Nyoman Nuarta ( Indonesia ) - Rush Hour ,1992 ,brass and copper
About the Artist : Nuarta, one of the most well known sculptors in Indonesia, was born in Bali in
1953. He joined the Faculty of Fine Art and Design, Bandung Institute of
Technology in 1973 and graduated in 1979. When he was still a student, his
works invited controversy because, against the advice of his professors, he
chose mimetic representation as the basic concept of his sculpture, while the art
academy favored a kind of modernism that produced semi-abstract sculptures –
emphasizing the search for the base essence of a subject rather than depicting it
as it might actually look. To the teachers in Nuarta time, they thought they were
presenting a new idea in this emphasis of the abstract. To Nuarta, he wanted to
take what was real and re-represent it in a way that challenged tradition and
communicated to a future audience. He was actually at the forefront of Indonesia
contemporary art movement
Rush Hour : cyclists are depicted hastily peddling against the wind. They are
caught in a moment of full speed pursuit. Featured in an endless physical quest;
rushing, yet not arriving anywhere. They are wholly focused on their goal of
moving ahead. Symbolically, one way of interpreting this piece is as a metaphor
for modernism .
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