Published Essays
- 2011: “Expo Art: Indonesian Art and International Exhibition“ in Serenella Ciclitira, ed., Indonesian Eye, Contemporary Indonesian Art, SKIRA.
- 2010: “Indonesian Art, Entering the Global“, Contemporaneity: Contemporary Art of Indonesia catalogue in association with the exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China, July – August, pp. 80 – 88.
- 2010: “Two Women from Indonesia“, Asian Traffic, published in retrospect after the travelling exhibition in 2004 – 2006, Gallery 4A, Sydney Australia, pp. 42 – 47.
- 2009: “Dadang Christanto – Art, Activism and the Environment“, C Arts, September – October, pp. 112 – 115.
- 2008: “Melissa Chiu – A Career in Asian Contemporary Art“, C Arts, September – October, pp. 44 – 46.
- 2008: “Sisa – Under the Radar: thoughts on Indonesian exhibition strategies“, Gang re:Public, Indonesia-Australia creative adventures, Alexandra Crosby, Rebecca Conroy, Suzan Piper and Jan Cornall, eds, Gang Festival, Newtown, NSW, pp. 156 – 161.
- 2007: Co-authored with Wulandani Dirgantoro, “Identity, Religion, Repression or Fashion? The Indonesian Jilbab“, Contemporary Arts+Culture Broadsheet, Volume 36 (Issue 1), pp. 25 – 29.
- 2006: “Pressure Points: Cultural Issues and Indonesian Biennales“, Contemporary Arts+Culture Broadsheet, Volume 35 (Issue 2), pp. 84 – 87.
- 2003: “Art and Political Activism in Indonesia“, Asian Art News, Volume 13 (Issue 2), pp. 62 – 67.
- 2003: “Witnesses from Indonesia“, TAASA Review, Volume 12 (Issue 4), pp. 22 – 23.
Links to other articles
Dadang: They Give Evidence – An analysis of a work by Dadang Christanto titled They Give Evidence, in the possession of the Art Gallery of NSW
History of Indonesian Participation in the Venice Biennale
The Indonesian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, 2013
Arahmaiani: New York Exhibition 2014
Jakarta Biennale: background and report 2013 A report by Carla Bianpoen
Arahmaiani in Tibet – environmental projects undertaken by Tibetan monks with the artist.
Modernities and memories – recent works from the Islamic world: a satellite exhibition held during the Venice Biennale in 1997
Mooie Indie article: A review by John McDonald in the Spectrum section of the Sydney Morning Herald of the exhibition, Mooie Indie – Beautiful Indies, Indonesian art now, at the Samstag Museum, University of South Australia in August 2014, curated by Matthias Arndt.
Beyond the Self: 2011, the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra. Curated by Christine Clark, the exhibition explored the possibilities of portraiture in an Asian context. It became a touring exhibition, eventually ending in Darwin in 2013.
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