Painting Exhibition Supena, Susena and Eleven Sculptors

For some time now Denpasar City often appears the exhibition arena for painters and carvers. However, the location is only on sites such as the Bali Museum (Mayor Wisnu Street), Museum Sidik Jari and Danes Art Veranda (Hayam Wuruk Street) and few restaurants and hotels in Sanur, but these activities are able to promote Denpasar as the city of culture (Hindu).

At Danes Art Veranda, 3 – 13 July, an exhibition took place entitled ‘Supena’s Nature Genealogy Study’, the masterpiece of I Made Supena (35). Supena started his art career as a Balinese traditional carver. Now, he is famed with an abstract expressionism style. Within this exhibition, Supena presents various works in forms of sketches, drawings, paintings and installation works.
Through this exhibition, he tells about his career path firstly as a painter in the Balinese Traditional style, shape drawing, and then sketch making, and painting is his current style. Supena’s progression indicates with good mark, his unemotional painting line lately changed more strongly and expressively.
Whilst in Pala Restaurant (By Pass Ngurah Rai), Sanur, another exhibition took place entitled “Panoramic Abstractions” by the painter I Made Supena and Ketut Susena. Both these young painters present scenery paintings in their own style.
Similarity both painters still using scenery as the object and then abstracted to their own appetite style. Supena only catches nature’s spirit, and Susena not just catches nature’s spirit but as is well transformed through taunt color playing. This exhibition will run until 31 August.
In Griya Santrian Gallery, Sanur, from 1 July - 13 August, a sculpture exhibition entitled “2 Titik Api” will present sculpture works of 20 sculptors from Java and Bali, along with their best styles.
The sculptors are Ajiz Sale, Altje Ully, Antonius Kho, Awan Parulian Simatupang, Bowie Effendi, Filippos, Hadiman Radjab, Hedi Hariyanto, Eriantine Karnaya, I Wayan Jana, Joko Dwi Ariyanto, Ketut Winata, Komroden Haro, Pramono Pinunggal, Rita Widagdo, Sarjito, Syahrizal Koto, Win Dwi Laksono, Yana W.S, Yani Mariani Sastranegara. (BTN/Gung Man)

“Endless Probe” a la Yung Min

Yung Min (51) is a newcomer in the painting bourse in Bali. Categorized into new because he exhibited his paintings recently at public places. Located at Bali Museum, Jalan Mayor Wisnu, Denpasar (26 June-10 July) Yung Ming displayed 40 paintings that he has made during the period 1976-2005. His exhibition took the theme ‘Endless Probe’ that described the creativity of Yung Min as a painter in the course of nearly 30 years.
Yung Min was born in Tabanan, 6 June 1954. Since his childhood, he was interested in the art of painting. At that time, he often made visits to the house of the late Kay IT, a painter who was somewhat renowned in his time. On the visit, he looked attentively at how Kay IT painted and this experience then accumulated into his subconscious mind. Indeed, he has a hobby in painting from his childhood. This hobby was impeded, as he had to work to earn a living for his family.
Having graduated from senior high school (1972), Yung Min commenced to paint on canvas with oil paints. Experience during his childhood then appeared into the surface and had an effect on his works. Such influences can only be observed on the technique he painted and the way to capture the object of painting, while the character of Yung Min remained to emerge as his identity. This is seen in the painting entitled Bamboo Flute Player (1976) and Temple (1980).
Friendship with several painters also has an effect on his works. His admiration of the works of other painters becomes a resource of learning and inspiration. As seen in some of his works, remind us of that of Wianta. This may happen due to his appreciation to the painter Wianta. However, the painting of Yung Min persistently reflects his decorative-naïve character. This can be observed in the painting entitled Cili (2002).
Of the 40 paintings of Yung Min his first exhibition expressed his wanderings in the world of painting for 30 years (1976-2005). As seen in his exhibition, too, he presented several styles, starting from abstract, semi-abstract, cubism and decorative. What a tiring long passage, however, in his painting he always expresses his unrivalled happiness. Colors of his painting are bright, primary colors intermingle that arise contrast, but under brushing of Yung Min, it looks harmonious.
The exhibition certainly can be made a stepping stone for Yung Min to prepare the upcoming steps. At least, he must determine his attitude in expressing the emotion of art to canvas space. However, the first step has been swung and we wait for the next step. What do you think, Yung Min? (BTN/Gung Man)