BANTUL EKSPO

Bantul Ekspo tahun ini dibuka pada tanggal 1 agustus 2008 bertempatkan di Pasar Seni Gabusan yang akan berlangsung hingga tanggal 11 Agustus 2008 mendatang. Tujuan dari bantul ekspo tersebut adalah untuk memamerkan karya seni dari masyarakat sekitar dan juga memperkenalkan karya-karyanya kepada masyarakat baik dari dalam maupun luar daerah serta luar negeri juga. Selain itu Pameran ini bisa menambah rasa kekreatifan para pengrajin untuk meningkatkan kualitas daripada karya-karya mereka. Pada pameran ini banyak sekali kerajinan yang ditampilkan dan juga tidak kalah menariknya dengan tanaman hias yang di pamerkan.

BANTUL, PASAR SENI GABUSAN

BANTUL TEMPAT KELAHIRANKU,NYAMAN NAN INDAH
AYO LESTARIKAN KEBUDAYAAN SERTA NILAI KESENIAN YANG ADA DIDALAMNYA

Bantul memiliki berbagai obyek wisata yang menarik baik wisata alam, obyek wisata buatan maupun petilasan bersejarah. Selain memiliki pemandangan alam yang menawan banyak obyek wisata yang memiliki nilai spiritual dan mitos bagi masyarakat Jawa. Wisata alam pantai selatan masih menjadi tujuan favorit wisatawan. Pemerintah Kabupaten Bantul berupaya mengembangkan sektor wisata. Dengan mengembangkan kawasan wisata baru seperti Pasar Seni Gabusan, mengembangkan wisata minat khusus dan membangun infrastruktur pendukung pariwisata.

Pasar Seni Gabusan Didirikan pada tahun 2004, Pasar Seni Gabusan merupakan pusat kerajinan yang produknya dari pengrajin masyarakat Bantul sendiri. Luas dari Pasar Seni Gabusan tersebut sekitar 4.5 hekta,Pasar Seni Gabusan mampu menampung kurang lebih 444 pengrajin yang terbagi dalam 16 los yang terdiri dari bangunan 2 lantai yang menjual berbagai benda kerajinan khas Bantul. Di tempat ini tersedia 176 sampai 528 kios. Jadi sangat mudah bagi pengunjung untuk menikmati dan memilih - milih berbagai kerajinan yang diminati. Selain itu pengunjung juga dapat berbelanja secara grosir ataupun mereka juga dapat berbisnis pula. Banyak sekali jenis kerajinan yang di pamerkan disini,seperti kerajinan kulit, kerajinan bambu, kerajinan tas tangan, kerajianan batik, kerajinan patung, lukis, dan masih banyak lagi yang semuanya itu bertaraf internasional.

Setibanya Anda di kawasan Pasar seni Gabusan ini, Anda akan dikejutkan oleh gerbang yang didesain sangat menarik yang dimaksudkan untuk menarik pada pengunjung untuk masuk dan menikmati berbagai kerajinan yang ada didalamnya. Di gerbang itu, tersedia resto yang akan memanjakan lidah, tempat penyebrangan dan ramp. Dipasar Seni Gabusan ini juga terdapat ruko sebagai pusat informasi sekaligus tempat pelayanan kebutuhan wisatawan. Yang memudahkan pengunjung untuk memilih barang yang diinginkan sesuai harga yang relatif mendukung.


Adapun fasilitas yang tersedia di Pasar Seni Gabusan di antaranya :
- Ruang Pamer dan Jual Beli Kerajinan
- tempat Rekreasi Keluarga
- Pusat Informasi Kerajinan -online
- Tempat Bermain Anak
- Arena Lomba Burung Perkutut
- Area Parkir Luas
- Kamar Mandi Umum

A.D. PIROUS (Born 1933)

A.D. Pirous recognized with its masterpieces which is have islami breath. Its expression inpainting pass area structure construction with colour background transmitting various principal imaginatives. Withcharacter of that compilation, this is artist very strong its to understanding and composition which in so many colour character. Spiritual breath at one time emerge in bold colour image, other moment can in schmalzy gloomy colour, atu also can emerge in properties of colour jarring. ethnical decorative Manner touch of Acheh, loading Buraq motif or ornaments, also give sosiocultural breath which is islami in its painting. As top lock that spiritual breath, is Arab calligraphy accentuation which is Holy sentence saying of Al Qur’An

In painting have “Roof to Sky and Earth Amparan” (QS. Al Baqarah: 22a), 1990 this, Pirous also attend spiritualitas touching. Blue background of ultramarine bring image about deepness of infinite cosmos. Above, raise of is part of ochre area cutting which is image a sky mass. Below/Under, two white area with Al Qur’An straightening calligraphy become sturdy foundation for the image of earth. Among image between that earth and sky a similar white line of light split vertical pass deepness of cosmos. With various character able to be read to pass the textual phenomenon, hence similar line of that light, can be interpreted as connective godlike light of earth and sky. In other painting, this artist often build natural atmosphere to give strong background related to Al Qur’An sentence in its painting. Pass compilation of area, room, and certain colours, atmosphere in painting can bounce dusk which is dark, clear morning, and or schmalzy night. Thereby can be said that by Pirous also succeed to develop art paint symbolic abstraction. All idea exploitation, medium, and the technical finally not just placing Pirous as reliable calligraphy artist, but rather far again assure its attainment as islami spiritual artist have

Roof to Sky and Earth Amparan / The Road The Sky The Bed The Earth of and of (QS. Al Baqarah:22) (1990)
Media Mix 100 x 150 cm,
Inv. 269/SL/A

ABAS ALIBASYAH (Born 1928)

Abas Alibasyah at soybean cake 1960’s including artist which have conducted renewal by doing abstractions at its painting. In perpective to such object pushed by change of sosiocultural which is symptom started in Indonesia. Modernism represent epoch soul becoming new myth by the end of 1960 until early 1970, do not aside from in Yogyakarta fine arts habitat which is on that moment still very dominant with various nationality estetik paradigm form. Response to modernization in fine arts, besides pushing summarizing to transformation, conseptualitation, and abstraction, also show broil process maintain values to Indonesian from various penetration culture of West. Abas do both the things that, Absorbent Abas of spirit modernize that by applying elementary pattern of geometric in object abstractions. Despitefully, he continue to try to dig visual exchequer of tradition in its painting object

In painting entitle “Eagle” 1969 this, applying of elementary pattern of geometric for the abstraction of form eagle very dominant. Become unique because deformation form eagle have in such a way far, more important so that expression shar existing visual unsure. Ruddle with violet to gradation and orange give strength as expressive background. Bird form emerge to pass area shiver construction with colour turn yellow and green, bound with harsh incision and tekstur which is primitive breath image. This painting also like Abas masterpiece in that period, which influenced by visual sources from various ethnical idol of Nusantara. Aesthetic Attitude of The Abas, representing concrete materialization in course of broil maintain indegeneous values in terpaan waving that prepacked Western civilization in modernisme euphoria a period

Eagle / The Eagle ( 1969)
Oilcolour above canvas / On canvas Oil, 100 x 66 cm,
Inv. 12/SL/A

ACHMAD SADALI (1924 - 1987)

Painting Achmad Sadali, “Mount Gold”, 1980 this represent one of the expression deputizing attainment of its value. As pure abstraction artist of Sadali is true have got out of natural forms representation. But that way, in visual Ianguage all attended by form is actor can be read with various interpretation level. In existing civilization usian, human being have been woke up by its subconscious by marking which universally can awaken certain spirit. Heavy colour, hole and dot, and also strokes at area can remind at mystery image, arcaic, and is transient. Triangle sign, pyramid construction give image about religisitas. Farther gold discharge and Al Qur’An calligraphy strokes can transmit islami spirituality. All the marking attend in Sadali painting, so that expression which emerge is contemplative crytilazations of religion values, mystery and is transient

Reading of that textual iconografic, have come up with image interprestation and meaning of form. But that way because Sadali always refrain from with explisit concept in creative process descripted, hence to dig symbolic meaning of its masterpieces require to be referred by its life view. As artist with carrying out of strong moslem, according to its confession of creativity contemplation in painting in line with carrying out at Ali Imron letter, 190 - 191 in Al Qur’An. He is awaked that in fact human being awarded by three potency, that is ability recitate, berfikir, and believe to go to “plenary and ideal human being” ( Ulul-Albab). According to artistic Sadali area is recitation area. Sophisticated more and more ability recitate human being, more and more sensitively of its mind eye. In painting “Mount Gold” this can be seen by how Sadali recitate, pouring sensitivity of its mind eye with visual element

Gunungan Gold / The Golden Mountain ( 1980)
Oilcolour, wood, canvas / Oil, wood, canvas, 80 x 80 cm,
Inv. 176/SL/A

AFFANDI (1907 - 1990)

Painting Affandi presenting this beggar buttonhole represent manifestation attainment of his strong personal style. Pass expresionism, he is melted with its objects together with empathy which grow to pass perception process and contemplation. After that empathy become ripe energy, hence happened by infusion process in painting like complete mount overflowing of its lava distortion. In every expression, besides its lines peep out energy which bubble up also record the carrying out of his spiritual world emotion. In this painting seen beggar renta body buttonhole which sit to await decentgiving from one who pass. depiction of old body pass line sucker emiting a stream of, emphasizing expression grief of that beggar. Black brown which build body buttonhole, and also colour accentuation turn yellow greenness as background, progressively sharpen dismal atmosphere which woke up in entirety expression.

But at the opposite of that dourness, strong life vitality remain to earn to be read to pass incision depicting motion some of other figure. In this object configuraton, dynamic composition. That dynamics [is] also enriched with off the cuff incision and harsh tekstural effect from paint tube plototan yielding strength [of] expression

Buttonhole beggar choice as object in painting not get out of its empathy at life of society under. Affandi is easy felt moved emotionally, at the same time life adventurer which is full (of) rongsok vitality. objects and ordinary people always its empathy. For the reason, he is often conceived of by a humanist in its paintings. In so many statement and his painting, he often says that sun, foot/feet and hand represent its life symbol. Sun represent manifestation from spirit of life. Hand show hard attitude in have masterpiece and realize all its idea. Foot/Feet represent symbolic manifestation from motivation to continue advancing stroke in experiencing life. That symbol (it) is true represent experience crytalization and Affandi attitude to life, and also its long and hard artistry journey process. Pass beggar buttonhole in this painting, hard life experience kristalisasi and empathy to that grief can be read

Beggar / The Begger ( 1974)
Oilcolour above canvas / On canvas Oil, 99 x 129 cm,
Inv. 678/SL/C

BASUKI ABDULLAH (1915 - 1993)

Painting Basuki Abdullah entitling “Sister/ brother”, 1978 this represent one of the his masterpiece which show strength domination of realist technique. With illumination from from other side, sister figure and brother which in carrying on the back felt as bringing life drama rhtym. With domination of anatomy and proportion, this artist depict their body motion which belt out quiet journey. That atmosphere, like their face expression of clear yeng but its eye stare at emptyly. More than anything else their simple clothes and dark chromatic, sister buttonhole have this brother to emotion shroud. From various this textual fact, Basuki Abdullah wish to lay open its empathy at affection and is human

But that way, human emotion spirit in this painting remain to in romantisism. At frame in consequence, sister figure have brother to more attend intact world idealism as or even beloved, than durability of hearting human reality. such aesthetic concept choice can be confirmed at all of other Basuki Abdullah masterpiece. From some mythology, naked body buttonhole, animal buttonhole, man of mark portraits, and or view carpet, although woke up with dramatitation but all attending as beautiful ideal world fully light and colour.

Relate to the estetic concept, Basuki Abdullah have got keen criticism from Sudjojono. Painting Basuki Abdullah told loaded hotly Mooi Indie which only dealing with beauty and just beauty is. Though during the period, sedanf Indonesian nation face colonization, so that its very is life reality. Both [of] that artist in fact (it) is true have different estetic view, so that bear the way of different expression. In fact of supported by Basuki Abdullah estetic is ability of high academic technique remain to placing him as big artist. That thing are proven various obtained appreciation, also support from society under until elite group in palace, as well as ability stay its masterpieces of exsist penetrate various a period

Sister and Brother( 1978)
Oilcolour above canvas / On canvas Oil, 65 x 79 cm,
Inv. 43/SL/A