The complex artistic language used is composed of symbols and characters that evoke the history and the mythology of his country and in particular the island of Java.
“My works speak about the condition of human beings who are often divided by politics, ethnics, racial and religion: they still coexist even if their communication is limited and indirect.
I deliberately use my own personal narratives as a point of departure to go much further back along the timeline, linking events and small actions to an historical and geological history that we feel we no longer remember.
I attempt to trace personal and collective experiences leading to specific occurrences, exploring how the history of ideas, land, migration, and ecology are contained within our actions today.
As I explored the reasons behind feelings and motivations, other stories emerged to reveal another reality, one that reflects immigration, social justice, survival strategies, geography and political systems. These kinds of stories, anecdotes that link to the larger geo-political narrative, are at the core of my current work. I want to put these ideas forward in many contexts to test our perceptions which often are formed by incomplete information, propaganda, generalizations or prejudice”.
(Etang Wiharso)
"Entang’s efforts to bring contrasting values into sharper focus reverberate through his use of aluminum. For instance, the strange forms or figures are created using complicated cutting and drilling techniques, which seem almost decorative, as the works are full of engraved detail. The aluminum metal he opts for indicates robustness, hardness, and sharpness while the ornamental compositions he creates appear to conquer the material’s character. Entang’s work present paradoxes, symbolizing look-alike, false realities we encounter on a day to day basis which are full of disguises in which appearances belie meanings, behaviors or values contained within.”
(Suwarno Wisetrotomo, Entang Wiharso: Love me or Die, Canna Gallery, 2010, p. 73)
Entang Wiharso (b.1969, Indonesia)
No Target (Comic Book Series), 2010
Sookoon Ang
—Exorcise Me (IV)
2013Sookoon Ang
—Exorcise Me (V)
2013Sookoon Ang
—Exorcise Me (IX)
2013Sookoon Ang
—Exorcise Me
2013Rina Banerjee
—With breath Taking Consumption Her Commerce Ate While She Was Being Eaten
2008Atul Bhalla
—Submerged Again
2005Hansen Briele
—Untitled, Australia
2007Sheba Chhachhi
—Neelkanth: Poison/Nectar
2000-2008Genevieve Chua
—Swivel #7, Turnout
2014Genevieve Chua
—Swivel #5, Bone Mineral
2014Jigger Cruz
—Trinitarian Formula: Great Corners Through the Eyes of the Moths
2015Atul Dodiya
—Krishna Swallowing Forest Fire
2010Heri Dono
—The Monkey Astronaut
2013Heri Dono
—The Skeleton Angel
2008Vibha Galhotra
—- + & - (From series- Utopia of difference)
2012Vibha Galhotra
—Works in Progress
2008Chitra Ganesh
—Mechanical Girl
2010Chitra Ganesh
—The Camera
2010Chitra Ganesh
—The Matahari
2011Sakshi Gupta
—Untitled
2009Shilpa Gupta
—Untitled (Heat book)
2009Shilpa Gupta
—I Keep Falling At You
2010Subodh Gupta
—Three Rounds
2010Mit Jai Inn
—Untitled (scroll)
2014Geraldine Javier
—Hysteria
2011Winner Jumalon
—Watchmen I
2016Winner Jumalon
—Pomegranates II
2016Ranbir Kaleka
—Cul-de-Sac in Taxila
2010Ranbir Kaleka
—Man with Cockerel II
2004Ranbir Kaleka
—18 Allegories of the Self
2011Jitish Kallat
—Afterwards (Versions of a Disappearing Act)
2011Jitish Kallat
—Baggage Claim
2010Jitish Kallat
—The Cry Of Gland
2010Jitish Kallat
—Untitled (Stations of Pause)
2011Bharti Kher
—Make Up (as you go along)
2010Anant Kumar Mishra
—When The Gods Were Born 3
2010Anant Kumar Mishra
—When The Gods Were Born 2
2010Julius Macwan
—Time Bomb/ The Death of Art
2011I Nyoman Masriadi
—Great Daddy
2014Thomas Navin
—Continium Transfunctioner vol.8
2012Yudi Noor
—Moses
2010Yudi Noor
—Take Time to Think
2009Yudi Noor
—Breaking the Water Picture
2010Donna Ong
—In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
2010Jagannath Panda
—The Elusive Theatre
2011Aditya Pande
—Portrait for a Landscape
2011Ruben Pang
—Auto Pilot
2014Ruben Pang
—Ophelia
2014Ruben Pang
—Light and Divine Winds
2016Ruben Pang
—Graduation Night (Triptych)
2015Iranna Pooja
—The Core
2012J. Ariadhitya Pramuhendra
—Death of the Robe
2011J. Ariadhitya Pramuhendra
—Vampire
2013Gatot Pujiarto
—Dirty Mind / Otak Porno
2008Gatot Pujiarto
—Unstoppable / Tak Terbendung
2012Tazeen Qayyum
—It’s Complicated #1, #5, #9
2010Rajesh Ram
—Strength Lies Only in Unity
2010Rajesh Ram
—Black Girl
2009Rashid Rana
—Desperately Seeking Paradise II
2011Raqs Media Collective
—Revoltage
2010Ravinder Reddy
—Woman
2010Reena Saini Kallat
—Synonym (man)
2007-2009Reena Saini Kallat
—Falling Fables-2
2010Reena Saini Kallat
—Colour Curtain (between shores and the sea)
2009Sudarshan Shetty
—Untitled
2010Sudarshan Shetty
—Untitled
2010Manit Sriwanichpoom
—Pink Men vs. Pink Buddha
2007L.N Tallur
—Eraser Pro
2011Nguyen Thai Tuan
—Black Painting No. 40 (1955)
2008Nguyen Thai Tuan
—Black Painting No. 58
2008Nguyen Thai Tuan
—Black Painting No. 109
2014Thukral & Tagra
—Kingdom Come IV
2011Thukral & Tagra
—Science, Mystery and Magic II (superman)
2011Nityan Unnikrishnan
—Ants
2010Nityan Unnikrishnan
—Give Me Two Minutes Please
2010Ronald Ventura
—Carne Carnivale
2014Asim Waqif
—RE-COLLECTION
2012Entang Wiharso
—Under Family Portrait
2012Entang Wiharso
—The Last Weakness (Comic Book Series)
2011Entang Wiharso
—Undermind
2012Robert Zhao Renhui
—Eskimo Wolf Trap Often Quoted in Sermons
2013
Igshaan Adams
—Plate 7
2014Aziz & Cucher
—Some People
2014Carlito Carvalhosa
—Untitled
2007Leda Catunda
—Cerebro
2008Leda Catunda
—Siameses
1998Genevieve Chua
—Swivel #7, Turnout
2014Genevieve Chua
—Swivel #5, Bone Mineral
2014Abraham Cruzvillegas
—Autorretrato ciego regresando a la cordura entre gritos y sombrerazos en la plaza Taksim
2013Atul Dodiya
—Krishna Swallowing Forest Fire
2010Vibha Galhotra
—- + & - (From series- Utopia of difference)
2012Sebastian Gordin
—Avon Fantasy Reader, The Stripping of the Death
2011Subodh Gupta
—Three Rounds
2010Daniel Halter
—Rifugiata Mappa del Mondo
2013Wu Hao
—Rolling Gate No.2
2014Wu Hao
—Rolling Gate No.3
2014Wu Hao
—Rolling Gate No.4
2014Yu Ji
—Tiny Figure - Female
2012Sigalit Landau
—Sand Flag
2013Sigalit Landau
—Daughter Slaughter (Sabres-Clonex)
2015Sigalit Landau
—Sand and Salt (Docked Ship)
2015Sigalit Landau
—Shit Man (Pavement)
2015Yongbaek Lee
—Broken Mirror (Classic)
2008Ming Li
—The Phantom That Is Screen
2016Turiya Magadlela
—He is reborn into you
2012Turiya Magadlela
—Identify Michael
2012Turiya Magadlela
—She went all around the world and came back here #2
2012Moris (Israel Meza Moreno)
—Las Ratas Muertas No Abren La Boca
2014Moris (Israel Meza Moreno)
—No quieras cazar al cazador
2013Farhad Moshiri
—Comfort
2013Lavar Munroe
—Boy Predator Boy Prey
2012Terrence Musekiwa
—Germinating
2016Terrence Musekiwa
—Head from Africa
2016Terrence Musekiwa
—Black and White
2015Terrence Musekiwa
—Green Mask
2015Terrence Musekiwa
—Murimi Wanhasi (Zim Farmer)
2015Yudi Noor
—Take Time to Think
2009Gatot Pujiarto
—Unstoppable / Tak Terbendung
2012Tazeen Qayyum
—It’s Complicated #1, #5, #9
2010Raqs Media Collective
—Revoltage
2010Nicolas Robbio
—Untitled
2014Duhirwe Rushemeza
—Untitled (Imigongo V - White and Brown)
2013Duhirwe Rushemeza
—Mr. Wind-Up Bird in Yellow
2013Duhirwe Rushemeza
—Red Ochre Nude
2013Regina Silveira
—Botão
2008Regina Silveira
—Punctum
2010Sadegh Tirafkan
—Untitled
2011Adrian Villar Rojas
—Sick of Goodbyes
2011Asim Waqif
—RE-COLLECTION
2012Liu Wei
—Jungle 1
2012Entang Wiharso
—The Last Weakness (Comic Book Series)
2011Entang Wiharso
—Undermind
2012Zhao Zhao
—Constellations II No. 3
2013