Story behind poster making

I found one story about one of the oldest Indonesian printmaking art/poster which I posted before. The poster in black/white was made by Affandi, but the body copy made by Chairil Anwar. Here I translate quotation from Sjuman Djaya book titled Aku (I Am). For Indonesian young generation, this book well-known because in the box-office Indonesian Movie Ada Apa Dengan Cinta (What’s The Matter With Love) the role playing actress Dian Sastrowardoyo has brought and read this book in many scenes.

Chairil come back to studio. His appearance without clothe, has made Dien and other female artist shy. But Chairil continuing his action and stand up in front of Affandi’s poster that showed a man picture raise his hand and scream, Chairil said:

“Ha, look, it must be like this the word we use on it!”

Chairil spraying paint under that wet poster wrote: “Boeng, Ajo Boeng!” (“Man, Come on Man!”). After put his writing, he look at the other artist and said:

“Boeng, Ajo Boeng! How, is it great, isn’t it?”

Without waiting for reply, he was walking away to the front side. But everyone present shaking their head as their way to show their agreement with Chairil contribution into that freedom poster.

For you who don’t know who is Affandi and Chairil Anwar, I think I will write about them later. I will put them on inspirational people category in this blog.

Quotation source: Sjuman Djaya. 2003. Aku: berdasarkan perjalanan hidup dan karya penyair Chairil Anwar. Jakarta: Metafor. p. 63-64. Pointer 70.

Printmaking or Graphic Art Exhibition

 

I feel like fool when visited this exhibition. As an autodidact graphic designer I just thought that the only way graphic is the way that I know: using sketch and finishing it with computer touch. But I surprised –considering I never became a graphic student- that graphic has a long history. And the definition of graphic art or usually call printmaking also is they can duplicated as many as the artist want. But in every copy he/she do careful supervision and give their own mark or signature on it. After that, the master or plate that used already for made the arts copy will be destroyed. In this way of arts, there are several techniques. They are woodcut, dry point, linocut, etch, screen print, aquatint, stencil, canvas cut, hardboard cut, or lithograph. Of course the newest technique that I already know included, it is photocopy and digital printing. Like another kind of arts these printmakings also allowing using mix media technique. The exhibition itself already held at Bentara Budaya Jakarta on November 1-15, 2007 and Galeri Nasional Indonesia on November 2-11, 2007. Beside showing arts collection of Dewan Kesenian Jakarta (Jakarta Art Council), Bentara Budaya (Culture Habit) and Galeri Nasional Indonesia (Indonesian National Gallery), this exhibition invited 19 artists also. For art lover, this exhibition gave a brief history about graphic art in Indonesia. Illustration I used in this posting is one of the oldest lithograph by Affandi –latter became Indonesian famous impressionist artist- made at 1947 titled “Boeng, Ajo Boeng!” (“Man, Come on Man!”) which still in black and white (left picture). The other illustration is Sri Maryanto’s Mati Tersenyum (Death with Smile) which made at 2003 on hardboard cut (right picture).  

Source: Hafiz (curator). 2007. Seni Grafis, Dari Cukil Sampai Stensil. Katalog Pameran. (Graphic Art, From Cutting until Stencil. Exhibition Catalogue). Jakarta: Bentara Budaya Jakarta.

New Chairman of SPS Elected

SPS (Serikat Penerbit Suratkabar – Newspaper Publisher Union) of Indonesia has chosen a new chairman in their XXII congress. He is the leader of Jawa Pos Publishing Group, Dahlan Iskan. This congress held on November 13-14, 2007 at Jakarta. Meanwhile former two times chairman Jakob Oetama whose Commissaries President of Kompas Gramedia Group appointed as Chairman of Advisory Council. For Daily Executive Committee Chairman acted by M. Ridlo Eisy whose the Director of Galamedia Bandung Perkasa.   

Photo caption: Dahlan Iskan, the new SPS Chairman. Photo source: MYE/Kompas

Thank You

6 Months is a short time to blog for grow up. But I receive many good appreciation and nice support from all of you, fellow readers and bloggers! For all of your kindness, I just can say: A BIG BIG THANK’S. This can prove by hits that received by this blog within 6 months has already reached more than 2.000 hits! This can only happened if you support this blog continuously by clicking it regularly and got ’something’ from it. Thank you very much.

One sweet appreciation come from my “Blog Best Friend” Marisa Duma. She has review my blog and gave high recommendation for it. Just check it out on: http://journal.marisaduma.net/2007/11/11/on-bridge-blogging-ii-the-list-and-more/

Once more, thank you (especially for Marisa Duma). I hope you all can give me feedback through comment (directly or through mybloglog.com account).

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The Heroes Day

November 10 commemorated as The Heroes Day for Indonesia. Historically, at the year of 1945 Indonesian peoples at Surabaya together with all armed forces involve in a battle against British and Dutch forces. That two colonialism countries try to re-occupy Indonesia which declared its independence at August 17.  One high officer of British armed forces named General Brigadier Mallaby died in battle. This make British armed forces angry and launch ultimatum to surrender on November 10. Because of Surabaya peoples refused, they were bombarded from land, air, and sea.

What I want to say in this article is, how the spirit of nation heroes can communicated from generation through generation. Beside taught at school as subject, I think it is good enough to held war drama like usually held in US when they commemorate Civil War. This will be useful because have good side effect beside teaching history to younger generation, it could turn into tourism object.

Photo source: IPPHOS (Indonesian Press Photo Service)

Two Indonesian Journalist Detained for Child Trafficking

Indonesian State Police of Makassar Big City Area detained two journalists from Kalimantan who’s suspected being involved in child trafficking. They were arrested in police ambush at some hotel at Makassar. They are known as journalist from the press-ID they brought. One of them is Maksimus Mutiara –Komando local tabloid journalist- and the other is Hariani –Barata local newspaper journalist- who’s caught in the act along with one buyer from black market.  

Police found that two journalist trying to sold one four month age baby to Jakarta. Hariani who’s supported that baby confessed that she don’t know about that child transaction when seized. Initially, that male baby named Stefen Ronaldo Rumbia will sell through Alex as buyer from black market.

Police confiscated some evidence such as hand phone, baby clothes, and credit card. Police also found two pieces of receipts that ready to sign which mentioned the baby will sell at the price of Rp 35 million (approx. US $ 3,500). That receipt already sealed –but not signed yet- with the agreement they will give that child’s grandmother named Dg Kenna Rp 1 million (approx US $ 100). One receipt mentioned Rp 15 million (approx. US $ 1,500) and the other Rp 20 million (approx. US $ 2,000).

In this case, police suspected that two journalists are not single player. They are suspected as a part of child trafficking criminal network. Indonesian State Police of Makassar Big City Area announced this case at Saturday (3/11) on 11.25 PM Central Indonesian Time to Antara, Indonesian News Agency.

This article re-write by Bhayu M.H. from source: http://www.kapanlagi.com/h/0000197938.html