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Variety & Design in Balinese Sculpture – a glimpse [Statues of Bali]

Name: Variety &amp; Design in Balinese Sculpture - a glimpse [Statues of Bali]
SKU: 0035951

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First Edition. Signed by Author

27cm x 21cm. [viii], 120 pages, black and white illustrations, 4 original colour photographs. Black pictorial cloth.

“Sculpture is the essence of Balinese Temple & Courtyard decoration: as guardian, shrine angel, diety effigy, bas relief or carved gate. The Balinese have been carving up walls, gates and shrines for at least 1000 years and in that time have digested quirks, twirls, borders, styles, movements and colouring techniques from various foreign cultures: Chinese, Javanese, Portuguese, Dutch, 20th Century Urban. The incredibly dynamic nature of Balinese Art is best expressed in carving and sculpture.” (from foreword) Made Wijaya (born in Sydney as Michael White, 1953-2016) was a landscape architect who left Sydney for Bali as a break from architectural studies at University of Sydney and stayed, immersing himself in the Balinese culture, consorting with royalty, and in 1975 was renamed Made Wijaya by a priest in a Hindu temple ceremony. This work continues his Fotokopi series of architecture/artists books focusing on sculpture, from the mythological to the erotic. This copy with 4 original colour photographs pasted in (copies are known to have differing numbers of added photographs). Issued in a numbered and signed edition of 500 copies, this one of an unknown number of Special Gift Edition copies further inscribed by Wijaya to the title page.

Minor general wear. Near Fine Condition.

AU$400.00

1 in stock

SKU: 0035951 Categories: Architecture, Asia, Countries, Indonesia