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Inventing Art: The
Painting of Batuan Bali
by Bruce Granquist
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“In
1932, a few young men from the village of Batuan in Bali tried their
hand at painting pictures on paper for the first time. As a result of
this experiment a new art form was born, distinctive for both its new
formal style, and the richly imagined and sometimes terrifying world it
conveys.
In 1986, a Western abstract artist, Bruce Granquist, came to the
village to live and work among these artists. In his book about the
paintings of Batuan, Granquist lends us his painter’s vision to show us
how the Batuan artists taught one another, and together developed a new
school of painting. In a manner that is both perceptive and
authoritative, he shows how Batuan painting uses traditional Balinese
iconography together with new abstract forms to create images that are
uniquely expressive and compelling.”
— Dr. Hildred Geertz, Professor Emeritus Princeton University
The goal of this book is to make Batuan paintings accessible to viewers
from outside Bali. It does this by explaining some of the cultural codes
that the paintings contain, as well as the narratives that link them to
the rich Balinese and Southeast Asian traditions. It also demonstrates
how these paintings communicate their meaning beyond Batuan’s cultural
life, directly through their formal elements of line, shape and tone;
communicating to us in ways that we are probably unaware of. This book
expands our understanding of Batuan paintings, and helps us realise that
much can be familiar in art from a distant place.
Complete with 327 full colour reproductions, 24 illustrations, maps and diagrams
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 340 pages, Complete with 327 full colour reproductions, 24 illustrations, maps and diagrams
Size: 28 x 23.5 cm
Shipping Weight: 3 Kg
Price: Rp 550,000 + Shipment
Order online via Afterhours Bookshop here.
or order via e-mail to: Order@AfterhoursBooks.com
About the Author. Bruce Granquist was born in Chicago
in 1958 and resettled in Indonesia in 1986. Other than living for 3
years in the central Java city of Jogyakarta, he has spent all of his
time in Bali. Since 1992 he has worked in the publishing field, as a
free lance illustrator and cartographer. To date, his work appears in
over 20 publications from publishers worldwide. In 1999 he
self-published a large format topographic map of Bali. Even though this
map has had only a limited distribution network, it has sold over 10,000
copies in 4 printings. In 2012 he self-published his first book, titled
‘Inventing Art, The Paintings of Batuan Bali’. This book details the
paintings of a single Balinese village that has developed a singular
style of painting in the 20th century. Based on two years of field
research, and documents produced by foreigners in the 1930’s, this book
gives non-Balinese viewers an ability to understand this complex and
sometimes hermetical school of art. Bruce is currently producing another
self-published book about the daily life in traditional Bali, it is
scheduled for publication this year.
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