Maestro Wianta kicks off world tour

Maestro Wianta kicks off world tour

Made Wianta has always been known for his provocative effort to
bring together Balinese, Japanese and European traditions in his
as bridges East and West as well as North and South.

Outside of this country, he is dubbed by many art critics as
the universal artist from Bali. No wonder Marc Bollansee and Urs
Ramseyer feel it necessary to take the moniker as the title of
their book, Made Wianta: Universal Balinese Artist.

As an artist with a universal perspective, Wianta will take
any opportunity to share his works with an international audience
by traveling around the world from Jakarta, New York and Milan to
Mexico City, Sao Paolo and many more.

As a starter, the Jakarta exhibition, entitled Metamorphosis
Made Wianta, takes place at the Lobby Lounge Bimasena of the
Hotel Dharmawangsa in Kebayoran Baru.

A total of 25 paintings are showcased in this Jakarta
exhibition, which runs from March 3 until March 12. The paintings
represent Wianta's artistic journey -- exploring different kinds
of "morphe" -- one period to the next periods.

The journey embarks with Wianta's Karangasem period which is
rarely shown to public, then it goes to the once-popular dot
period (periode titik), and continues to the triangle period
before concluding with the calligraphy period.

His meeting with world-class curator Robert C. Morgan in 2003
marked a tremendous leap. Morgan is an art history professor at
Columbia University in New York, Barnard College, Rochester
Institute of Technology and has been a curator in several
reputable international art and cultural events.

Morgan has recently finished a book on Wianta -- entitled Wild
Dogs from Bali: The Art of Made Wianta -- which will be launched
in April in New York during Wianta's exhibition there.

Born in Apuan, Tabanan Bali in 1949, Wianta has unequaled
mastery of colors and forms, which also match with his mastery of
words as he also writes poems. --JP