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Javanese Antique Furniture and Folk Art

Bruce Carpenter, David B. Smith

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280 x 250 mm — 312 pages — 60
ISBN : 978-9-81421-776-7
  • More than 300 compelling, full-colour images bring this unique art form to life.
  • A lively, illustrated text reveals the meaning and function behind the bright colours, intricate carving and striking forms of the hundreds of rare and valuable pieces in the David B. Smith collection.
  • Detailed captions identify each piece and offer engaging insights.

Quirky, enigmatic and uniquely beautiful, the art and furnishings of Central and East Java’s villages and palaces are little known to the art historians, museum curators and collectors of the world. Armed with all the charm and characteristics of folk art—bright, bold colours; naïve forms and compositions; flattened perspective; anonymous origins; functionality; humour and social commentary—it is the product of a complex and ancient culture renowned for its ability to pick and choose from outside influences without impairing the integrity of the original.

Javanese Antique Furniture and Folk Artcelebrates this delightful art form with compelling, colourful photography, while insights from experts reveal the history and fascinating culture embodied in one of the world’s most impressive collections of Javanese art.

Bruce Carpenter

A student of art history and fluent in four languages, Carpenter has been a resident of Bali since the early 1970s when he arrived from Europe as an aspiring young artist. Inspired by Indonesian and Balinese art, he has authored and co-authored more than twenty books and scores of articles on the archipelago’s art, history and culture including W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp: The First European Artist in BaliBatak SculptureNias SculptureGold Jewellery of the Indonesian Archipelago; and Lempad of Bali. In 1996 he founded and curated the non-profit Ganesha Gallery at the Four Seasons Resort in Jimbaran. Dedicated to young Indonesian and Balinese artists it would mount more than 200 exhibitions in close to twenty years. He has collaborated with numerous noted scholars over the years.  He is currently working on two book projects on Indonesian tribal art.

David B. Smith

David B. Smith bought, refinished and sold his first piece of antique furniture, a Pennsylvania dry sink, at age 11, and so began a life long passion for antiques. Over the past 20 years, he has amassed one of the most impressive collections of Javanese antique furniture and folk art in the world. He divides his time between his home and workshop in Blitar, East Java, and a home on Vashon Island near his home furnishings store, David Smith & Co. in Seattle, Washington.

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