PAINTINGS BY LEE MAN FONG AS A DIASPORA CHINESE IN THE COLLECTION OF PRESIDENTIAL PALACE 1950-1965

• Main Author: RAHAYU NIM : 27015001 , POPPY
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/23681
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Lee Man Fong is an artist who migrated to the Indies in the 1930s. Like most other diasporas, he has the urge to assimilate into local social and cultural structures. This can bee seen in his efforts in building his career as an artist while maintaining the understanding and values he previously brought, which is to present the aesthetics of Chinese Painting in his works. Through his artistic activities, Lee Man Fong was eventually appointed as the Painter Presidential Palace in 1961. The research formulates the issues surrounding Lee Man Fong's diaspora activities in terms of the aesthetic values contained in his paintings. <br /> <br /> <br /> This research used qualitative methodology in its literature study and collecting data in the form of relevant explanation. The concept of Chinese Diaspora theory, Chinese Painting aesthetics, mimetic tendencies in work, and the method of Art Criticism are a number of theoretical frameworks applied to his research samples. The limitations of the problems specified in the sampling are Lee Man Fong's paintings in the 1950-1965 Presidential Palace consisting collection of 16 pieces, which is also documented in "Lukisan-lukisan dan Patung-patung Koleksi Presiden Soekarno" published in 1964. In the final result, The conclusion obtained is an explanation between the relation of aesthetic values to his paintings to the identity of diaspora Chinese held by Lee Man Fong. <br /> <br /> <br /> As an artist with a Chinese diaspora background, Lee Man Fong implements his aesthetic knowledge based on traditional Chinese teachings in his works. However, the awareness of the diaspora's identity is one of the directions in positioning himself as an individual who has its own place in the development of his career as an artist, by bringing the original culture and lifestyle tailored to the patterns learned on the land of his arrival.