SBY Art Community Exhibition Highlights Global Environmental Crisis

RRI.CO.ID, Jakarta - Indonesian painters are leveraging visual fine arts as a medium to voice growing concerns over global climate change, habitat destruction, and ecological degradation through a major joint exhibition in Jakarta.

Organized by the SBY Art Community (SAC), the exhibition titled Art for Peace and a Better Future: Collaboration opened at the Emiria Soenassa and Oesman Effendi Galleries at Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) in central Jakarta. Running with support from the Jakarta Provincial Administration, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Creative Economy, and Kornfeld Galerie Berlin, the event features evocative works addressing environmental disruptions.

Among the centerpiece pieces is Akbar Linggaprana's surrealist acrylic canvas Greener World, No More Choice (200 x 300 cm), which depicts displaced marine life and arid landscapes to symbolize ecosystem collapse. A portion of proceeds from art sales and partner contributions will fund social and environmental initiatives, including ecosystem conservation campaigns and support for young painters with special needs.

Participating artists emphasized that visual art plays a critical role in bridging abstract environmental data with public consciousness, converting global climate warnings into tangible visual reflection. Exhibition artist Akbar Linggaprana detailed the surreal imagery and environmental message behind his featured artwork.

"What we are witnessing, from forest fires and severe flooding to the collapse of glaciers in the Himalayan mountain region, serves as a real warning for us to repair our natural environment, through art, issues that often feel distant from daily life can be presented in a visual form that is closer and easier for the public to reflect upon," artist Akbar Linggaprana said in a release on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, as quoted by Antara. ***