Art SG 2025

Srisasanti Gallery is pleased to announce our participation in the 2025 edition of ART SG.

Presenting the works of J. Ariadhitya Pramuhendra (b. 1984, Semarang), his works take inspiration from the rich, symbolic colors found in Catholic-Christian liturgical garments or vestments and the iconic uniforms worn by the Swiss Guard, the Vatican's official military force. These colors, which were historically reserved for sacred and ceremonial contexts, are now modified to serve as backgrounds for his work. Thematically these paintings expand on the ideas from his latest solo exhibition, focusing on women’s roles in the modern world, and exploring women’s capacities beyond the societal roles typically imposed on them in patriarchal societies.

Pramuhendra also presents an installation titled The Broken Boat, a life-sized wooden fishing boat split in two, as if sinking, and scattered with white, round communion bread. In Catholicism, a fisher’s boat can be linked to how Jesus first met His disciples, Simon Peter and Andrew, who He called over to become His disciples and gather believers, to become “fishers of men.” The communion bread symbolizes two things: the first (the more known) is the bread shared at the Last Supper, while the second refers to all individuals who believe in salvation. Pramuhendra considers the sinking boat a dilemma, as humanity’s inherent fragility and imperfection contradict the ideal image of an unshakeable faith that is faultless.