«Iiu Susiraja’s self-portraits are like a slap in the face in many ways. The soberness of art, the branded human image, the professional status of a woman as a model and the entire wonderful world of success is right in your face.
How does Susiraja have time to do all of this? Easily. She goes to bed to lie down. Even the simple task of cleaning, which the artist calls meditative, provides a background for her work.
The slap in the face portrayed by the images happens in a non-violent manner. Susiraja simply turns her other cheek to be slapped, towards the viewer. Subjection to exposure is rare in the images. Posing, creating a fashion-conscious and outgoing image is the modern person’s catechism. Susiraja turns this ideology of success upside down and laughs as she does it…»
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