Rusli’s exhibition inspired his career path as an artist
A man told of his childhood, “Back then the nature was still flourished, trees galore. Aside from playing ball, climbing trees and fruit picking were the fun activities to do. The today children no longer have those moments. That childhood then was as living in paradise. Now, all has change.."
Spoiled by the beauty of nature, the child grew to be someone who is so in depth and sensitive towards his surroundings. His contemplation becomes expressed even more as his father gave him water paint as a present one day. With the water paint he starts to brush lines of nature on grass-made papers. Before, he did it with pencil on the walls of their house. But now, as water paint becomes his favorite, he frequently asks his father to buy him the tool.
“I remember the brand of that water paint, “Guitar”, just ordinary water paint. From then I started to be fond of drawings. Since father has always bought me water paint, I grew accustomed to it.”
Spending his time more often by brushing nature’s lines and colors by water paint, as he grew up he then established himself as a painter, by self-learning. For even as he loved to paint since such a young age, the world of fine-arts is just a passing through comprehension; it never crossed his mind to concentrate more to it through formal education.
His awareness and steadiness to focus in the world of art becomes entirely solid as he observed Rusli’s exhibition in the Ismail Marzuki Park back in 1975. The exhibition had really inspired his following career path.
Agus Budiyanto, is the name of the artist who is so fascinated by nature and the effects of water paint. He was born in Jakarta in 1960. His closeness to nature since a child has brought him to consistency in focusing with the same theme and media.
Consistent. The word in Agus’ mind does not contain the short meaning of no exploration. On the contrary, Agus continuously explores in his works, technique, media, and also theme wise.
Agus always tries to explore the newest possibility he can reach through the characteristics of water paint and paper. For the me-dia, by using the best quality paper he tries to break the perception that water paint painting done on paper will not last long. While as for the theme, such as the infinite universe, such is Agus’ exploration on his works. He works on various objects, though nature still dominates his themes.
“I’ve tried painting with oil paint, but the results came as dissatisfactory. With no disregards intended to other media users than water paint, but it is only by water paint that my passion for art can really be expressed,” he explained.
The characteristic of water paint that can only be brushed once with measured precision, for Agus, keeps him “honest” in working. Of course, different with the oil paint painting that is arranged per layer, the water paint media has the “one shoot one kill” characteristics. So, such as a sniper, the painter has to have precise accuracy in moving his brush. Just one miss would mean damage, because it would be irreversible.
By continuous exploration, Agus’ works is as the nature with its rhythmic movement. From only transporting objects to his works, his feel sensitivity keeps on being sharpened and has brought him to the point of image power. “I capture sound not by ears, but more by the feel,” that is what Agus always emphasis on his current works.
Agus no longer chases the description of shapes, but more to the built feel issue. He captures the moment and filters nature’s energy from surroundings. To date there are still Agus’ works that is in abstract style.
“This has something to do with my habit of listening to New Age music. The rhythm of music plays a rather big role in influencing me working.”
Agus Budiyanto, has spent more than 30 years in focusing the world of fine-arts. The title “The Best Artist of South Jakarta” in 1980 and “The Best Artist of Jakarta” in 1982 were held by this man. Besides being active in collective and sole exhibitions domestically, he frequently holds exhibitions abroad. Amongst others are the Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporena in Florence, Italy, and The Asia Pasific Watercolors in Jeju Island, South Korea.
However, from his early days of learning to paint to date, Agus’ loyalty to the water paint media can never be replaced. That is why he held the AquarEvolution exhibition at the National Gallery from July 8th-18th 2010. This is as prove that water paint paintings have so much to say in the world of fine-arts.
“Don’t discredit the power of water paint.”
A man told of his childhood, “Back then the nature was still flourished, trees galore. Aside from playing ball, climbing trees and fruit picking were the fun activities to do. The today children no longer have those moments. That childhood then was as living in paradise. Now, all has change.."
Spoiled by the beauty of nature, the child grew to be someone who is so in depth and sensitive towards his surroundings. His contemplation becomes expressed even more as his father gave him water paint as a present one day. With the water paint he starts to brush lines of nature on grass-made papers. Before, he did it with pencil on the walls of their house. But now, as water paint becomes his favorite, he frequently asks his father to buy him the tool.
“I remember the brand of that water paint, “Guitar”, just ordinary water paint. From then I started to be fond of drawings. Since father has always bought me water paint, I grew accustomed to it.”
Spending his time more often by brushing nature’s lines and colors by water paint, as he grew up he then established himself as a painter, by self-learning. For even as he loved to paint since such a young age, the world of fine-arts is just a passing through comprehension; it never crossed his mind to concentrate more to it through formal education.
His awareness and steadiness to focus in the world of art becomes entirely solid as he observed Rusli’s exhibition in the Ismail Marzuki Park back in 1975. The exhibition had really inspired his following career path.
Agus Budiyanto, is the name of the artist who is so fascinated by nature and the effects of water paint. He was born in Jakarta in 1960. His closeness to nature since a child has brought him to consistency in focusing with the same theme and media.
Consistent. The word in Agus’ mind does not contain the short meaning of no exploration. On the contrary, Agus continuously explores in his works, technique, media, and also theme wise.
Agus always tries to explore the newest possibility he can reach through the characteristics of water paint and paper. For the me-dia, by using the best quality paper he tries to break the perception that water paint painting done on paper will not last long. While as for the theme, such as the infinite universe, such is Agus’ exploration on his works. He works on various objects, though nature still dominates his themes.
“I’ve tried painting with oil paint, but the results came as dissatisfactory. With no disregards intended to other media users than water paint, but it is only by water paint that my passion for art can really be expressed,” he explained.
The characteristic of water paint that can only be brushed once with measured precision, for Agus, keeps him “honest” in working. Of course, different with the oil paint painting that is arranged per layer, the water paint media has the “one shoot one kill” characteristics. So, such as a sniper, the painter has to have precise accuracy in moving his brush. Just one miss would mean damage, because it would be irreversible.
By continuous exploration, Agus’ works is as the nature with its rhythmic movement. From only transporting objects to his works, his feel sensitivity keeps on being sharpened and has brought him to the point of image power. “I capture sound not by ears, but more by the feel,” that is what Agus always emphasis on his current works.
Agus no longer chases the description of shapes, but more to the built feel issue. He captures the moment and filters nature’s energy from surroundings. To date there are still Agus’ works that is in abstract style.
“This has something to do with my habit of listening to New Age music. The rhythm of music plays a rather big role in influencing me working.”
Agus Budiyanto, has spent more than 30 years in focusing the world of fine-arts. The title “The Best Artist of South Jakarta” in 1980 and “The Best Artist of Jakarta” in 1982 were held by this man. Besides being active in collective and sole exhibitions domestically, he frequently holds exhibitions abroad. Amongst others are the Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporena in Florence, Italy, and The Asia Pasific Watercolors in Jeju Island, South Korea.
However, from his early days of learning to paint to date, Agus’ loyalty to the water paint media can never be replaced. That is why he held the AquarEvolution exhibition at the National Gallery from July 8th-18th 2010. This is as prove that water paint paintings have so much to say in the world of fine-arts.
“Don’t discredit the power of water paint.”
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