Champion expression from Solo

The idea of “champion” is visualized in the figure of rooster.

Twenty six paintings on the canvas describes a rooster in several poses and expressions. Sulistyo, 39 years old, an alumnus of Institut Kesenian Jakarta, exhibited his painting with theme driven by his concerned about Indonesian condition which is in his opinion ever be “champion” in South-East Asia, but now is drowning in bewilderment. Corruption and crisis make all dignities disappear.

According to curator, Sulistyo’s painting shows a clear image structure. Some of them are determined as foreground, figure or “subject matter. In other paintings, it shows an image of background in the making of showing firm relation on the “subject matter” supported

The painting of “cross The Limit” describes a white furry rooster in standing position. In front of the rooster, there is a yellow color like flaming ember and black and white stripe at the back. “Dance with the Dragon” describes a black-red furry roster in flying expression. Beside the rooster, there is a dragon in flying formation. The composition of both animal act as if they were chasing something before them.

In politic and business arena, we identify the cunning of actors. Sulistyo describes a tricky rooster using knife tightened on its foot in the “Secret Weapons”. Rooster is described in the position of flapping wings and foot ready to attack its enemy.

Even though all roosters are visualized in active pose, there is no fighting and bloodshed. Even there are several roosters visualized not fighting, only side by side on a canvas. Sulistyo’s imagination on champion who can fly like airplane is visualized in the painting of “Fight on The Sky”. This painting describes a rooster riding airplane to the sky

Sulityo does not show the enemy of the rooster. The philosophy is “the hardest fighting is to fight ourselves,” he replied. To paint this rooster in details and approaching to the real figure, Sulistyo makes an observation on his roosters raised in Surakarta. “I am interested in rooster since long time ago” he remarked.