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The Neka Art Museum was opened in 1982 and is named after a Balinese
teacher Suteja Neka who collected paintings as a means of artistic
documentation. Nowadays the museum has a great selection of works from
many famous Balinese artists and expats who have lived here and influenced
local artists.
The Neka Art Museum
collection is displayed in
several buildings
patterned after Balinese
architecture. The main
structures are for the
permanent display of the
government registered
collection.
Another building is used
for temporary exhibitions.
Suteja Neka
Founder and Director Neka Art
Museum Ubud - Bali
Balinese Traditional Doorway
The Neka Art Museum has
achieved high standards as a
museum of international
standing. By July of 1997 it
covered an area of 9150
square meters, with 2580
square meters of floor space.
The buildings are well
maintained and the artworks
are displayed and organized
historically. The collection
continues to grow over the
years with over three -
hundred pieces.
I Pande Ketut Taman Diri Dalam Jari
(The Self in each Finger)
Tree Trunk Nymph
Keris, the traditional
Indonesian dagger. Whether
created by human hands or of
supernatural origin, keris are
believed to be physical
manifestations of invisible
forces. Forged in fire but
symbolic of water, a keris
represents a powerful union of
cosmic complementary forces.
The Keris hall exhibite
features dozen of antique and
new keris collection
for celebrating the UNESCO
recognition of the Indonesian
keris (traditional dagger) as a
great achievement of cultural
heritage for world humanity in
November 2005.
The keris is an
important family
possession and
considered to be an
ancestral deity, as
weapons often play
critical roles in the rise
and fall of families and
fortunes in history.
Heirloom keris have proper names
which describe their power: Ki
Sudamala is Venerable Exorcist and
repels negative forces, Ki Baju Rante is
Venerable Coat of Armor and spiritually
protects one wearing it.
In Bali, an heirloom keris and other such metal
objects are presented offerings every 210 days on
the day called Tumpek Landep, which means
‘sharp’. They are cleaned, displayed in temple
shrines, and presented with incense, holy water, and
red-colored food and flowers to honor Hindu god of
fire Brahma. This is followed by prayers for a sharp
mind to Sanghyang Pasupati, the deity who
empowers sacred objects and defeats ignorance.
Motorbikes and cars, modern metallic symbols of
power and status, are also presented with offerings
because they can bring fortune or mishap. Some
Balinese jokingly call this day Tumpek Honda or
Tumpek BMW, depending on what they can afford to
own. With palm leaf ornaments flying up against
windshields and rear-view mirrors, however, one
wonders about the safety of this practice.
A distinctive feature of many keris is
their odd-numbers of curves, but
they also have straight blades. Keris
are like naga, which are associated
with irrigation
canals, rivers, springs, wells, spouts,
waterfalls and rainbows. Some keris
have a naga or serpent head carved
near its base with the body and tail
following the curves of the blade to
the tip. A wavy keris is a naga in
motion, aggressive and alive; a
straight blade is one at rest, its
power dormant but ready to come
into action.
The shadow puppet plays, known
as wayang kulit are popular not
only in Bali but throughout
Indonesia. Far more than mere
entertainment, the wayang kulit is
an extremely important vehicle of
culture, serving as carrier of myth,
morality play, and form of
religious experience rolled into
one.
The puppets are believed to have
great spiritual power, and are
"brought to life" by special
ceremonies performed by the
dalang, the puppet master and
story teller. The dalang is a man
of many talents: he must have a
repertoire of hundreds of stories,
play the music, have a flair for
showmanship, perform the
necessary sacred rituals, and also
know how to make the intricate,
flat, leather puppets.
I Made Sumadiyasa
Air Kehidupan (Water of Life)
Horoscope Bali
Gusti Nyoman Lempad
Sita Membuktikan Sucinya
(Sita proves her Purity)
Bird of Paradise Flower
Branches & Leaves
Jeihan
Dewa Nyoman Batuan
Lingga Dan Yoni (Creation: Lingga & Yoni)
Wood carving Bali
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