Artist Film 001 · Penestanan, Ubud
I WayanPugur
He already had a dream. Then someone showed him a larger one.
01 / Main film
The life before the picture.
A quiet documentary portrait of work, family, place and the encounter that opened another direction. The film stays close to Pugur and lets the landscape speak at its own pace.
Film · 03:36
The story / editorial draft
Pugur’s story begins in rural Penestanan, with a life shaped by work, family and the village landscape. The editorial account follows a meeting with Arie Smit and the point at which painting offered a different direction.
The change was not an instant escape from ordinary life. It was a bifurcation: the same fields, water, animals and ceremonies could now become a language—and that language could carry a life forward.
“Nothing around him changed at once. Everything ahead of him did.”
02 / Behind the film
Life around the frame.
The backstage layer keeps the camera, family, studio and village visible. Short observations replace a polished making-of narrative.
Backstage · 00:58
The image is checked before it is released.
Family remains inside the story.
A temporary cinema for a permanent work.
The landscape is not a backdrop. It is the source.
03 / Artist context
Penestanan and the Young Artists.
Pugur’s work is presented in the context of Penestanan and the group commonly described as the Young Artists. The final account will be published only after artist review and source verification.
Penestanan · Ubud
- 01artist-review
Before
A rural life shaped by work, family and village surroundings.
- 02artist-review
The encounter
A meeting with Arie Smit introduces painting as another path.
- 03artist-review
The practice
Dense scenes hold work, water, animals, markets and ceremony.
- 04draft
This chapter
Eleven original works dated between 2001 and 2020.
04 / Selected works
Paintings as living fields.
Three works open the complete series of eleven paintings.
4 selected / 11 total
