Edition 101: Jul-Sep 2010

Remembering Rendra

Javanese mystic
Rendra's artistic practice was grounded in reality, Javanese poetics and martial arts
When Rendra returned from three years study in New York in 1967 the innovations he introduced into modern Indonesian theatre signalled the wider impact he would have on Indonesian cultural and political life
Poems and pictures
These 1979 Rendra postcards were illustrated by the New Art Movement painter Hardi, who had also attracted the unwelcome attention of the authorities

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