Tris Neddy: Generous, spirited artist<\/p>\n
Kurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Wearing a purple kebaya (Javanese blouse) and brown sarong, a
\nwoman is sleeping on a blue chair. The walls are painted blue and
\nthe ground, purple and green. A red parrot has its eyes fixed on
\nher.<\/p>\n
That acrylic painting is titled Dreaming. The short title
\nprovides an apt description of the painting.<\/p>\n
It is one of the artworks by Tris Neddy Santo on display in an
\nexhibition titled Spirit of Art 1970 - 2005 at Galeri Nasional in
\nGambir, Central Jakarta from Sept. 30 through Oct. 10.<\/p>\n
Tris' artworks are generally easy for the layman to
\nunderstand. They are forthright in nature, though background
\ninformation may be helpful in analysis.<\/p>\n
Dreaming is among a few paintings hung in the first room of
\nthe exhibition. Like most of her paintings, Dreaming shows her
\nskills as a graphic artist.<\/p>\n
Tris is no Basuki Abdullah nor Affandi who specialize in
\nrealism and abstraction respectively. The dean of the School of
\nFine Arts at the Jakarta Arts Institute (IKJ) has her own style.
\nTris graduated from the School of Arts and Design at the Bandung
\nInstitute of Technology in 1974.<\/p>\n
In Perempuan Jawa (Javanese Lady), Tris portrays a woman
\nsitting on a sofa. The sofa is similar to the one in Dreaming,
\nbut the color is different.<\/p>\n
Like Dreaming, Perempuan Jawa also features a woman sitting on
\na sofa in the corner of a room.<\/p>\n
Tris is at home working in a variety of media. She has
\nproduced wooden sculptures, paintings, installations and mastered
\nseveral printmaking techniques.<\/p>\n
On display in the exhibition are 1971 lithograph Oh Buah
\nHatiku (Oh My Beloved Child) and 1973 wood cut Kucingku Sayang
\n(My Beloved Cat), both of which she produced as a student.<\/p>\n
Another lithograph, Mimpi di Taman Bunga Indah (Dream in a
\nBeautiful Flower Garden), is of a naked woman holding a bucket of
\nflowers.<\/p>\n
In his speech at the opening of the exhibit, former tourism
\nand culture minister I Gede Ardika told the audience of about 100
\npeople the exhibition was valuable not only for Tris herself but
\nalso for other Indonesian artists.<\/p>\n
\"Through her works, we will see a person with a strong sense
\nof tradition rooted in her soul. She shows us that traditional
\nart is not a static kind of art. It can be dynamic and lively,\"
\nArdika said.
\n It is an exhibition that focuses on her technical abilities and
\npath as an artist.<\/p>",
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