Bali78 Antonio Blanco 3, Artistic eccentricity

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Antonio Blanco
Ubud
Artistic eccentricity
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Bali
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Many awards have been received by Antonio Blanco.
Some of them are Tiffany Fellowship from The
Society of Honolulu Artists, Chevalier du
Sahametrai from Cambodia, the Society of painters
of Fine Art Quality from First Indonesian
President Soekarno, and Prize of the Art Critique
in Spain. From the King of Spain Juan Carlos I,
Blanco received Cruz de Caballero that gave him
title Don before his name. So he can mention
his name Don Antonio Blanco. A 50-foot green
marble sculpture (15.24 meters) serves as a
decorative gate into the museum. The sculpture is
modeled after Blancos own signature, and the
height (in meters) represents his birthday,
(September 15) and is the biggest signature in
the world.
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Stories involving the nagas (a deity or class of
entity or being, taking the form of a very great
snakespecifically the king cobra) are still very
much a part of contemporary cultural traditions
in predominantly Hindu regions of Asia (India,
Nepal, and the island of Bali).The snake or
dragon, a creature of myth and legend, Naga
bridges, platforms, and staircases whose Serpent
balustrades symbolize a rainbow bridge between
the earthly and celestial worlds. Nagas were
worshiped as nature deities in early India and
Southeast Asia. Nagas are associated with water,
the underground, the heavens (as "riders on the
storm"), and fertility. Attitudes towards them
are ambivalent because they are such impressive
yet deadly animals. Representations in art and
architecture include Naga bridges, platforms, and
staircases whose Serpent balustrades symbolize a
rainbow bridge between the earthly and celestial
worlds.
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By the end of his life, Blanco had begun building
his museum at his studio in Campuan.
Dramatically, he died just before its
inauguration. His funeral was marked by a very
important Blanco Cremation in Ubud. It was
Blancos dream to turn his studio-mansion into a
museum. His son, Mario, fulfilled this dream by
following his path to become a painter. The
Blanco Renaissance Museum is now open to the
public, exposing both the maestros and Marios
art works. The museum building blends European
and Balinese design, much as Antonio Blanco
melded European art and Balinese sensibilities in
his work. The interior covers three storeys, all
housing different works by Blanco from different
periods. It was the Maestros own wish that his
works never be exhibited to the public outside of
his own museum.
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The artworks frames seem to be as intricate as
the maestros work indeed, we are informed that
the frames undergo almost as detailed a creation
process as the maestros own art. Indeed, they
are masterpieces on their own creations of gold
leaf and delicate chisel work
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It was Blancos dream to turn his studio-mansion
into a museum. His son, Mario, fulfilled this
dream by following his path to become a painter.
The Blanco Renaissance Museum is now open to the
public, exposing both the maestros and Marios
art works
Mario
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Looking around the museum, a pattern emerges of
the subjects that fascinated Blanco to the end of
his life women, his own children, and the magic
of Bali. The women are by far his most popular
subject unabashedly sexual, some in languid
reclining poses
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