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