Calon Arang: The Witch of Girah Behind Bali’s Rangda and the Calonarang Dance
Calon Arang is the legendary witch of Girah whose story explains the origin of Rangda and Bali’s Calonarang dance, still performed today.
Tumpek Wayang: The Balinese Holy Day Behind Wayang and Kamasan Art
Tumpek Wayang is Bali’s holy day honoring wayang puppets, dalang, and Kamasan painters, held every 210 days to bless the tools of Balinese art.
Kamasan Ganesha Painting: Bali’s Elephant God in Two Sacred Techniques
A Kamasan Ganesha painting depicts the elephant-headed Hindu deity Ganesha using the classical wayang-style technique of Kamasan village, Klungkung — flat profile figures, natural pigments, and gold leaf, following the same visual rules used for Bali’s epic paintings. At Arts of Bali, the subject also exists in a second, contemporary form: a sand-texture relief painting […]
巴厘神话绘画：巴隆、罗摩衍那和神圣故事
“巴龙》不需要翻译。当你站在它面前的那一刻，你就会知道，这是一幅关于比装饰更重要的东西的画作，真的，比艺术更重要。它是关于世界如何保持平衡的”。每种文化都有其神圣的故事--这些故事解释了为什么善与恶保持平衡[......]
