Irene Wibawa
Excavation: Reconciliation Discrepancies, 2018
Wooden box with paper, safety glass, and plexiglass
12.5" x 20.5" x 2.25"
A shadowbox-style artwork containing a three-panel black-and-white photograph backdrop showing a fenced outdoor setting with trees. In the foreground, three cut-out figures appear in front of the photo: a child on the left, a semi-transparent figure in the center, and an adult male with raised arms holding a large yellow Chinese character with a child at his side on the right. The bottom of the box is filled with shards of broken glass.
Biography Irene Wibawa is a visual and performance artist. She incorporates found objects into her art, and honors her family and community by telling their stories. She is ethnically Chinese,...
Biography
Irene Wibawa is a visual and performance artist. She incorporates found objects into her art, and honors her family and community by telling their stories. She is ethnically Chinese, born in Indonesia and has lived in California since the early 1980's. She earned a BS in Plant Biology from UC Davis, and works in the field of classical weed biological control. She lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area on unceded territory of the Ohlone people.