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Sketching is regarded as a
rudimentary foundation for painting, engraving and sculpting,but
often of those preliminary blue prints for much larger works are
works of art in themselves.Every work of art has its own inherent
value.All artist ancient and modern,old and young had een involved
in the activity of skeching and drawing.Sketching is typically the
rough draft which an artist uses in clarifying his vision,but
drawing are just as important and valuable as works of art
too.Drawing of Affandi have a kind of charm in its character, and
showing his expression of aesthetical emotion.His scketches and
drawing have their own paradigms.Barli,in his golden age and wisdom
said that "The value of art is not limited by choice of
materials,but by the artist". pencil in an artist's creative hand
can turn a piece of paper into a significant and meaningful work of
art.Affandi's Life Symbol cosisting of a kind of cartoon figure with
paw like hands,feet and the sun or sunflower for a head are omni
present in his works.The sun-source of all energy and life are the
element which is the most identified with Affandi.We see him as the
intensely concentrating young artist in 1940's,seated naked before
his easel in studying the human anatomy.Throughout his life,his self
potrait remained an important theme in his works.Here is an
unrivalled chronicle of self potrait over period of fifty yeara in
showing the life progress of a highly original man who never wanted
to see anything but what was there,in front of his eyes, in its
honest and truthful form,the depicted in a form that for him it was
more than any degree of photo-realism could be.Affandi practiced and
developed his art during the turbulent decade of 40's while
Indonesia fought for Independence.He had made posters for the
revolution.During the Japanese occupation in 1942-1945 he spent his
time i Bali,where he was using any kond of materilas he could gather
just for expressing his emotion in his painting.He had depicted
village's life,poverty, as well as the traditioanal daily activities
he attended to paint life as he saw it."I don't try and paint
aesthetic beauty",he once said,"I paint humanity".On each count,the
mission of this TUKANG GAMBAR (Literall craftsman of drawing) a
title he preferred rather than a "PAINTER" must be considered as a
succes.The young man who had dropped out of a promising civil
service career learned to survive by drawing,painting and earned
money from making posters and billboards.He grew to become an
internationally acclaimed artist.This collection of serigraphy
include nearly 100 subjects,each in limited edition,with subject
ranging from street scenes in India,market in Yogyakarta, a cafe in
Paris,or village in Spain,some are in color and some are in black
and white,all numbered and completed by authentically seal of
Affandi Museum and Dirix Art Gallery (copy-right holder).
All Affandi serigraphies are handmade on special
imported art paper of 350 gr,made from elemental chlorine free
pulps,non toxic biodegradable special,for silk screen printings.The
size of the paper are 50 cm x 60 cm and 35 cm x 50 cm.
All subjects are published in Affandi's Biography
1977 "Affandi International Dag Hammarskjold Award 1977" |
