Arahmaiani: the Indonesian artist with a thousand lives


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Arahmaiani has had many lives - from an imprisoned then exiled anti-dictatorship activist to a hippie, art teacher and environmentalist - which have inspired her works that test the limits of freedom. Photo: AFP

Indonesian artist Arahmaiani has had many lives – from an imprisoned then exiled anti-dictatorship activist to a hippie, art teacher and environmentalist – which have inspired her works that test the limits of freedom.

The South-East Asian artist was a nomad for years because of a crackdown on her paintings, installations and performances, which were viewed as provocative in the conservative Muslim-majority nation.

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