亞當斯密的爪哇文化矛盾 Javanese Cultural Contradiction of Adam Smith

This piece of Susanto is based on context of “The Wealth of Nations,” the magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith, The book is one of the world's first collected descriptions of what builds nations' wealth, and touches upon such broad topics as the division of labor, productivity, and free markets. The artist uses the book to reflect the current cultural and economic conflicts and cultural contradiction in current Indonesia.

這一幅則是以蘇格蘭哲學家和著名經濟學家亞當斯密所著的《國富論》為文本，勾勒出爪哇民族日常生活及市集貿易的場景，亞當斯密的《國富論》是第一本試圖闡述歐洲產業和商業發展歷史的著作。這本書發展出了現代的經濟學科，也提供了現代自由貿易、資本主義和自由意志主義的理論基礎，藝術家借古喻今反映出印尼當今文化及經濟上出現的諸多矛盾及文化定位的問題。