Improvisationalism in Gallery One
\nPaintings of Gde Arsa Artha
\nApril 15 \u2013 June 10, 2023
\nOpening Reception: Saturday, April 15, 2pm \u2013 5pm
\nFree to the Public\u00a0
\nPlease join Rockland Center for the Arts for the opening of two exhibits: Improvisationalism: Paintings by Gde Arsa Artha in Gallery One.
\nImprovisationalism is the work of Rockland artist, Gde Arsa Artha, inspired by his homeland of Ubud, Bali, Indonesia.\u00a0 His paintings play off of nature, mythology and traditional Balinese folk tales.\u00a0 Art plays an important part in Balinese traditional ceremonies, establishing a need for spatial orientation, both physically and visually, balancing and arranging the energy of the universe.\u00a0 For example, his painting \u201cMoon Eclipse\u201d displays the moon as the goddess of immortality fighting off the evil demon from hell as he flies through the sky during the full moon trying to swallow the moon goddess, Ratih.\u00a0 Ratih brings balance to the universe by not allowing the demon to capture immortality. The painting was inspired by the 1997 Hailey\u2019s Comet and Bali mythology of the moon eclipse.\u00a0 His latest paintings often incorporate ink and computer technology.\u00a0 As tradition has informed his art, evolution helped develop it; technically with the use of Western color and perspective while connecting with the past, reflecting both his Balinese origin and his individuality.
\nTjokorda Gde Arsa Artha studied all the traditional arts of his Bali homeland from an early age.\u00a0 Arriving in New York in the early eighties, he attended the Arts Students League in New York City on scholarship.\u00a0 Through the Asia Society of New York and other organizations, he has frequently participated in programs representing the visual and performing arts of Bali, including music and dance performances, workshops, and demonstrations of Balinese techniques in painting, carving, crafts, and dance.\u00a0 He has exhibited in Bali\u2019s Puri Lukisan Museum in Ubud, throughout NYC and the Hudson Valley region.\u00a0 He has been commissioned by UNICEF to paint \u201cThe Little Cowboy\u201d for the Flags of the United Nations.\u00a0 Artha has been a grant recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, a professor at Bard College, a member of the Giri Mekar, a community gamelan orchestra in the Hudson Valley, and is the current Director of The Pomona Cultural Center in Rockland.\u00a0 He resides in Pomona, NY with his family.
\nPlease also join Rockland Center for the Arts for\u00a0the artist reception on Saturday, April 15th, 2:00pm \u2013 5:00pm.\u00a0 The exhibit will be on view through June 10th, open Mondays \u2013 Saturdays 11am \u2013 4pm, (closed Sundays).\u00a0 Free to the Public.\u00a0 For more information call (845) 358-0877 or visit www.rocklandartcenter.org.
\nRoCA gratefully acknowledges support for its programs from The Rea Charitable Trust, ArtsWestchester, Sarah and Stephen Thomas, The Richard Pousette-Dart Foundation, M&T Bank, The M&T Charitable Foundation, The Dorothy Gillespie Foundation, Walter Cain & Paulo Ribeiro, Kantrowitz, Goldhamer & Graifman P.C., QuietEvents, the Estate of Joan Konner, Lighting Services Inc.,, the Mark and Jessie Milano Foundation, Zaklin Family Charitable Fund, The County of Rockland, Art Services Group, RoCA members, donors and business members.
\nRoCA\u2019s programs are made possible, in part, with funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature. Funding is also made possible by the County of Rockland.
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