Since prehistoric times, the art of painting in Bali
is experiencing growth. Results of arts and
culture at that time, could be traced from the discovery of a number of
historical relics, the sarcophagus, nekara and some other objects of stone.
The historic heritage ornate mask scratches and
various other ethnic motifs, which indicates the ability of the ancestors of
yore in the field of painting and creating other works of art are artistic.
Life painting in Bali boomed, as it developed in the
village of Kamasan, Klungkung and began approximately 15 centuries. Development of painting in the village of progress peaked
during the reign of Dalem Watu Renggong. Painting
in the village generally take the themes puppet shows, story legend, the
Ramayana and the Mahabharata, which is popularly called Kamasan style of
painting.
Other villages were recorded achievements in the
field of painting is Julah village, which is one of the Bali Aga village of
Karangasem. In the village, also developed
puppet painting, but much simpler form than the Kamasan style of painting.
While in Ubud, Gianyar, growing and evolving art that
looks almost like the wayang puppet form Kamasan.
Decades ago, in Ubud is developing a similar puppet
painting with Kamasan painting style. Painter-artist
is: Wayan Togog, I Made Griya, Ida Bagus Kembeng, Oka Tjokorde Gambir, Ida
Bagus Anom, I Gusti Nyoman Lempad, Anak Agung Gede Agung Gede Sobrat and
Children Meregeg.
As the rush of foreign tourists visiting Bali,
Balinese painting world underwent significant changes. Around the 1920s, foreign painters flocked to Ubud. Like, Walters Spies, Rudolf Bonnet, Arie Smit. Antonio Blanco, Han Snel, Theo Meyer, Donald Friend, Willem
Gerad Hofker, Paul Nagano, Mequel Covarrubias, Lee Man Fong, Luise Garrett
Koke, Leif Nilsson, J. Elizalde Navarro, Roger
San Miquel, Chang Fee Ming and a few others.
Among the foreign painters, there were very
instrumental in the development of Balinese painting as an organization involved
in the formation of Pita Maha, the Walters Spies who settled in the village of
Ubud, starting in 1927. Followed by Rudolf
Bonnet who began living in Ubud since 1929. Both
artists were building a studio in Ubud for the help Cokorde Gede Agung
Sukawati, a nobleman of Puri Ubud, who loved the arts, and plays a major role
on the development of painting in Bali.
Development of Balinese traditional painting until
now still exist, and are expected to align in the middle of the development of
modern or contemporary art is quite rapid. Advantages
of traditional Balinese painting were examined from the point values, may well
be able to convince enthusiasts are well appreciated by the public. Changes in artists works of Balinese classical painting to
creative freedom and expansion of themes, occurred in 1929.
On the other hand, the world of Balinese painting
today, marked by the rise of several artist names, for example Gunarsa. This Klungkung painter, founded the art museum, which was
built in 1987 and inaugurated on March 31, 1989 by Claire Wolfowitz, wife of
U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia at the time, Paul Wolfowitz.
Another painter no less famous is I Made Budi, who
became one of the iconic rock and Balinese painters today. In 1987, an American curator chose Budi works as a gift to
Ronald Reagan, the U.S. president at the time, a stop in Bali in official state
visit. Now it has become a collection of the
work of the presidential palace in the American White House
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