Ajim Juxta’s 'arkologi: gelap' blurs line between dystopia and reality

In Ajim Juxta's 'arkologi: gelap' show, there are 20 works to get the viewer thinking about how big dreams can turn out to be shattering nightmares. Photo: The Star/Muhamad Shahril Rosli

Ajim Juxta’s art has always been abstract and intense. However, things are getting a few shades darker these days with this KL-based artist, who is also one of the founders of the Titikmerah art collective.

The main plotline for Ajim’s fourth solo show arkologi: gelap, which is currently showing at KL’s Artemis Art gallery, seems to suggest a grim yet fantastical past, present and future. It is filled with structures and creatures from a time that could be, in an effort to get us to reflect on our present time.