Wara Anindyah- Chinese Period

Wara Anindyah made a lot of paintings with Chinese Cultures as main theme mostly during the period 1999-2002. She was obsessed with Chinese Opera, Chinese Classic Films, Pearl S. Buck novels and many of Chinese culture.
"It's very hard to explain why i wanted to draw the Chinese. It's purely came from my heart." Wara explained.
Probably, Chinese blood in Wara's body drove her to make the paintings. At that time, she had not visited China, and made her paintings just based on books, Tv show, or her imagination.


Wara Anindyah-Sepasang Pemabuk (A Drunken Couple)-Oil on Canvas-145 cm x 200 cm

In this period, Wara tend to use brighter and cheerful colors. It's different with her earlier paintings, especially her pastel paintings, which dominated by gloomy, dark colors. Wara mostly focused on the family life of the ancient Chinese community, as shown by the painting below


Wara Anindyah-Menyatukan Semesta (Uniting the Century)-Oil on Canvas-200 cm x 145 cm

Wara can be recognized as the first female painter in Indonesia who captures the images of the ancient Chinese life, and her great painting technique just as shown in "Menghentikan Waktu" (Stopping the Times)


Wara Anindyah-Menghentikan Waktu (Stopping the Times)-Oil on Canvas-200 cm x 145 cm

After 2001, Wara rarely made painting with Chinese Culture as her object, exactly after her trip to Beijing.
"Well, I saw everything in Beijing, and i think my imagination about Chinese Culture is completely fulfilled in Beijing. They have gone.", said Wara.