The BOOK
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year after Abdul Aziz passed away, his widow, Mary Northmore*, decided
the most appropriate way to honour his memory would be to make a book
about the man and his art.
Aziz left a remarkable
amount of memorabilia documenting his life, along with hundreds of
sketches. These together with interviews with friends and relatives who
could recount episodes from their recollections, have been combined
into a stunning book, the highlight of which is the second section: The art of Abdul Aziz.
Here we can see a hundred paintings, sketches and sculptures, produced
over a period of nearly sixty years. And here we see what an
extraordinary talent and a deep love for humanity combined to create,
in full glorious, detailed and true colour.
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| ABDUL AZIZ |
| "The Artist and His Art" |
| by Mary Northmore-Aziz |
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| Prof. Astri Wright 2005 |
| ISBN 979-96975-6-5 |
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- 240 pages
- Full colour
- Index
- Bibliography
- List of artworks
- 30 x 30 cms
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Mariz Foundation
Ubud, Bali. Indonesia. |
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| The Contents |
The Foreword |
The Introduction |
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Available in two editions:
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Collectors edition: Hardback, boxed, on top quality imported paper. Price US$ 140 |
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Students edition: Softback, on top quality imported paper. Price US$ 70 |
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Painter of the “Mona Lisa of Bali”, the Indonesian artist Abdul Aziz was an extraordinary Renaissance man. A revolutionary fighter, artist, sculptor, musician and violin
maker,
he also kept an astonishing store of original documents, sketches and
photographs. His life story as told within these pages is also the history of Indonesia
during the last century, seen through his own recollections and those
of his friends and family. Too busy to hold exhibitions during his life
and spurning the commercial art world, his life and work is now made
public for the first time. This book reveals a world-class genius who created a stunning body of work over his lifetime, carefully reproduced in very high quality
resolution for all to see and enjoy.
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"Abdul
Aziz: The Artist and His Art ... is a joyful book about a man in touch
with his creativity and with the dance of life that surrounded him. The
readers and viewers of this terrific book are the very fortunate
recipients of a legacy given to us by a gentle man, greatly beloved,
who lived his destiny and left us all a little richer for it”. |
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Reviewed by Carol Johnson |
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Mary Northmore-Aziz is the Founder(1991) and Director of Seniwati
Gallery of Art by Women in Ubud, Bali. Hailed by Time magazine,
September 2005 as “this Gem of a Gallery”, this is the only gallery in
Asia dedicated to supporting and promoting women artists. Link to
Seniwati Gallery: www.seniwatigallery.com |
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OPENING SOON!
The Abdul Aziz Retrospective Exhibition
will open on 8th December 2007 at Neka Art Museum, Ubud, Bali, at 2.30
pm. It will be opened by the Italian Ambassador to Indonesia and he,
along with other Ambassadors, Ministers, and Dignitaries, will be
invited to plant one of Abdul Aziz' favourite trees (coconut, bamboo
and frangipani) in the beautiful grounds of the Museum, thus honouring
the artist and offsetting some carbon footprint.
In his life, Abdul Aziz never had a solo exhibition, as he preferred to
stay home and paint, sculpt, play music, and make violins. After he
passed away in January 2002, his widow, Mary Northmore-Aziz spent 4
years working on his biography which was published to critical acclaim
in November 2005. This artist, who was already well-known to art lovers
and collectors, finally became known to the wider public, and their
appreciation of his oeuvre has led to the decision to create a
retrospective exhibition in his honour. Many of the paintings in this
exhibition have never before been seen in public and the opportunity to
see them gathered together is one not to be missed.
The Abdul Aziz
retrospective exhibition will be open from 9 December 2007 to 13
January 2008 and open daily from 9 to 5 at Neka Art Museum, Sanggingan,
Ubud, tel: 0361 975074
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