Etza Meisyara Indonesian, b. 1991
A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall, 2026
Photo Etching, Paint on Metal Plate, Asphalt
122 x 122 cm
'This work presents an imagined landscape suspended between beauty and loss. From afar, the scene appears serene: a guitar rests quietly beside luminous water, suggesting harmony and hope. Yet as...
"This work presents an imagined landscape suspended between beauty and loss. From afar, the scene appears serene: a guitar rests quietly beside luminous water, suggesting harmony and hope. Yet as the viewer looks closer, the distant mountains reveal the scars of deforestation, where fire and destruction slowly emerge through the haze.
The blurred atmosphere evokes the dust left behind by environmental damage, symbolizing how destruction can remain hidden beneath beauty until we choose to truly see it. Inspired by Bob Dylan's A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, the work reflects on humanity's recurring environmental crises while asking whether we are learning from them or simply repeating them."
The blurred atmosphere evokes the dust left behind by environmental damage, symbolizing how destruction can remain hidden beneath beauty until we choose to truly see it. Inspired by Bob Dylan's A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, the work reflects on humanity's recurring environmental crises while asking whether we are learning from them or simply repeating them."