THE BODY OF MY OWN
Performance and Installation
8 July 2017, 2-6 PM 
Jakarta Arts Council
Photo : Agung Eko Sutrisno, Dwinanda Agung Kristianto, Friends, and Nia Gautama

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“I’m the subject of my body.  My body is my right : No one may see, touch and feel my body without my consent.”

The body of women, commonly objectified in arts : painting, sculptures, film, photography, etc.  The elegance of women’s body, often became an object of beauty and commodity. There were lots of classic story about famous painters with their models as the object- covered or nude. Ironically, those women did it for their life basic needs (as not to suffer from hunger),  no wonder painters hired prostitutes.
In this artwork, the artist herself, decided to become both as subject and object, by inviting audiences to be part of her work.
The artist plays the role  as ‘subject’, when she let her body to become the object to be responded by audiences. Indirectly, the audiences’ then became her ‘object’. In other way, the artist challenged the audiences to become the ‘subject’ by responding the artist’s body. 

review:
https://m.tempo.co/read/news/2017/07/11/114890535/eksplorasi-tak-terbatas-dalam-pameran-performatif-body-out
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta -Mengenakan busana pantai warna merah menyala, Nia Gautama terbaring miring agak meringkuk di tempat tidur dengan kelambu yang melingkar. Beberapa perlengkapan melukis diletakkan di sudut-sudut di dekat kelambu pembatas. Perempuan itu merelakan tubuhnya menjadi obyek lukis beberapa laki-laki yang mengunjungi Galeri Cipta III, Sabtu, 8 Juli 2017.
​Beberapa lembar kertas hasil respons para pengunjung tertempel di sisi kiri dinding galeri.

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