A wide range of antique, new and vintage figurative sculptures has been made over the years by both well-known and emerging artists, and these pieces can prove striking and provocative as part of your home decor. However, sculptures that are considered to be figurative in style can definitely be inclusive of abstract elements. "But because there is an internal conflict in terms of management of the temple as a foundation,” no IMB was issued.Figurative sculpture is a modern art form in which artists create work that is typically representative of the visible world. “Every building in Tuban must have an IMB," Abu Cholifah said. If there is any issue with the statue, Abu Cholifah said, it is that the local government failed to issue a building permit before it was erected. As far as the people of Tuban, no one is politicizing the statue." “I think politicized the issue for their own interests. “The people of Tuban, actually, have no problem with it, because the statue has been there for some time,” said Abu Cholifah. The 30-meter statue at the Kwan Seng Bio temple in Tuban, East Java drew outside protesters earlier this week who contended the image of the Chinese warrior god - who protects against war - does not represent Indonesian culture.Ību Cholifah, a member of the Tuban Regency Legislative Body, said the debate about the Tuban temple statue was an effort by outsiders who wanted to turn a statue of a Chinese god into a political issue in a nation with a long history of persecuting the Chinese community. That's what we worship, not the war, no.” “What we worship and respect is what he symbolizes - loyalty, our loyalty to humanity - and he defends justice. “They misunderstood and thought the statue is of a general, that we worship a war general, but that’s not true,” said Gatot Santosom. The chairman of the Regional Association of Chinese-Indonesians in East Java, Gatot Santosom, said the Tuban protest was based on a lack of understanding of the god depicted. This statue is so tall, it’s as if the god of war has taken over Tuban, and we can’t allow that!” “Maybe it should be a maximum of two meters, and inside the temple, if it is a memorial.
“If they want to make a memorial statue, it should not be that high,” he said. The enormous figure has dominated the local landscape since it was unveiled in July by Zulkifli Hasan, chairman of the People's Consultative Body, who told local media he hoped the statue would become a tourist attraction. The protest over the statue of the Chinese god comes during a time of religious tension in Indonesia.Īn Islamic group member covers his face with Hizbut Tahrir flag during a protest against the decree allowing the government to disband organizations deemed to run counter to the secular state, in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 28, 2017.ĭidik Muadi, who coordinated the Tuban protest, told local media that many consider the statue an insult to Indonesia. And a local official said the only problem with the statue is that it lacks a building permit, a snafu caused by an internal dispute at the temple. Local Chinese Indonesians, a minority in the world’s most populous Muslim nation, contend the protesters do not understand that the Confucian god marshals people against war. The brightly colored, 30-meter-tall statue at the Kwan Seng Bio temple in Tuban, East Java, is now draped in cloth.
Dozens of people from East Java community organizations rallied in Surabaya on Monday, demanding that a statue of a Chinese god be demolished.Ĭlaiming the representation of a warrior god known variously as Kwan Sing Tee Koen, Kwan Kong, Kuan-Ti or Guan-Yu fails to reflect Indonesian culture, protesters gathered in front of the East Java Provincial Legislative Building to demand the statue’s demolition.
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