Cut It Out!

Our latest show at Krack is a ripper…

Cut It Out

Iyok Prayoga

22 October – 3 November 2013

Iyok Prayogo ’s exhibition ‘Cut It Out’ is a carnival grotesque of images hijacked from history; Nazi propaganda, the Vietnam war, Cambodian killing fields or the G8 protests are cut and pasted alongside pop culture, horror movies and the artist’s favourite bands. It’s all uncredited, out of context, and treated with spectacular disregard for the 20^th century’s grand narratives.

Trying to pin down a singular unifying statement or message from all of this is not easy, and indeed, Iyok deliberately resists that expectation. His images are anarchic, transgressive and in-your-face; they are from the perspective of a pirate, not a preacher. “Cut It Out” does not offer solutions; rather it’s a call to take up your scissors and create havok with them.

Since he was a teenager Iyok has been fascinated by countercultures and the punk movement and this continues to influence his work. Having graduated from Institut Seni Indonesia (Yogyakarta) almost a decade ago, he is a skilled image-maker across multiple disciplines and has exhibited nationally and internationally.