While it may be a bit bewildering that a long-standing art gallery in Bandung, West Java, would host an exhibition by an internet persona that was born in the confines of Instagram and which is known for its tendency to take jabs at the art, whoops, *** world, it does give a bit of clue about who this perplexing alter ego really belongs to in the real world. Or does it?

Then again, who is really behind Beyond Crap (BC) might not matter in the end, or perhaps it does.

Quasi-secret

The exhibition’s curator, Krishnamurti Suparka, who swore that he made a strict personal contract never to reveal the identity of the person behind BC, noted that the quasi-secret identity of the internet persona was crucial.

“On the one hand, it could be read as a sign of affinity with the graffiti/street/lowbrow tradition, while on the other we know how alter egos have always been present in art and related fields,” Krishnamurti stated in a release.

Walking down Selasar Sunaryo Art Space’s (SSAS) Ruang B and gazing toward the artist’s, whoever the person is or was, printed pieces that are lined along the walls, sometimes over blocks of bold colors taking on entire panels, feels rather strange and somewhat “awry.”

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