Articles by David Binder (click title to read article)
From the Archive
Indonesian President Suharto, painted by Artist-Fellow Bryn Barnard during the 1982 elections.
“Though the democratic machinery is impressive, the result is always the same: since Suharto’s ascension in 1965 he has been re-elected four times… During Independence Day celebrations, billboards are erected depicting him in a variety of heroic poses: with shears, pruning the economic bush during the resesi dunia (world recession); in suit, leading his cabinet into administrative battle; in sarung, sheltering the masses from worldly vicissitudes; in batik shirt, studying Indonesia’s agricultural bounty…” [read newsletter]
—Bryn Barnard
Southeast Asia
ICWA Fellow (1981-1984)