but the night market is the world reversed; where our repressed fears and desires are set loose. Many of the works in this exhibition reference mysticism, mythology and ritual; conjuring the dark glamor of “otherness”. Every community has a Night Market; a shadow place of buried secrets and illicit pleasures.  

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.  

Presented alongside work by Australian Balinese artist Leyla Stevens, the two interconnected exhibitions form an Indonesian season at WFAC and an opportunity to consider the cultural life and printmaking artistic output of our near neighbours in Indonesia. Engaging activities include artist led printmaking workshops, as well as a night of festival, cultural performances and food, a pasar malam staged here at WFAC. 

Artists:
Alfin Agnuba (IN)
Amina McConvell (AU)
Enka Komariah (IN)
Ida Lawrence (AU)
Ipeh Nur (IN)
Jumaadi (AU)
Leyla Stevens (AU)
Malcolm Smith (AU)
Prihatmoko Moki (IN)
Restu Ratnaningtyas (IN)
Rizqi Maulana (IN)
Rudi Hermawan (IN)
Tamarra (IN)
Timoteus Anggawan Kusno (IN)
Tobias Richardson (AU)

Exhibition Producer: Malcolm Smith
Australian Tour Producer : John Cruthers

Image:
2024
Ipeh Nur in collaboration with Krack Studio
Screenprint on 100% cotton Clairefontaine paper
150 x 200 cm
Edition of 4 + 2AP
(Detail)