Thursday, January 8, 2009

Wara Anindyah- Large Paintings

During her career as an artist, Wara also made large sized paintings. Along with her daily job as housewife, Wara also dealing with large sized canvas. The early period of her large sized paintings were made on 190 cm x 500 cm sized canvases, as can be seen below




Wara Anindyah-Senjakala di Daerah Tak Bernama (Twilight on Nameless Region)-Oil on Canvas- 190 x 500 cm-2001

Her large sized paintings were dominated by dark colors, odd women figures, and sorrow atmosphere. These painting are completely different with her "Chinese Period", where the atmosphere of happiness mostly dominate her paintings.
Another large sized painting of Wara were made in 200 cm x 300 cm sized canvas. In 2005 she made a painting titled "Percintaan Seribu Hari" (Thousand Days of Making Love). The artwork consists of two paintings sized 200 cm x 300 cm, and each paintings depicts a solitary figure.


Wara Anindyah-Percintaan Seribu Hari (Thousand Days of Making Love)-Oil on Canvas-400 cm x 300 cm-2005

His recent large sized paintings were made as a homage to Affandi, one of the Indonesian legendary painter, titled "Affandi dan Tujuh Orang Bidadari" (Affandi and Seven Goddesses). She exhibited the painting in join exhibition to commemorate "100 years Affandi".


Wara Anindyah-Affandi dan Tujuh Orang Bidadari (Affandi and Seven Goddesses)-oil on canvas- 300 x 200 cm-2007

Wara also prepared large paintings for her upcoming exhibition with her husband, Sri Harjanto Sahid, in Bentara Budaya Jakarta.

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