Solidarity

The sculpture Solidaritas, or Solidarity features a line of seven abstractly modeled women who hold hands in a cross-armed group handshake known as ASEAN handshake forming a kind of a human shield. Created in the aftermath of Jakarta riots of 1998, many of whose victims were, like the sculptor herserlf, women of Chinese descent, it is a very personal piece for the sculptor Dolorosa Sinaga. She stated, “[This sculpture] is the result of all the helplessness I felt because I couldn’t do anything to prevent the atrocities from happening. It affected my work. So the first thing I did when I had a chance to do a solo exhibition, I made a work that showed the solidarity and strength of women.”