Neal Adams Wanted to Paint, “True” Not the Traditional Weaved Wastra
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What Neal Adams wanted to paint, “true” not the traditional weaved wastra. Also Neal did not intended to be an artist, whom also “freelance” in planning the textile design. If the order was as such, then there would have been long names of artists, who have done that. Even many among them, who has names which is pretty famous in the map of World’s fine art, from various era and style. Not to mntion : Picasso, Joan Miro, Salvador Dali, Marc Chagall, Fernand Leger, Sonia Delaunay, Henry Moore, Alexander Calder, and the king of pop art – Andy Warhol. Apart from doing paintings and statue carving, those artists also recorded as inventor of textile designs to be put into production process. And Neal Adams? No. This London man who was born in 1968, did not wish to be like his seniors. He did not want to be freelance textile designer. He have started to live in Bali since 30 years go (1998), from then up to now. Although he has the creative Neal Adams passion as artist, Neal Adams did not drown himself in Bali’s “exotic” like his seniors. Neal do not like to be in the same line as Le Mayeur, Theo Meier, Bonnet, Blanco, or even Arie Smit, as their paintings from the object side, only sell the exotic of Bali. Two decade already, that Neal has been living in Bali. But he never has the interest for example to view paintings with object “kain gringsing dari Tenganan” – weaved exotic fabric although that is one of a kind in the World, apart from Japan’s Kimono and India’s Patola. God’s colour”. Neal feels comfortable, there. Not on the “gold” inside Gustave Klimt artworks (Autria’s Neal’s teak tree does not have a name, but they came from deep forest of Yorkshire, and in the first artist whom has gone internationally as a character at Art Nuveau), that seems to be materialistic. From decade around the year of 2000, manipulating the picture size “giant” by te old David Hockney. Neal’s Neal Adams also reluctant to continue to carry baton of Hendri Matisse (1869-1954). This important man here, new artworks which are more towards abstract, born. tree also not the colourful syrup tree that was great and being stated in the fine art history book World- from modern era, who has greatness in-line with Picasso is wastra collector ever since he was still a wide, with the other artworks as followings : A Bigger Splash (1967) dan Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy student and all his life. Matisse collect textile liketoile de jouy from France, carpet from Persia, also wastra Different case with “songket” that mostly is abstract, Neal Adam’s teak tree is closer to “realistic”. But not (1967). from Africa and the Middle East. Textile collection is the visual key for himself to come to an imagination like previous works, here Neal Adams no longer draw a tree character. Which identified as tree coming space. A solo exhibition in 2001, “Matisse : The Fabric of Dream – His Art and Textiles”, that exhibited 60 from who knows where. Teak tree belongs to Neal Adams are trees which grow with its body, soul, spirit, characteristic, and identi- of his works, clearly states that. ty, known as “gold trees”. Royal trees Neal Adams trees this time are teak tress. This tree have grown all over Indonesia, in Java, then developed In Still Life with Blue Tablecloth (1909), for example, Matisse combined something from the nature with in Sumatera (Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Papua). It now has spread to Bali, Lombok, Sumba, Sumbawa, also Neal Adams’ gold have move forward to the creative path, towards abstract paintings that was inspired blue table cloth made from toile de jouy textile, which was luxurious. Although on the painting The Pink Flores. Because of that, Indonesia has become one of the biggest teak producer in the World, after by songket from Palembang, and to various symbolic sides of teak tree which are painted realistically. The Studio or L'Atelier Rose (1911), Matisse exhibited his exotic wastra from his list of collection, which was Burma. creativity path is contemporary – do not stick to only a style or theme. Dan free creativity in movement used as background when he do some painting, with Persia carpet that he loves, existed on his studio across tradition, modernism. Because we are able to appreciate Not only teak tree of course. It is because that Neal believe that known adage from Pluto : ars imitatur floor. And there are a lot more Matisse own collection, which appears on his paintings during the time naturam". What seems to be the problem for Neal now is, how to interpret the word “imitatur”. Character Matisse was alive, until in the last years before he passed away. Duplication or Spiritual Duplication, Physic Duplication or Soul Duplication. Duplication based on Eyes of Eddy Soetriyono, curator also fine arts writer and designer, scarf and jewelry designer, poet; residing But the wastra is still some kind of clothing, veil, table cloth, car seat upholstery, separator, wall cover, the Brain or Eyes of the Mind. Duplication based on bare eyes consideration only, Brain Duplication, or in Jakarta curtain, or carpet One of the specialty of Matisse and one of his aspect of renewal is the “colourist Duplication”with eyes of the mind and eyes of the heart”. genious” himself : “According to me, subject or background has one same scoring.” Matisse subject and According to Neal Adams, he is one of the strongest tree in the World, Tectona Grandis where its unyield- background of the wastra are both dominant. Natural item and table cloth : still alive and textile; human ing living in the dry land. it is able to put his happiness behind : for example with free heart it falls their figure and master, both exist with same power, appear and equally dominant among the artworks. leaves in order to survive to live and turn as “gold tree. The goldness not coming from the flowers, leave, Referring to the above, Neil Adams still does not have the intention to follow Matisse’s path. Neal will not or even the fruits, but from the woods. Able to survive, stand strong tirelessly for many years, teak will paint wastra, as he does not want to draw on fabric. Even designing hope. But that is not the purpose. continue to grow on dry land. Teak stand straight, big, and tall reaching the sky, straight and do not make branches. It characteristic, give symbolic values that Neal will elaborate on his works on the teak series, Neal require some stimulus, from Palembang vintage songket, which uses gold thread as symbol of coated this time with gold. “spiritual energy”, as source of inspiration to those making artworks. Traditional songket needed “spirit” according to what he have learnt from Wastra Collector – Quoriena Ginting, which recently was preparing Teak tree Neal is not cypress, a tree which symbolizes death and the under World, where on Van Gogh’s an exhibition in London. hands appeared long skinny and sharpen in the end, showing the silence comes and when n longer surviv- ing to reach something unreachable. Neal teak tree is not pollard Van Gogh dry heads with withered Neal Adams does note “physically draw” motives from gold thread which had to be sewed to the weave branches, screaming “one hundred years of solitude". Neal’s teak tree also is not poplars tree, where Van machine / equipment. Wastra with full of gold, stimulus visual willingness to do more paintings towards Gogh visualizing silent roads with inner self towards life’s “zero point” “abstract”. Just like Neal own opinion, gold in a traditional Nusantara songket, also reveal that Gold“ is Published as a supplement of Painting Art Exhibition “UNLIMITed” By Neal Adams At VIP Fine Arts Jalan Karang Tengah Raya no 7 Lebak Bulus Jakarta Selatan Telp : 021 227 65481 Email : vipfi[email protected] 7th April 2018 - 28th April 2018 What Neal Adams wanted to paint, “true” not the traditional weaved wastra. Also Neal did not intended Curated and Written by Eddy Soetriyono to be an artist, whom also “freelance” in planning the textile design. If the order was as such, then there Written by Arif Bagus Prasetyo would have been long names of artists, who have done that. Even many among them, who has names English by Harny Suryandari which is pretty famous in the map of World’s fine art, from various era and style. Not to mntion : Picasso, Joan Miro, Salvador Dali, Marc Chagall, Fernand Leger, Sonia Delaunay, Henry Moore, Alexander Calder, Organized by VIP Fine Art and IndonesianPainter.com and the king of pop art – Andy Warhol. Apart from doing paintings and statue carving, those artists also All works of art by artist, used by permission recorded as inventor of textile designs to be put into production process. Photograph artworks by The Artist their self And Neal Adams? No. This London man who was born in 1968, did not wish to be like his seniors. He did Design and Catalog Concept by Aneka Design and IndonesiaPainter.com not want to be freelance textile designer. He have started to live in Bali since 30 years go (1998), from then up to now. Although he has the creative Printed in Indonesia passion as artist, Neal Adams did not drown himself in Bali’s “exotic” like his seniors. 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