Yue

Diposting Rabu, 20 Maret 2024

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INFJ

Aquarius

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We Know Where We Will Be Taking Indonesian Art

“As Indonesians, we admit that the art we make here nowadays has a Western style. Nevertheless, to say that it is not an Indonesian style is not accurate. Realism does not belong only to the West. Realism belongs to all of us, to every human being. Western people should not be arrogant if we use their art theories. As we analyse and observe carefully, Europeans must remember that they never had the art of painting before. The oldest art of painting in the world is not from Europe, but Egypt. We will not blame our European colleagues for their mistakes. We will honour them, for they have worked sincerely, even sacrificing their lives for a great aspiration. We will use their works as a landmark, like a shipwreck in the ocean, of our people's struggle in this world and in our revolution in Indonesia, not only to enable artists to become artistic, but also to make the whole society become artistic, to become artistically conscious as Indonesia was before. We will accomplish our revolution not only through the intellect but also through artistic mean.” - S. Sudjojono, Jakarta 1947 At the National Gallery, Singapore. (diedit)