DWITUNGGAL DALAM DIMENSI LONTAR: DUALISME DALAM PENCIPTAAN SENI LUKIS

Abstract

Art is an expression of feeling representing the crystalization of ideas
that result from imaginative experiences through observation and exploration of
such social life as religion, culture, custom and tradition, and natural
environment. These are all encouraged by internal stimulus and intuitive urge
that stimulate emotion and imagination to be expressed in a painting art.
To Balinese people, lontar is one of the human cultural achievements
containing dual values and spiritual teaching to guide people to have a physically
and mentally harmonious and balanced social life. The observed and
comprehended values contained in lontar have inspired the writer during the
creative process.
By understanding the balance concept of contained in lontar we can
wisely interpret the phenomena of life in our recent social environment which is
characterized by intrigues of personal interests and violation of moral norms that
result in horizontal conflicts as represented by the changes of life style and
mental attitude such as damaged environment, degraded human value and status,
pressure to others, and so on.
The understanding of the values has inspired to visualize the
phylosophical and conceptual context in the painting artwork of abstractive and
representative form with variative colors by impasto technique to have artistic
personal symbols.
Keywords: painting, dual dimension of life