Friday, December 5, 2008

Affandi Museum, The Palace of a Maestro



Visiting Affandi Museum, located in the Road, Yogyakarta-Solo, or rather the western edge of the Elephant River Wong, provide the opportunity for you to investigate all the means of life Affandi. You can see the works during the illustrious maestro life, the work of other painters who ditampungnya, transportation dipakainya the first, which is home to a studio that is now used to build the talent to paint children.

Museum complex consists of 3 gallery with the gallery as a place where I purchase tickets and the beginning of the tour. Gallery I, which opened in private by Affandi since 1962 and inaugurated in 1974 contains a number of paintings Affandi from the beginning of work until the end of his life. Painting a generally sktesa the form of paintings and works of reproduction is placed in 2 larik top down, and stretching to meet arch-shaped room.

Still in Gallery I, you can see a number of valuables during Affandi life. At the end of the room, you can see the car Colt Gallan 1976 colored sulfur, which was modified so that resembles the form of fish, also a Male ancient-looking shine as a means of transportation. You can also see the reproduction of a statue of his self-portrait with daughter, Kartika.

Towards the Gallery II, you can see a number of paintings of the painter, both beginners and senior, who ditampungnya in the museum. The gallery was built in 1988 consists of two floors with paintings that can be viewed from different angles. The first floor contains many paintings are abstract, while the load floor, 2 realist painting with color, but have specificity.

Gallery III is the next goal is to be shaped building with a vaulted roof line formed banana leaf. Can be said, the gallery floor multifunction 3, the first floor function room as well as the location of the exhibition "Sanggar Gajah Wong" place for children to hone talent to paint, the second floor space as maintenance and repair painting, while the floor below ground as a place to store a collection of paintings .

Not far from the Gallery III, there is a tower that can be used as a place to see the sights. You can see a panorama of the museum, Gajahwong River to the bustle of the road. Alight and walk to the west of the tower, you can see the house using unique Affandi used as a place to live with his wife and children.

Houses are built with the concept of house with buffer main pillar of concrete and other wooden pole. Shingle roof of a house-shaped banana leaf and the arch-shaped building. Floor under house now used as the location of Cafe loft, where penjuualan food and drinks for the visitors, while laintai of the house is a private room Affandi.

In the left home, there is a trailer that is now functioning as Musholla. Cart is element complement one house Affandi complex that serves as a health resort Affandi wife, Maryati. Originally, the Maryati want a caravan used as a residence for the American people move. Affandi approve the concept of the building, but with the realization that more to Indonesia, the cart.

Before the home, you can stop in the eternal home of the maestro who died on May 23 1990, is among the Gallery I and II. Affandi eternal home with the adjoining houses owned by immortal the wife. Eternal home page is decorated by rimbunan tree roses.

To visit the Museum of Affandi, you only need to cost Rp 10000.00 as the entrance ticket for domestic tourists and Rp 20000.00 for foreign tourists, and an additional Rp 10000.00 as the additional costs when you want to photograph.



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