Gusti
Ngurah Wedagama is member of Ubud Artist Community. Gusti
Wedagama was born around 1955 in the family household where he
now live with his family and shows his painting at Banjar Tebesaya,
Peliatan, Ubud, Gainyar, Bali, Indonesia.
His
mother said that after living only 42 days Gusti Wedagama died.
A Brahman priest heard that tragedy and came to the house and
prayed. After many hours of praying he sprinkled holy water on
the baby and Gusti Wedagama came back to life. The priest than
changed Gusti's last name from Mantra to Wedagama with means flower
of the holy book.
Even
in village of superb painters Gusti Wedagama's
talent stands out. He won 1st prize at the prestigious Festival
of Traditional Balinese Painting in 1982. In
1985 he took third prize at the Indonesian-wide compotition in
Jakarta.
Gusti
Wedagama is a devoulty religious man and a student of the meditation
teacher Sri Chimnoy. In 1980, during a meditation, he envisioned
a new stylized form of Balinese painting and
went on to create the Kenceng (streched) style that is now widely
imitated. Kenceng was early, successful attempt to break out of
traditional Balinese forms while maintaining a strong connection
with Hindu religious motifs.
The
artistry of Gusti Wedagama's Kenceng paintings
stand out from his imitators in the originality of the compositions
and subtle shadings and blending of colors. What appear to be
solid browns and greens reveal themselves, on closer inspection,
to be blends of ochre, limes, pinks, lavenders, and yellows.
Gusti
Wedagama's talent and mastery of various painting
and carving techniques have earned him the position
of art teacher at the senior high school in Ubud the capital of
painting in Indonesia. He continues to explore new methods and
styles while staying connected to classical Balinese images. His
work has sold to collectors in North America, Europe and Japan,
yet he keeps his prices modest by selling only through his small
private painting gallery on Tebesaya road where
he also display paintings by his talented brother, I Gusti Putu
Mantra and his students.
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Traditional painting artist: I Gst. Ngrh. Wedagama
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Gusti Ngurah Putu Wedagama
Fine
Art Gallery
Br.Tebesaya No.46
Peliatan, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
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