Inventing Art the Painting of Batuan Bali

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

Hardcover: 340 pages
Full color
28 x 23.5 cm
2.5 Kg
ISBN: 978-0-165-63507-1
Language: English
Original