Matur Piuning by Made Duatmika

Description

Matur Piuning by Made Duatmika, 2024.

Matur Piuning by Made Duatmika is exhibited in ‘Path of Time, a Returning’. A Dual exhibition with fellow artist Wayan Suastama at Santrian Art Gallery January-February 2025.

Matur Piuning (request) is a tradition in Balinese society that is full of philosophical and spiritual meaning. Literally means to convey a communication that contains the relationship between humans and nature, before carrying out activities that have an impact on the environment, such as ploughing rice fields or clearing land, we Balinese people always ask permission from the Almighty.~ Made Duatmika

About the Artist

Made Duatmika, born in Jembrana, May 19, 1970. He is a painter who graduated from ISI Denpasar. His work has won the Philip Morris Art Award (1998). Since he was a student, he has been diligent in participating in joint exhibitions. Among them are the “Force of 93” exhibition at the Bali Cultural Park (1996), the Philip Morris Indonesia Awards Exhibition in Jakarta (1998), the Joint Exhibition at the Hendra Gallery in Prana, Jakarta (2010), etc. He is a member of the art community, Militanarts. His works tend to present a social atmosphere that is dominated by bright colours.