{"title":"Noer Cholis","description":"\u003cp\u003eNoer Cholis is a contemporary artist from Malang, Indonesia. He graduated from the Art Education program at Universitas Negeri Malang. His artistic practice explores personal memory, cultural values, labor, spirituality, and the relationship between humans and their environment. A recurring visual idiom in his work is the broom, rooted in his experience of being raised by a father who worked as a street sweeper. Through this everyday object, Cholis reflects on the dignity of labor, perseverance, care, and the values passed between generations.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"sebidang-harapan-2","title":"Sebidang Harapan #2","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSebidang Harapan is rooted in my personal experience of being raised by a father who worked as a street sweeper. Through his everyday labor, I learned that hope is not simply something to be received, but something that must be cultivated through patience, responsibility, and perseverance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe broom in this work represents the dignity of labor and the quiet acts of care that often \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ego unnoticed. The repeated words Sebidang Harapan across the ground resemble seeds \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eplanted in the soil, suggesting that hope grows through continuous effort and must be \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecared for before it can become a future.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe work also draws from the Javanese proverb “tunggak jarak mrajak, tunggak jati mati,” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhich reflects on the changing fortunes of life and reminds us that a person’s future is not \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edetermined solely by lineage or social origin. For me, this wisdom resonates deeply with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emy own experience: my father’s labor became one of the foundations that allowed me to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epursue education and eventually become an artist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the context of Offering, the work reflects on what can truly be passed from one generation to another. What my father offered was not material wealth, but an example of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eperseverance, dignity, and hope. I transform that inheritance into my own artistic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elanguage, carrying its values forward.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lucydreamart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68201437528253,"sku":"NOCH1","price":340.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0665\/0147\/6541\/files\/SebidangHarapan_2.jpg?v=1794279473"},{"product_id":"sebidang-harapan-1","title":"Sebidang Harapan #1","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSebidang Harapan is rooted in my personal experience of being raised by a father who worked as a street sweeper. Through his everyday labor, I learned that hope is not simply something to be received, but something that must be cultivated through patience, responsibility, and perseverance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe broom in this work represents the dignity of labor and the quiet acts of care that often \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ego unnoticed. 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For me, this wisdom resonates deeply with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emy own experience: my father’s labor became one of the foundations that allowed me to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epursue education and eventually become an artist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the context of Offering, the work reflects on what can truly be passed from one generation to another. What my father offered was not material wealth, but an example of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eperseverance, dignity, and hope. 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In the second panel, a figure stands at a doorway carrying a broom, suggesting movement from possibility into action. The window and the door become two different forms of passage: one opens toward what might be imagined, while the other leads toward what must be lived and carried forward.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe broom, a recurring visual idiom in my practice, represents labor, responsibility, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eperseverance, and care. It carries a personal connection to the values I learned through everyday life, where work was not only a means of survival but also a way of teaching dignity and responsibility.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor me, what one generation offers to the next is not always something tangible. It can be \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea way of working, a way of seeing, a memory, or the courage to pursue a different future. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe next generation does not simply inherit these things; it transforms them according to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eits own time and experience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the context of Offering Is Where Tradition Meets Transformation, this work considers inheritance as an ongoing process: we receive something from those before us, transform its meaning through our own lives, and carry it forward in a new form.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lucydreamart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68201441591485,"sku":"NOCH3","price":310.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0665\/0147\/6541\/files\/WhatWeCarryForward_2.jpg?v=1794279692"},{"product_id":"what-we-carry-forward-1","title":"What We Carry Forward #1","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis diptych reflects on inheritance not as something fixed or material, but as values, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ememories, practices, and aspirations that move from one generation to another. In the first panel, a figure stands before a blank window, holding a brush. The empty surface becomes a space of possibility. A place where imagination, knowledge, and dreams can take form. In the second panel, a figure stands at a doorway carrying a broom, suggesting movement from possibility into action. The window and the door become two different forms of passage: one opens toward what might be imagined, while the other leads toward what must be lived and carried forward.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe broom, a recurring visual idiom in my practice, represents labor, responsibility, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eperseverance, and care. 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His daily routine was simple and repetitive, yet it \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebecame one of the earliest forms of knowledge I received about work, responsibility, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eperseverance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe figure of my father carrying his broom represents a form of labor that is often \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eoverlooked, yet contributes quietly to the lives of many others. His work begins before the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eday is fully visible, suggesting that care and responsibility often take place before they are \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003erecognized.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor me, this memory is more than a recollection of my childhood. 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Mountains, soil, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewater form part of a balance passed from one generation to another, together with the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eknowledge and values that shape how we live in relation to nature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe mountain in this work appears as a “pasak bumi” , a metaphorical pillar that represents stability, balance, and the foundation of life. The figures carrying brooms represent people who do not simply take from the earth, but also carry the responsibility to care for it. The broom, a recurring visual idiom in my practice, is transformed from an everyday working tool into a symbol of care, preservation, and the restoration of balance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe work draws upon local ways of understanding the reciprocal relationship between people and the land they inhabit. 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