Young Artists

A second movement, born of Europeaninfluence, occured in the early Sixties with the arrival of Arie Smit tothe village of Penestanan. With his encouragement the artists in that areastarted exploring the use of vivid colors and more abstract, simple forms.The paintings in this style are much more expressionist with little attentionto detail of perspective. Among the better known of the 'Young Artists'are I Wayan Pugur, I Ketut Tagen, I Nyoman Londo & Ketut Soki.

Ubud Style

Influenced by the Western useof perspective and everyday-life subject matter, the Ubud style is oneof the most Expressionist of all the Balinese schools. Despite this, Ubudart still retains many traditional features including attention to detailand very stylized characters. Among the better known Ubud artists are AnakAgung Gede Sobrat, Ida Bagus Made, Gusti Ketut Kobot and Dewa Putu Bediland Made Sukada.

Pengosekan Style

From this village, on the outskirtsof Ubud Bali, a new style sprang up during the 60's that concentrated onjust a few natural components like birds, insects, butterflies and plants.These paintings tend to be more realistic and less expressive than theUbud style.

Keliki Style

Keliki Style :

 

Keliki art is very similar tothe Old Batuan Style with the one exception being size. Keliki paintingsare rarely larger than 20cm by 15cm. They contain scenes of mythical andRamayanic characters engaged in battle, good versus evil, on sinister backgrounds.Keliki artists also follow the tradition of the old Wayang artists in thatthey seldom sign their work.

Batuan Style

PAINTINGS

Batuan Style :

 

Strongly Wayang based, this styleinvolves hundreds of intricately painted representations of Balinese lifefilling every available nook and cranny of the canvas. Batuan artists likeI Wayan Bendi, Ni Wayan Warti & I Made Budi, make much more of a statementabout life in Bali, with subject matter including everything from traditionalvillage activities to camera-toting tourists and even surfers. EarlierBatuan artists, Ida Bagus Made Togog and Ida Bagus Made Wija, dealt muchmore with the darker, supernatural side of life in Bali with people depictedas extremely vulnerable to the spririts and powers of nature.