- Address: Jl. Laksda Adisucipto No.167, Caturtunggal, Kec. Depok, Kabupaten Sleman, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
- Contact phone: +62 274 562593
- Website: affandi.org
- Year of museum opening: 1962
- Ticket price: $ 1.5 - adult ticket, $ 3.75 - adult, children and students - $ 0.75.
- Opening hours: daily, from 9:00 to 16:00, except weekends and holidays
The Affandi Museum is a very interesting place for both art lovers and everyone who wants to get acquainted with the culture of Indonesia , whose vivid representative is the artist-expressionist Afandi Kusuma.
Location:
The building of the Affandi Museum is located on the bank of the Gajah Vong River, 6 km east of the center of Yogyakarta on the island of Java in Indonesia.
Who is Affandi?
The Indonesian artist Affandi Kusuma (ind., Affandi Koesoema) is one of the greatest creators of his country. He was widely recognized and known far beyond Indonesia . Affandi wrote in the style of expressionism, embodying independently studied techniques of European masters of painting and combining them with the Indonesian motifs of the theater of Vayang.
The future artist was born in 1907 in the city of Cirebon. In 1947 he headed the association "People's Artists", and five years later founded the Union of Artists of Indonesia. The peculiarity of the master's performance was that he painted pictures not with a brush, but with a tube of paint, which gives his works volume and helps express the author's special mood. The technique was discovered by accident, when the master could not find a pencil and drew a line on the canvas with a tube.
His unique style of Affandi was used for the first time in the film "The First Grandson" (Carrying the First Grandchild, 1953). This technique brought him popularity and helped to reveal inner feelings, to bring a zest to performing skills. This brought him fame and put it on a par with Van Gogh and some Impressionists, in which Affandi studied (Goya, Bosch, Botticelli, etc.).
History of the museum
Earlier the building of the present museum was the house that Kusuma Affandi himself designed. In Yogyakarta, he lived since 1945, acquired a site here in which, in the early 60's. XX century was built gallery. Later the museum complex of Affandi expanded to 4 galleries. After the death of the artist (he is buried here, on the territory of the museum, according to the will), his daughter Kartika began to manage the museum and the Afandi Cultural Foundation. Currently, the house is about 250 works by the painter himself, as well as the works of his relatives.
What is interesting about the Affandi museum?
Outwardly, the house-museum looks very interesting. Above one of the buildings, the roof is made in the form of a banana leaf with three divergent roots, which recalls the case when the artist covered his sheet with such a sheet during the beginning of the rain.
In the exposition of the museum, tourists will be able to see about 2.5 hundred pictures of Affandi, including self-portraits and portraits of his wife in different years of life, landscapes of Indonesian nature (the artist's special attention is focused on the Merapi volcano). Most of the works convey an atmosphere of life and life of Indonesians. There are also paintings by other artists, including the wife and daughter of Affandi.
In addition to paintings, the museum presents the personal use of the artist, including cars and bicycles. After the tour you can relax in a small cafe on the territory of the museum complex. As a surprise, all guests of the cafeteria are offered free ice cream.
How to get there?
To visit the Affandi Museum, you need to take the 1A bus from the main street of Jogjakarta - Jalan Malioboro. The buses Transjogja routes 1B and 4B also follow the destination. An alternative option is to take a taxi (Uber, Grab and Gojek).