Taro (Rasa Hati Yang Kuat)
$450.00
Taro (Rasa Hati Yang Kuat) is featured in aNERDgallery’s exhibition inVISIBLE: Exploring and Redefining Femininity Through Batik, in partnership with Together-Gether SG.
inVISIBLE Exhibition Artwork Label
Taro leaves (colocasia esculenta schott) have a lot of benefits and nutrients that are good for the body. This piece depicts the modern woman with a tender but strong personality who is not only independent, but respect and empower herself. She solves problems efficiently and determines her own fate. She is not afraid of failures because she knows she can rise again on her own two feet.
The Story of a Kain
Commissioned as part of aNERDgallery’s exhibition inVISIBLE: Exploring and Redefining Femininity Through Batik, Ratih was inspired by taro leaves that she saw when travelling to Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. The artwork that represents the theme of “Fragility and Strength” symbolised by the tender leaves yet it is nutritious, just like the women who are the healers in the family. Each leaves has their own colour and pattern to represent that women are not one-sided but diverse and multi-faceted.
After waxing the outline and the fine details using a canting, each leaves are dyed using a colet (brushing) method. The are then covered with wax to preserve the colours before doing a celup (dipping) into the blue background colour. Finally, the cloth are boiled in soda ash solution to remove the wax. This work with all the intricate details took about six months to complete.
- Size: 225 cm x 105 cm (88.6” x 41.3”)
- Material: Naphtol and Rhemasol dye on Primissima cotton
- Pattern: Taro leaves
- Technique: Hand-drawn batik
- Production Area: Yogyakarta, Indonesia
- Year of Production: 2018
Listing last update: 20 Oct 2019.
