Whenever he gets determined to pursue an major idea, Franciscus Widayanto, potter by profession and art scholar by training, appears as if possessed by it and he leaves no stone unturned to get to the heart of what his subject stands for. So, the full-grown idea for this exhibition: Semarak 30 Semar (The Magnificence of [...]
Why Semar?. For what reason did Franciscus Widayanto choose this unattractive character of the Indonesian wayang repertoire as a model for his latest ceramics creations?
Leading exponents of Indonesian literature and the fine- and performing arts have since long explored the essential nature of this enigmatic figure. Literary critics and thinkers such as Danarto, Sindhunata and [...]
F. Widayanto born 1953 in Jakarta, graduated in 1981 from the Ceramic Section of the Faculty of Fine Art and Design, ITB, the Bandung Institute of Technology. Two years hereafter he, jointly with two partners, set up Marryan's Clay Work in Ciawi, Bogor to produce commercial stoneware.