Sadali, Without Narration, Rich "Narrative"

                                                                                                                                            
Discuss "abstract geometric Bandung" is discussing Ahmad Sadali. He was the forerunner of abstract art tendency Indonesia, the art style is said to fully devote themselves exclusively to the work. Sadali does not serve the narrative, yet powerful presents "Narrative".

The color is dark brown and thick underlying canvas 143 cm x 143 cm, and the bright red color nicks in the "basic" canvas becomes the only thing lit up there. On top of the red color, two loaves of "the mountains" in the dark brown soil broke apart.

There are no mountains in the painting "Mountains" (1987, oil paints, pastes marble, gold leaf on canvas) by Ahmad Sadali. That there is just such a parallelogram arrangement formed from nicks Sadali expressive, simple form when viewed in silence indeed resemble a mountain.

Charming is the top or "head mount" the painting. Incision lines are versatile expressive and "roughing" it presents a form of Arabic script spelling "Allah".

If any form of painting was snatched away from the canvas, are separated, it becomes entirely abstract form in such a massive, expressive, while still beautiful by working Sadali precision texture. In the canvas, whoever feels no need to see the title "Mountains" to sense the presence of a mountain that was melting lava, and feel glorious symbol of Allah SWT presence at the top of the "event" was.

Sadali not present a realistic portrayal over any object, such as attendance at a glance without a story, without narration. But hush, and then felt one after another "narrative" sticking out from there. Ravi Ahmad Salim, son of Ahmad Sadali, said the trend of the father as "taking the form of the things that happened (not abstract) ..., to symbolize something borrowed ...". (aryo)