Luminous Depths
A contemporary installation in the atrium of the Peranakan Museum will explore the nature of collecting, and ask how a museum develops. Issues of archaeology, memory, connoisseurship, and rebirth are taken up by the artist Lee Mingwei, whose project invites visitors to participate in creating new work. Audience participation will also contribute permanently to the museum's collection.
The work is inspired by Mingwei's first visit to the Peranakan Museum. Upon entering, he recalled his grandparents' home, where light cascading from the skylight, with sounds and aromas coming from different floors "became a sort of multisensory symphony in my mind".
The design of the Luminous Depths installation is a collaboration with Desai Chia Architecture.
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Special Exhibition
Batik Nyonyas: Three Generations of Art and Entrepreneurship
11 Oct 2024 – 31 Aug 2025
Family, art, and entrepreneurship converge in the story of three visionary Peranakan women from Indonesia – Nyonya Oeij Soen King, her daughter-in-law Nyonya Oeij Kok Sing, and her granddaughter Jane Hendromartono. From the 1890s to 1980s, they produced impressive batiks in the renowned batik centre of Pekalongan on Java’s north coast. This exhibition explores the lives and works of these women, revealing how each became a batik master in her own right, and how they responded to the rapid political, cultural, and economic changes of their times to run a business that produced great art.
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Programmes
Daily Guided Tours at Peranakan Museum
Daily
Guided tours led by our volunteer docents are available daily.
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Lectures and Seminars
Entrepreneurship and the batik industry in Pekalongan
27 November 2024, 7 to 8pm
This talk examines the development of Pekalongan’s batik industry in the context of Indonesia’s quest for independence, as well as shifting market forces within the nation and beyond.
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