Jakarta ● Sat, June 25 2022
When the South Jakarta-based art collective Ruangrupa took up the offer to be the curator for German art exhibition Documenta, it certainly did not expect that today it would be mired in a high-profile controversy involving one of the most controversial topics in both arts and politics.
After all, Documenta, held once every five years since 1955, is one of the biggest art exhibitions in Germany, and this year it displayed the works of more than 1,500 artists over 100 days at 32 sites across the city of Kassel.
And being the first art collective to play the role of curator for the exhibition certainly brought a sense of pride to Ruangrupa.
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