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ICAN HAREM

... all eyes on one of Bali most renowned underground artist this week.
Originally from Yogjakarta the artist works with different media such as illustration, performance, video and sound installations.




Cooperations with local brands have brought Harem national and international attention and as we see it his future is bright.

Combining political and sexual stigmas, setting them under a new and different perspective they become obsolete and ridiculous to the viewer.
Modernism meets the "Missfits" illustration skills of the 60s and 70s in a way i have never seen it before.







LIVE FOR SATAN - a performance by ICAN HAREM








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