Amorf-scape Bandung Modern Ceramic Art
As an artistic practice free from tradition and characterised as individual expression, ceramic art emerged in Indonesia in 1963 through the institution of art education at ITB (Bandung Institute of Technology), Bandung.
In contrast to ceramic art education in general in other countries, the emergence of ITB ceramic art is not linked to history, taking as an example that it preserve and develop the local ceramic tradition. It is also detached from the orientation of a certain interest group, such as the insistence on the development of a ceramic industry. Such conditions support the argument that the ITB ceramic art practice was in line with the principle of modern art as its aesthetical orientation.
Historically, Bandung became a center of visual art development in Indonesia and is popular for its distinctive aesthetic approach known as Mazhab Bandung (Bandung School).
Visual Art at ITB is the oldest tertiary education in Indonesia which was founded in 1947 by two Dutch men Simon Admiraal and Ries Mulder, along with Syafe’iSoemardja, an Indonesian. It began as Balai Pendidikan Universiter Guru Gambar (University for Art Teacher Training Course), a part of the (Faculty of Science and Technology) at Indonesia University, vhich was then changed into Department of Planning and Art in 1959.
