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Ubud Vicinity |
Meanwhile in Gianyar regency developed art tradition with different styles. They painted wayang style, demons and magical figures taken from old Bali folklore and Hindu legends.
Later they used modern technique and material for coloring. This in part, because of suggestions from some expatriate artists who visited and lived around Ubud village at the beginning of the twentieth century.
They
introduced modern materials, such as canvas, ink,
acrylic, water color, etc. More important was
the introduction and inspiration given to the
Balinese to paint not just mythological themes,
but also everyday lives and scenery. These ideas
then influenced some Ubud painters to experiment
with new styles of painting. It's resulted to
what some people called Ubud style of painting.
 But we'll not just find one style of painting
in Ubud area. The styles are maybe as many as
the number of villages scattered around Ubud.
There are Pengosekan styles from Pengosekan Village,
which is well known for their paintings of birds
and trees. This one of some Pengosekan painting
styles became popular for hotels, offices, and
homes, not just in Bali and Indonesia, but also
abroad.
In Penestanan village developed painting style
known as Young Artist. This naive and colorful
painting encouraged by Arie Smith, a Dutch artist
who live in Bali. Young Artist painters utilized
unusual color for their objects, such as red for
the sea, blue for human skin, yellow for the sky,
etc.
There is Batuan style, from the artist village
of Batuan, which generally have darker type of
images compared to Ubud paintings. The quality
and charm of this Batuan painting style is well
recognized. Mural painting in a sport center in
Japan is featuring giant painting tens of meters
wide, which was painted a few years ago by Batuan
artist I Wayan Bendi. Visit home of other painter
of Batuan village, I Made Budi, and we'll see
one letter from Ronald Reagan, former US president.
Other painting center with it's unique style in
Ubud vicinity, is Banjar Tebesaya of Peliatan
Village. Here we'll find great names of Balinese
painters, one of them is Ida Bagus Made Poleng,
who is known by every Balinese art lovers as a
quite tough and eccentric person who never want
to sell his paintings to galleries, until his
departure.
In Ubud we'll find as well modern and academic
paintings, which are increasing in quantity and
quality. To find this type of art, visit
art galleries and museums around Ubud.
For art lovers, Ubud and the villages around it
is a natural as well as surrealist beauty. |
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