ART SG 2025

Mella Jaarsma is a Dutch artist who is based in Indonesia, whose practice focuses on ‘forms of cultural and racial diversity embedded within clothing, the body and food’. For her solo presentation at Art SG, Baik Art will present notable works by Mella, including Pribumi-Pribumi (1998) performance video, where the artist invited her foreigner friends who live in Yogyakarta to fry frog legs, a Chinese delicacy, and serve them to the locals, where the cuisine is considered haram for Muslims, during sensitive times (referring to Indonesia’s May 1998 riot). Surat Terakhir/Last Letter (2014) inspired by post office as the sole international communication agent during the colonial time. Before the development of telecommunication devices, messages were transmitted with mails and postcards. The post stamps as time badges and the handwriting that bears the writer’s feelings may fade throughout generations. The installation will be performed during one of the fair days.

ART SG will run from 17 to 19 January 2025 at Marina Bay Sands Expo, Singapore.