Dark Magic Queen

The "Dark Magic Queen" artwork are representated one of the Bali (Indonesia) Mythology titled 'Calon Arang'. In the mythology itself  'Calon Arang' known as a woman who becomes the greatest black magic ruler by making a pact with a demon. However, apart from the crime of Calon Arang who became out of control of his power, if we dig deeper into the story, we will find out another literature which is explained about a reason behind Calon Arang decision to study black magic until she is crowned as the Queen of black magic. It said Calon Arang was the victim of  the harshness of women's lives in that era which was dominated by patriarchy and gender power under the society system. This, o...View all