Common Beauty III

BY NON FRASA

The Poetry of Patches is an exhibition that explores the intersection of landscape, memory, and the art of mending. Bringing together artists who work with paintings, paper, ceramics, textiles, and photography, the exhibition examines how landscapes—both natural and urban—can be seen as patchworks of history, erosion, and renewal. Like a quilt stitched from fragments, the land is a layered composition of time and transformation, where human touch and natural forces continuously reshape its form. Through patching, stitching, and assemblage, the artists in this exhibition create poetic visual narratives that speak to the quiet resilience of landscapes and the stories embedded within them.

In a world where landscapes are being rapidly altered or destroyed, poetry becomes an act of care—much like patching. By naming what is disappearing, poetry resists erasure. The idea of “patching” a landscape speaks to restoration, renewal, and the possibility of mending what has been torn apart. Poetry allows us to envision new relationships with the land. Instead of seeing imperfection as loss, it reframes it as transformation—landscapes as evolving, adaptive, and alive. It reminds us that landscapes, like patched fabrics, carry stories of survival.

Curated by Gatari Surya Kusuma

Betty Susiarjo
Chiara Hardy
Galih Adika
Ida Bagus Punia
Lintang Diani
Nani Wijaya
Nyoman Arisana
Rega Ayundya
Restu Ratnaningtyas
Talisa Dwiyani
Piki Suyersa