The thousands cultures, problems, disasters, and crimes greatly affect Wiku's life and paintings. He grows as a teenager along with Tsunami, Earthquake, Terrorism, Corrupt Government, Two Period of Global Economy Crises, Crimes, et cetera.
"I do love my country. Through my paintings, i would like to cheer the victim of the disaster, reminding the mankind about the great power of nature, also encouraging people to keep struggling."
Wiku captures the power of Nature in his paintings through satyric, comical figures and colors. For example in his paintings titled "The Great Battle between East and West Ocean" (Homage to Victims of Tsunami). The artworks consists of two pieces of paintings, that each of them can also be viewed as single artwork.
The Great Battle between East and West Ocean (Homage to Victims of Tsunami)-Wiku Pulangasih-Acrylic on Canvas-400 cm x 300 cm-2004
Another examples of Wiku's great obsession towards natural disaster reflected in "The Deadly Volcano (Eruption of Mount Merapi 2005)". At the period, the Eruption of Mt. Merapi threatened Wiku's hometown.
"Everyday we were worried about the mountain. Especially when the government increase the status of alertness towards the Eruption. God Bless, the Great Eruption didn't happen" said Wiku.
Same with his painting about Tsunami, his artwork titled "The Deadly Volcano" consists of two paintings.
The Deadly Volcano (Eruption of Mount Merapi 2005)-Wiku Pulangasih-Acrylic on Canvas-400 cm x 300 cm-2005
Besides natural disaster, Wiku also transforms the social-economy-politic condition in Indonesia and the world into paintings. His concern about Corrupt Government, especially in Indonesia (one of the country with highest Corrupted Givernment rate), forced him to create " The Corruptors".
"Sent my resentment to all corruptors in the world. I do believe that they will be burned by the Demon in deepest and darkest hell!"
The Corruptors-Wiku Pulangasih-Acrylic on Canvas-400 cm x 300 cm-2004
"The Corruptors" consist of two paintings titled "The Money Eater" and "The Untouchable Thieves". Wiku depicted the corruptors as pigs, rats, and bats; equipped with guns and claws, also wearing "the uniform of the politicians", symbolised with "tie".
Wiku's painting "Global Economy Crisis" were made four years before the Global Economy crisis. He even never thinks that the crisis would happen.
"That's too bad that my paintings comes true. At that time i just thought that people didn't do the right things with their money. We heard them said 'Let's fight against poverty!' or 'Let's help each other'. But the reality, the poverty itself is greatly developed, along with the development of the profits of the multi nation company."
The Global Economy Crisis-Wiku Pulangasih-Acrylic on Canvas-400 cm x 300 cm-2004
The artwork consists of two paintings titled "King of the Beggars" and "The Man who Fights against Poverty". "I hope the crisis will be over soon, and let's fight the crisis together!" said Wiku.
The condition of the world and the people itself, that very unpredictable drove Wiku to create two paintings titled " The Executor from Heaven" and "The Messiah from Hell".
"Today, it's very hard to judge which one is good or bad. People have thousands methods to transform a crime into charity, or vice versa. It's even very hard to distinguish which one is white and which one is black." he explained.
The Executor from Heaven-Wiku Pulangasih-Acrylic on Canvas-200 cm x 300 cm-2008
The Messiah from Hell-Wiku Pulangasih-Acrylic on Canvas-200 cm x 300 cm-2008
"With my artworks, i hope that i can encourage, at least myself, to do the right thing for our life. Let's face our problem optimistically, whatever its form !" said Wiku.
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