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Highly detailed depiction of a Barong Mask dance in Bali. Several people wearing elaborate masks are taking part in a …
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Highly detailed depiction of a Barong Mask dance in Bali. Several people wearing elaborate masks are taking part in a dance or ritual. People are dressed in white, red, and blue striped clothing in addition to the masks and costumes. Of particular interest is the central figure wearing a red mask with elaborate gold ornamentation. Barong Dance Painting, Original Barong Dance Performance
Signed with location in lower edge ("KT Sunu, Ubud")
Cloth wrapped around wood panel.
Unframed.
Board size: 21"H x 23.5"W
Balinese art is art of Hindu-Javanese origin that grew from the work of artisans of the Majapahit Kingdom, with their expansion to Bali in the late 14th century. From the sixteenth until the twentieth centuries, the village of Kamasan, Klungkung (East Bali), was the centre of classical Balinese art. During the first part of the twentieth century, new varieties of Balinese art developed. Since the late twentieth century, Ubud and its neighboring villages established a reputation as the center of Balinese art.
Ubud and Batuan are known for their paintings, Mas for their woodcarvings, Celuk for gold and silver smiths, and Batubulan for their stone carvings. Covarrubias describes Balinese art as, "... a highly developed, although informal Baroque folk art that combines the peasant liveliness with the refinement of classicism of Hinduistic Java, but free of the conservative prejudice and with a new vitality fired by the exuberance of the demonic spirit of the tropical primitive". Eiseman correctly pointed out that Balinese art is actually carved, painted, woven, and prepared into objects intended for everyday use rather than as object d 'art Balinese paintings are notable for their highly vigorous yet refined, intricate art that resembles baroque folk art with tropical themes.
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- Dimensions
- 23.5ʺW × 0.13ʺD × 21ʺH
- Styles
- Tribal
- Frame Type
- Unframed
- Period
- 1970s
- Country of Origin
- Indonesia
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Acrylic Paint
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Brown
- Condition Notes
- Some tonal ageing to cloth. Some corner wear, as expected. Some tonal ageing to cloth. Some corner wear, as expected. less
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