THE UNIQUENESS OF

SURABAYA'S VISUAL ART

Visual Art 1

By Marcella 6A, Aldo 6B, Michelle 6B, and Kevin Jett 6C

INTRODUCTION

On Friday, we went outing and visited 2 places which is Balai Pemuda and

Surabaya gift shop Gae Koen Thok. Finally we categorized Surabaya visual art into

Logos

Clothes

Paintings

Handcrafts

Statues

LOGOS

One of visual art type is logo. Basically the logo is used to mark

identity of organizations, schools, companies, and government.

Mostly the logos we found in Surabaya use icons Sura and Baya (shark

and crocodile) and Tugu Pahlawan monument. These make them

unique because logos are always persistent that they always think that

when there is Tugu Pahlawan it is always in Surabaya. That what

makes them unique.

LOGO 1&2

LOGO 3&4

LOGO 5&6

LOGO 7&8

PAINTINGS

Mr. M Sochieb

MR. M SOCHIEB

One of the greatest painter in Surabaya is Mr. M. Sochieb. The

themes of his paintings are unique because he showed the spirit of

Surabaya citizen against the Dutch colonialist during the war on 10

November 1945. In 1965 he started his exhibition. Every time he has

an exhibition, he starts it on 10 November. No one exactly know his

reason.

This painting describes when

Surabaya‟s youth climbed Yamato

hotel ( now Majapahit Hotel) to rip

the part of Dutch flag which is blue

color.

This painting shows that Mr. Sochieb

wanted to tell that war without

strategy is a waste can cause death

without meaning. We are aware of his

own strength. Enemy ambush, seized

the fortress.

In this painting Mr. Sochieb wanted

to tell that the war has cost human

values , destruction, misery and death.

Although all gone in waste however,

for the right of free land, there are

still requirements without sacrifice,

namely: "The Way of Peace"

CLOTHES

Kinds of clothes in Surabaya’s visual art are Udeng , Modern T-Shirt, and kebaya

(traditional dress)

T-SHIRT (MODERN) This is a sample of modern T-Shirt

that we found in Gae Koen Thok.

The design uses cartoon that

represents the ingredients of „rujak

cingur‟ which is a traditional salad

originally from Surabaya. It makes

this t-shirt unique because all of

the ingredients are drawn in

cartoon and they add smiley faces

in each of the cartoon they draw.

Adding wording also important.

UDENG (TRADITIONAL)This unique hat from surabaya is called „ Udeng‟

and originally design from Surabaya. It shows

Surabaya‟s identity because of the color, design, and

motif.

The characteristics :

• It has the typical triangle behind the hat which

make it unique and different from other

traditional hats such as Jogjakarta and Surakarta‟s

hats.

• It uses one type of color

• In formal ceremonies which held by Surabaya‟s

government, „Udeng‟ is worn.

KEBAYAThis is a traditional cloth for Surabaya‟s

girl. It is simple, just sarong Batik

(bottom) with Kebaya (top). The top

they wear is made of colorful cotton

fabric and decorated by handmade lace.

The batik motif is taken from original

Surabaya‟s motif such as „Sawunggaling

motif ‟ (roaster) and little bit influenced

by Madura‟s batik which has flowers and

birds motifs. This is unique because of

the handmade lace that is for the girls

top and the batik motif that has been

influenced by Madura‟s batik.

HANDCRAFTS

(SOUVENIRS)

KEY CHAINSThese key chains are souvenirs to

promote Surabaya which use many kinds

of Surabaya‟s symbols and historical

events, such as „Semanggi‟ leaves, old

Surabaya‟s logo, and the speech of Bung

Tomo (one of Surabaya‟s hero). These

are unique because can make people

remember the importance of historical

building, events, and symbols.

SOUVENIRS (MODERN)This is a sample of souvenirs that is

useful to promote Surabaya. It is a

glass that uses glass that can broke

easily. It uses many motifs like Suro

and Boyo symbol to promote

Surabaya. People usually buy it to

remember their trip to Surabaya. This

is unique because this glass use Suro

and Boyo symbol but instead of the

real one they modified into their own

logo.

WOOD HANDCRAFT

This is one of the famous

Wood handcraft in Surabaya. This

wood handcraft started to be

famous around 1.5 years ago. This

craft even has influence Jogja craft.

This is unique because it shows

about Surabaya‟s citizens daily

activities and it shows their

clothes.

STATUES

Tugu Pahlawan, jalesvev jayamahe, Suro dan Boyo , Joko Dolok

TUGU PAHLAWANTugu pahlawan is another famous

monumental statue that represents

historical of Surabaya which allows

people to remember how the youth of

Surabaya defended their city from

Dutch attack on 10th November 1945.

Recently this Surabaya‟s icon is used for

batik motif. It is another statue that

defines Surabaya after The Suro and

Boyo statue. People usually went to Tugu

Pahlawan Monument Surabaya to know

more about Surabaya „s history in the

past.

JALESVEVA_JAYAMAHEWe can find this Jaleveva Jayamahe monument

in the port of Tanjung Perak Surabaya.

Monument of Jalesveva Jayamahe taken away

from TNI AL motto that means, "In the sea we

are glorious” that symbolizes the power of

Indonesia‟s maritime army that protect the

ocean territory of Indonesia. The other meaning

of this statue figure is as the readiness symbol to

receive the devotion one to another generation.

This monument is a statue as high as 30,6

meters, which sustained by a building as high as

30 meters, designed by Nyoman Nuarta, the

famous artists from Bali. That is why this statue

is unique.

SURO DAN BOYO

This is a very famous statue that defines

Surabaya. Based on the information, this

symbol has been changed 3 times up to

now. Is is made from brink, rock and

cement. You can find this near the zoo in

Surabaya. People usually take pictures and

directly went to the zoo if it is holiday.

This statue is unique because it make

people remember the Surabaya‟s legend.

JOKO DOLOGA STATUE INFORM OF BUDDHA

FROM 13TH CENTURY.

Joko Dolog is a buddhist statue built in

the year 1289 to honor the funeral of

King Kertanegara. It is believed to be

carried to Surabaya 300 years ago. In

front of the statue there is a big stone

with Javanese literature containing the

inscription of Joko Dolog. It can be

found on Taman Aspari street. This

unique because of historical value.

SEMANGGI BATIK

SURABAYA

This is one of unique batik from

Surabaya. The motif used are

Semanggi leaves and a famous icon

which is Suro and Boyo are fighting. It

doesn't use many colors like Madura‟s

batik but Surabaya‟s batik

characteristic is only use one theme of

bright color.

BATIK MANGROVEThis is a special batik motif-based of mangroves

so we called it "Batik Mangrove“. The color that

been used for this Batik is more of bright colors

like orange, yellow, red, purple and brown in

general. Batik mangrove has a specific designs

with the motif of flora and fauna that live in the

mangrove ecosystem like leaves, flowers, fruits,

as well as animals like fish, crabs and shrimp.

Each motif of mangrove comes with different

name based on the motif in specific.

The characteristic of this type of visual art is

they used small motif and repeat it more than

usual batik.

THE IMPORTANCE OF

SURABAYA‟S VISUAL ART

ANALYZING - LALA

We didn‟t find much info about Surabaya visual art that really comes from Surabaya. But me

and my group notices, Surabaya‟s visual arts use elements of art, such as one theme of color ,

lines and shapes especially wavy, straight and rectangles. Nowadays Surabaya has been using the

icons Tugu Pahlawan monument as a symbol and surrounded by Semanggi leaves which

originally represent Surabaya.

Right now there is very rare painters that paint particular Surabaya‟s icon such as Suro and

Boyo statue, Tugu Pahlawan, Semanggi leaves, but the painting styles mostly are abstract. Most

of Surabaya‟s visual art we found in many art galleries are influenced by other‟s city culture,

such as Jogjakarta and Madura. Overall, the importance of Surabaya‟s visual art is to define and

show the identity of Surabaya. The number of visual art in Surabaya is limited that is why we

need to help promote.

ANALYZING-ALDO

.Surabaya visual art is important because it really shows the culture of

Surabaya and it can represent Surabaya. Actually we from our excursion

we find some new Surabaya tradition. For example udeng and semanggi.

When we have found that tradition of Surabaya we start searching the

information of another visual art. Like paintings we find painter M

Sochieb. He painted a painting about Surabaya war. We want to find

information or other visual art that can attract other people to come to

Surabaya and to see the visual art in Surabaya.

ANALYZING-MICHELLE

Surabaya‟s visual art is important because preserving our visual art

can allow our visual art couldn‟t be taken by other country. That is

why we should create more because it can attract many tourists and

visitors to go to Surabaya. So they can remember the beauty of

Surabaya.

ANALYZING - KEVIN

I think Surabaya‟s visual art is important for me. It is important to

attract people attention to love Surabaya city and know that Surabaya

is rich of cultural tradition. Surabaya‟s visual art is different from

other city because of the materials are used. They use many different

symbols and the famous one is Suro and Boyo symbol.

CONCLUSION

Surabaya has visual art although the forms of visual art up to now are not as many as

Bali or Jogjakarta. We assume by visual art, we all can help promoting Surabaya so our

city would be defined easily and be different obviously from other cities. Another

importance of Surabaya‟s visual art is to have what we called „city identity „which allow us

being proud of Surabaya. People can modify the forms of visual art but the point of

modification is not only to make it better but also to create new symbols that represents

Surabaya‟s identity which can rise being proud of Surabaya. This can make people who

live or visit Surabaya remember that Surabaya is a heroic city , Maritime Army based

camp, and unique cultural city. From now on, we should improve and promote more by

designing and promoting Surabaya‟s visual art to other city.