Connection Visual Style of Artwork with Habitus and the Esthetic Flavor (A Case Study of Beber Drawing by Soegeng Toekio)

Abstract

This article discusses the relationship between the visual style of a work of art and the habitus and aesthetic flavor of its creator with a detailed case study by Soegeng Toekio. The theory used is Bourdieu's theory of habitus and distinction. Habitus is a mental or cognitive structure with which people relate to the social world. This theory is used to determine the habitus of Soegeng Toekio having to trace the process of individual transplantation (processes of inculcations) from his childhood to adulthood. The focus of this research is on Soegeng Toekio as a child in the realm of the family, while studying at ITB and while working at the ASKI Surakarta Art Workshop (BKSR). This focus was chosen because it is very important, Soegeng Toekio, who studied art formally at FSRD ITB Bandung with the ideology of western art, but his paintings have traditional nuances.This research uses qualitative methods with descriptive design and qualitative analysis methods, which are presented descriptively with a descriptive-analytic approach. Data analysis activities as disclosed include three elements, namely data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing.The result of this research is that Soegeng Toekio's beber picture characters are formed from the habitus of Soegeng Toekio since he was in the first grade at the People's School while living with his grandmother who forced him to watch the wayang wong performance at the Sri Murni building in the Kesambi area of Bandung. From there he got to know Javanese cultural arts, especially wayang wong until he worked at the Fine Arts Workshop (BKSR).

Keywords: soegeng toekio, visual style, habitus, esthetic flavor

DOI: 10.7176/ADS/87-01

Publication date: November 30^th 2020