Yeo Workshop is pleased to present We Are Here and Still Life by Maryanto, the artist’s fourth solo exhibition at the gallery. Through meticulously hand-drawn scenes and an immersive installation depicting landscapes often in ruins, particularly those in Indonesia, Maryanto transforms these terrains into poignant archives marked by industrialisation, cultural memory, and exploitation: traces of humanity’s uneasy relationship with nature.The exhibition’s title, We Are Here and Still Life, points to the paradox of human desire to reconnect with nature, but increasingly through artificial means: from manicured gardens, aquariums, and terrariums to digital landscapes within video games and virtual reality. Yet Maryanto reminds us that preserving nature is deeply intertwined with preserving history and collective identity.
