Selasa, 01 Juli 2008

SUDJANA KERTON (1922 - 1994)



In painting entitle ” Dusk”, 1987, Sudjana Kerton attend people world under in an unique momen, that is duckman in between the lights. That world become uniquely, because its artist have other view angle;corner, either through visual and also in its empathy. Kerton always make ordinary people body motion in deformation expressing life burden, but at the same time drollery mengadung. Sundown dusk background and ducks teaming in diagonal formation, this masterpiece develop poetic atmosphere at the same time depress

This painting show attainment of last period, after he go home to Indonesia and live in Bandung. Previous Period is nearer expression with semi trend of west paint when he live in Europe and America. In that last period Kerton more laying open reality life of people. From various lifted theme and object, he is like not finished his bail the spirit of human pedicab worker, labour, farmer, society coat draught prostitute of a kind. But that way, not merely sullenness that laid open in its masterpieces, but upraised also humor values and unique life. That thing can be seen from body gestur-gestur, deformation, incision, and strong colours, and also express deepness

Way of such expression in fact have been done previously that is time live in America. Start that moment expand its life view about feeling of empathy to human being constituted about sincerity in catching life. Following tendency of expressionism abstraction expanding during the period, Kerton look for the way of expression form individually typical. He not look for anatomy form that human being, but trying to lay open experienced life psychology. Society jelata psychology and marjinal, finally at most menyentub and easy to move Sudjana Kerton estetik impulse. Its Masterpiece which entitle ” Dusk” this, representing one of psychology expression about sincerity in catching the the life

Dusk / The Dusk ( 1987)
Oilcolour above canvas / On canvas Oil, 125 x 148 cm,
Inv. 201/SL/A

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