Description
Ke Hulu by Wayan Suastama
Ke Hulu tells of an aesthetic experience. When entering the forest through a thicket of branches, the subconscious image is carried away by something deep in life. Sustainable forests, like the womb of life, must be consecrated as a reservoir for water in the upper reaches that flows downstream and into the Subak system. Forests are so important for the continuity of the agricultural system and life that they should be preserved and sacred. Visually, the leaves are expressed to resemble space in an effort to explore the perspective of a sense of depth, thereby leading thoughts into a tunnel of imaginative contemplation. If you want to change something, start changing your own thoughts before changing anything further.
~Wayan Suastama
Artist Background
Ke Hulu by Wayan Suastama, exhibited in Culmination | Calm In Nation, a Sawidji Collaboration. A multi-disciplinary art exhibition from 10th May to 29th June 2024. In partnership with Santrian Art Gallery. Featuring national and international artists and writers. Officiated by Ida Bagus Gede Sidharta Putra. It was inaugurated by Popo Danes—program and curation by Dian Dewi.
Wayan Suastama is a painter born in Lalanglinggah, Tabanan, Bali, 1972. He studied fine arts at ISI Denpasar. Since 1995 he has been diligent in displaying his works in joint and solo exhibitions, both at home and abroad, such as the Bali Megarupa (2019) exhibition.
Suastamas’ works are featured in MISSAO ART. His new series which includes ‘Whispers to the Clouds,’ (Bisikan Pada Awan) explores in detail the philosophical theme of ‘upstream and downstream’ (Hulu Teben) in our relationship to the balance in Nature and is exhibited in World Without Sound and Sawidji Comes Home 2023 Sawidji Gallery.
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