Creative Contemporary Painting Based on The Iconography of Yeh Pulu Relief

Abstract

 This  paper  is  a  report  of  creative  art  research  under  the  program  of  Researching,  Creating and  Presenting  Art  of  the  Research,  Technology  and  Higher  Education  Ministry  of Indonesia. The subject of this research is an iconographic people‘s hero of Yeh Pulu  relief. This relief is an ancient artifact of Balinese art, located in Bedulu, Gianyar Regency. Visual analysis of the Panofsky‘s iconography method (D‘alleva, 2005: 22-23) is used as a means of  iconography  analysis  with  three  aspects:  visual/artistic  characters,  allegories,  and symbols.  The  first-year  of  the  study  focuses  on  analyzing  the  fundamental  visual/artistic approach of my new of contemporary painting series. Deep analysis revealed five findings of visual/artistic  approach  that  explore  this  theme  as  the  newest  visual  art  concept:  cutting (imagining  the  relief  like  a  poster);  smashing  (the  natural  effect  of  the  relief  being  broken down into many small pieces); drawing (incorporating the visuals of a relief in the method of drawing); highlighting (like a macro camera that presents the profile in its largest and most detailed  capacity);  coloring  (using  color  to  make  the  visuals  impressionistic).  The  research members  are:  A.  A.  Bagus  Udayana  (photographer),  I  Nengah  Sudika  (data  collector),  and Desi In Diana Sari (layout designer).