Deep within each human there is the nature of wilderness, and vise-versa.
Suwarno Wisetratomo was looking for the ground point of two God-made living creatures. Through the art exhibition titled “Beyond Animal”, he took on sculpture artist Noor Ibrahim; who displayed his works with animal as the object. There was also a painter by the name of Ben Wong; who showcased the object of human’s self-portrait painting.
Various self-portraits that Ben Wong chose were famous figures from a variety of generations. Say one (series about) Frida Cahlo, a painter figure from Argentina who throughout her life (1907-1954) was known to have a rather controversial image. In another work, Ben Wong showcased the series on sacred people by reliving the religious figures from various parts of the world, namely the Dalai Lama, Mother Theresa, and Carol Wojtyla (Pope Paulus).
Ben Wong also made the series on the German native dictator, Adolf Hitler. While as the local figures from Indonesia who were made objects were thelegendary painter Affandi, and Chairil Anwar the poet. The entire self-portraits of those figures were each displayed their characters by oil paint. “It is through those figures that I present the choice of life. It is up to ourselves what we would like to become,” Ben Wong said.
Noor Ibrahim gave out a comparison on human behaviors that Ben Wong had already displayed by numbers of sculpture works with animal objects.
Amongst others they are the dog, ant, scorpion, bat, elephant, giraffe, donkey, horse, cow, chicken, and many more. They were all done by the palo technique that he has been known for. This is in the detail sense that the surfaces of those animal sculptures those are made of iron and stainless steel are dented die to the processing method which is grounding them with a sledge hammer.
Ibrahim admitted to having some life lessons or interesting learning from the animals. Like the time when he was a student of the ISI Jogjakarta, he once slept on the campus area floor and was stung by a scorpion. He never blamed the scorpion that stung him, rather himself for sleeping carelessly, making the scorpion felt disturbed.
Aside from that, when the earthquake was about to strike Jogjakarta in 2006, his pet dog, that for the sake of “kosherness” was given the name Jackfruit (the fruit), kept on barking for hours as if wanted to tell of what is about to happen.
“There are actually many lessons to be taken from animals. One other example, for instance, the animals only eat what they need. Compare that to us (humans), who often times over-eat ourselves,” explained the large-sized sculpture artist.
Suwarno Wisetratomo was looking for the ground point of two God-made living creatures. Through the art exhibition titled “Beyond Animal”, he took on sculpture artist Noor Ibrahim; who displayed his works with animal as the object. There was also a painter by the name of Ben Wong; who showcased the object of human’s self-portrait painting.
Various self-portraits that Ben Wong chose were famous figures from a variety of generations. Say one (series about) Frida Cahlo, a painter figure from Argentina who throughout her life (1907-1954) was known to have a rather controversial image. In another work, Ben Wong showcased the series on sacred people by reliving the religious figures from various parts of the world, namely the Dalai Lama, Mother Theresa, and Carol Wojtyla (Pope Paulus).
Ben Wong also made the series on the German native dictator, Adolf Hitler. While as the local figures from Indonesia who were made objects were thelegendary painter Affandi, and Chairil Anwar the poet. The entire self-portraits of those figures were each displayed their characters by oil paint. “It is through those figures that I present the choice of life. It is up to ourselves what we would like to become,” Ben Wong said.
Noor Ibrahim gave out a comparison on human behaviors that Ben Wong had already displayed by numbers of sculpture works with animal objects.
Amongst others they are the dog, ant, scorpion, bat, elephant, giraffe, donkey, horse, cow, chicken, and many more. They were all done by the palo technique that he has been known for. This is in the detail sense that the surfaces of those animal sculptures those are made of iron and stainless steel are dented die to the processing method which is grounding them with a sledge hammer.
Ibrahim admitted to having some life lessons or interesting learning from the animals. Like the time when he was a student of the ISI Jogjakarta, he once slept on the campus area floor and was stung by a scorpion. He never blamed the scorpion that stung him, rather himself for sleeping carelessly, making the scorpion felt disturbed.
Aside from that, when the earthquake was about to strike Jogjakarta in 2006, his pet dog, that for the sake of “kosherness” was given the name Jackfruit (the fruit), kept on barking for hours as if wanted to tell of what is about to happen.
“There are actually many lessons to be taken from animals. One other example, for instance, the animals only eat what they need. Compare that to us (humans), who often times over-eat ourselves,” explained the large-sized sculpture artist.
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