NOW OPEN
Agus Wijaya
~/a_love_letter_to_kala
Now - February 20, 2025
Agus Wijaya’s ~/a_love_letter_to_kala, our Lunar New Year exhibition, is now open and on view 24/7 until 20 February 2025. Through large-scale abstract sculptures and experimental new media, Wijaya reimagines Sisingaan (‘imitation lion’ / ‘lion play’), a traditional performance from West Java that marks rites of passage and coming of age moments.
The celebration involves carrying participants on lion-shaped effigies, symbolising resistance, then celebration. Drawing on this cultural tradition, Wijaya abstracts the lion figures into large red sculptures that explore how cultural practices shift across time and borders and even as acts of resistance.