Exhibited in Art Among the Stars 2025
Transit of Venus in Mohr Observatory, Batavia
2025
watercolor and drawing pen
11 x 14 inches
Mohr Observatory was an observatory that was built in Batavia, modern day Jakarta, Indonesia in 1765 by a Dutch-German astronomer and famously observed the transit of Venus in 6 June 1761 and 3 June 1769.
Rangga Rasyid
Jackson School of International Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, MA Class of 2026
Rangga Rasyid (he/him) is an international student from Indonesia that has always been fascinated by how structure of knowledge intersects cross culturally through transborder spaces. He was inspired in the past through expressionism inspired by Van Gogh and currently channels his artistic desires to create a historical fictional world inspired by Southeast Asia. He is currently working on his thesis on the colonial power structures that governed the formalization of Netherlands Indies rule in the Aru Islands. Look at the map and see where it is! Hope you enjoy my artwork!
