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INTERVIEW
Eko Nugroho is always open-minded when creating art.
To him, art should be fun, easy, happy and unlimited.
Eko Nugroho is a Yogyakarta-based contemporary artist
who is not afraid to be vocal, expressing social criticism
through his works, which range from murals to installations,
videos and even embroidery.
Eko is flexible and not afraid to cross art is an idea that Eko hatched in 2007 as an
formats and mediums in order to collaborate interdisciplinary creation with various artists
with others. Recently his creativity and mediums in the form of shows about the
sparked wide interest and he was coveted current anxieties felt in Indonesia. After
by some of the biggest names in fashion, a positive response from the American
including Louis Vuitton, as well as being public, Wayang Bocor will also be presented
involved in the movie Ada Apa Dengan Cinta 2. in Yogyakarta, Jakarta and Riau.
He also recently took his concept, Wayang “An artist is supposed to be a very flexible
Bocor, on tour to the United States, in North figure because art is like liquid; it can drip
Carolina and New York. Wayang Bocor and flow into various topics, be it a
INTERVIEW
Eko Nugroho is always open-minded when creating art.
To him, art should be fun, easy, happy and unlimited.
Eko Nugroho is a Yogyakarta-based contemporary artist
who is not afraid to be vocal, expressing social criticism
through his works, which range from murals to installations,
videos and even embroidery.
Eko is flexible and not afraid to cross art is an idea that Eko hatched in 2007 as an
formats and mediums in order to collaborate interdisciplinary creation with various artists
with others. Recently his creativity and mediums in the form of shows about the
sparked wide interest and he was coveted current anxieties felt in Indonesia. After
by some of the biggest names in fashion, a positive response from the American
including Louis Vuitton, as well as being public, Wayang Bocor will also be presented
involved in the movie Ada Apa Dengan Cinta 2. in Yogyakarta, Jakarta and Riau.
He also recently took his concept, Wayang “An artist is supposed to be a very flexible
Bocor, on tour to the United States, in North figure because art is like liquid; it can drip
Carolina and New York. Wayang Bocor and flow into various topics, be it a
