Growing up in Bantul, Ubrux spent his childhood with his grandfather who owns farm and livestock. Based on Ubrux fond memory of spending his childhood around cattle and crops with his grandfather, Ubrux was inspired to create the theme installation “The Rich King”. Livestock are traditionally considered a symbol of prosperity and ‘living treasure’, in terms of investment vehicle that ensures the social welfare of the grass-society. It dances around the theme of security and fulfillment of basic needs, such as food, shelter, and sustainable source of income.

There is a current issue with Indonesian agrarian system, caused by land reformation which sparks the controversy in society with opposing belief of fraudulent ownerships of land and corrupted governmental judicial system. The nation need to tackle this issue by developing a strategy to regulate land ownership, agrarian reformation, deforestation by illegal logging, marine exploitation, to ensure that nature will still be available to ensure the lives of the poor and less privilege.

Ubrux irony can be found in the cattle and the print of crops and fruits painted on the cattle’s body: symbol of greed and endless massive industrial consumption appetite. The cattle also meant to portray disillusioned figures, with mummified faces that implied their innate inability to speak. They are simply witnessing figures of the society shifts from traditional values into a consumptive society who are simply driven by the monetary values.

Material: Acrylic, Resin, Fiber Glass