Mulyana: Modular Utopia
USC Fisher Museum of Art is proud to announce Mulyana: Modular Utopia, the Indonesian artist鈥檚 first solo museum exhibition in Los Angeles. The exhibition is an introduction to Mulyana鈥檚 large kinetic environments composed of intricately constructed, knit modules of marine life sculptures that vividly portray an unadulterated underwater world. Through the beauty and wonder of his artworks, Mulyana hopes to instill a new consciousness of shared responsibility to protect the environment.
Mulyana鈥檚 diverse art practice centers on the themes of sustainability and human flourishing. His studio is based in the town of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, which has been the cultural capital for the visual arts in Indonesia for many decades. Mulyana settled there in 2014 and, from the very beginning, endeavored to create a community-based workshop that would operate as an extension of his practice. The first group of collaborators he employed was a community of transgender women in Sorogenen village, which was the genesis of Mulyana鈥檚 signature medium of soft-knit and crocheted sculptures.
Mulyana has chosen knitting and crocheting mediums, allowing him to create various forms of varying scales. For the artist, these hand-knit and hand-built installations are a testament to human endurance and imagination. Mulyana sees the act of knitting as a deliberative, methodical art process, a stark contrast to the fast-paced, contemporary world in which we operate.
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USC Fisher Museum of Art is proud to announce Mulyana: Modular Utopia, the Indonesian artist鈥檚 first solo museum exhibition in Los Angeles. The exhibition is an introduction to Mulyana鈥檚 large kinetic environments composed of intricately constructed, knit modules of marine life sculptures that vividly portray an unadulterated underwater world. Through the beauty and wonder of his artworks, Mulyana hopes to instill a new consciousness of shared responsibility to protect the environment.
Mulyana鈥檚 diverse art practice centers on the themes of sustainability and human flourishing. His studio is based in the town of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, which has been the cultural capital for the visual arts in Indonesia for many decades. Mulyana settled there in 2014 and, from the very beginning, endeavored to create a community-based workshop that would operate as an extension of his practice. The first group of collaborators he employed was a community of transgender women in Sorogenen village, which was the genesis of Mulyana鈥檚 signature medium of soft-knit and crocheted sculptures.
Mulyana has chosen knitting and crocheting mediums, allowing him to create various forms of varying scales. For the artist, these hand-knit and hand-built installations are a testament to human endurance and imagination. Mulyana sees the act of knitting as a deliberative, methodical art process, a stark contrast to the fast-paced, contemporary world in which we operate.
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USC Fisher Museum of Art is presenting Mulyana: Modular Utopia, the Indonesian artist鈥檚 first solo museum exhibition in Los Angeles.
Five thousand hand-knitted bright orange fish dangle from the ceiling. Beneath them lies a colorful world of coral and, if you look closely, a friendly lobster.
Indonesian artist Mulyana crafts a tactile, mystical world in which fish, whales, and coral reefs coexist with sea monsters.
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