Ahead of its upcoming curatorial project at the prestigious Documenta art exhibition in Kassel, Germany, in 2022, Indonesian art collective ruangrupa has already established itself as the preeminent contemporary art institution in Indonesia. It started out humbly as a forum for artistic collaboration that rewarded critical thinking about one’s surroundings. The Jakarta-based art collective was…
Speculative Collective, 2019 SB14 Activation Collections Building, Sharjah Part of Sharjah Biennial 14: ‘Leaving the Echo Chamber’ 2019 Gudskul: Contemporary Art Collective and Ecosystem Studies is a public learning space established by three Jakarta-based art collectives: Grafis Huru Hara, ruangrupa and Serrum. It was founded to promote what Gudskul calls ‘B-knowledge’, referring to B-movies and…
Indonesian art collective ruangrupa has become the first ever Asians and first ever art collective to be chosen to curate the prestigious documenta art exhibition in Kassel, Germany. Running since 1955, documenta is considered one of the world’s most prestigious art events, and once featured the likes of Wassily Kandinsky and Pablo Picasso. Held once every five years, it is…