Ahmad Sadali (Indonesian, 1924-1987), 阿默‧薩達里Lelehan Emas Pada Relung (Molten Gold on a Niche)
1986

signed and dated 86
mixed media on canvas

70 x 70 cm (27 9/16 x 27 9/16 in)注脚Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist's estate
Private Collection, Bandung
Private Collection, Jakarta

阿默‧薩達里
熔金壁龕
綜合媒材畫布
1986年作

簽名: Sadali 86

來源
直接得直藝術家委員會
萬隆私人收藏
雅加達私人收藏

Engagements with Nature: Modern Indonesian Art

Viewed as a whole, modern Indonesian art seems like a mosaic on the move. In this mosaic is then reflected the spirit of the age, which at the same time relates to the life of the Indonesian people in general. Indonesian artists today look upon themselves as a member of a bigger family, the family of man. They know that they have received something from this big family, and whenever they create, they know that they not only contribute something to the artistic wealth of their nation, but also to the artistic wealth of man.
- Ahmad Sadali

Bonhams is pleased to present the works of two distinctive modern Indonesian artists, Ahmad Sadali and Fadjar Sidik whose works explored conceptions of nature expressed through the geometrical treatment of space and colour.

As seen in Lelehan Emas Pada Relung (Molten Gold on a Niche) (Lot 12), Sadali's works invariably express a careful interplay of dualities in the realization of visible and invisible form, in the deployment of subtle and accent hues, and execution of ridges of impasto mixed media - clay, marble dust, glue, sand and oil paint - and gold leaf against flatter areas of composition. They express an instinctive and emotional connection with nature, going beyond the physical and the manifest.