Tantra Gallery

Description

Royal Collection Class (www.rct.uk)

This carving of a kneeling female figure was presented to The Queen by the Indonesian Ambassador to Australia during her visit to the Royal Easter Show in Sydney in 1970. The sculptor, Ida Bagus Tantra, comes from the village of Mas in the Gianyar Regency of Bali, a village well-known for its part in the development of modern wood carving.

Provenance

Presented to Queen Elizabeth II by the Indonesian Ambassador to Australia on her visit to Australia, 1970. Exhibited at the 1970 Royal Easter Show in Sydney, Australia in the Panorama of the Pacific section which marked Captain Cook's landing in Australia. The carving was made during the show by the artist and was the piece that was being worked on when Queen Elizabeth II visited the Indonesian stand.

Ida Bagus Tantra is from Mas in Gianjar Regency, Bali - a village known for its part in the development of modern Indonesian wood carving. He is one of the four sons of Ida Bagus Njana who, after working in the traditional detailed Balinese wood style, became an innovator of the new school of Balinese wood carving which emerged in the early 1950s.

Maestro

• Ida Poetu Taman
• Doyotan
• KP Rodja
• Ida Bagus Gelodog
• Ida Bagus Njana
• Ida Bagus Sadra
• Mangku Liyer
• Ida Bagus Tilem

Adventures

• Archeology Tour
• Batik Experience
• Chinese Coin Statue
• Edu Tour
• Field Study
• Kaori Dupa Workshop
• Photography Tour
• Rice Field Trek

Special Interest

• Balinese Gamelan Music
• Balinese Painting Workshop
• Balinese Dancing Lesson
• Balinese Flower Offering Lesson
• Balinese Cooking Class
• Glass Blowing Craft
• Holy Water Purification
• Healing Fire