Dan found a specific technique of painting called Sculpture Volumetric Painting (SVP). With his SVP technique Dan tries to build images of sculpture on canvas. So his painting shows impression as three dimension object. For his novelty in painting technique Dan Hisman has received an award from Wendy Sorensen Foundation USA as the best...
Entang Wiharso was born in Tegal, a little city in Central Java, Indonesia, on August 1967 and graduated from Indonesian Art Institute (Institut Seni Indonesia/ISI), Yogyakarta, in 1994. Oei Hong Djien conciders that the paintings of Entang are very strong and consistent in quality.
Whoever wants to understand Indonesian painters and their works it should be better to know this figure: Oei Hong Djien. Yes, the name of Oei Hong Djien is synonymous with the world of paintings. And his wide knowledge on paintings, especially Indonesian paintings, is admitted nationally and internationally. Oei is Indonesian prominent collector-cum curator.
The movement's name is derived from the combination of the emotional intensity and self-denial of the German Expressionist with the anti-figurative aesthetic of the European abstract schools such as Futurism, the Bauhaus and Synthetic Cubism.
Abstraction indicates a departure from reality in depiction of imagery in art. This departure from accurate representation can be only slight, or it can be partial, or it can be complete.
Exhibition entitled "Oasis To Be" will be held at Maha Art Gallery, in Sanur, Bali, in March 25 - May 10, 2010. The exhibition will present works of Indonesian expressionism maestro Affandi.
In 1975 Neka and Bonnet traveled to Europe to view museums and galleries. Neka's aim to establish a fine arts museum in Bali was reinforced by this journey. After years of planning, the Neka Art Museum officially was opened by then Indonesian Minister of Education and Culture, Dr Daoed Joesoef, on the 7th of...
This exhibition is also an evidence that Indonesian visual arts are moving to follow the strong current of world art movement. Even works of some Indonesian artists are not just "duplication" of previous genres, but able to "domesticate" the world art trends to be something "so Indonesian".
So far Sardono has created more than a hundred of painting works in his home and studio. The Choreography of Colours is his first solo exhibition with fifteen paintings selected by curator Enin Supriyanto.