THE ROLE OF RASTIKA’S GLASS PAINTING AS A UNIQUE ARTWORK IN SUPPORTING TOURISM IN CIREBON

Abstract

The Cirebon glass painting is a traditional artwork which showed how several cultures such as Chinese, Islam, and Hindu combined as one. Rastika is a glass painting pioneer from Cirebon has shown how the object variation, background development, and calligraphy in his artwork. His glass painting serves the beauty of itself and he has reformed traditional themes in glass paintings. This is an art involving design, style, theme, and the pattern, that always growth, renewal, and friction, so that it produces a new and prim painting technique. A combination of rocks and clouds and that of a dragon, which are quite often found in Cirebon's glass paintings, are also evident in his creations. The color harmony suggests western nuances, which are obviously the outcome of his wide acquaintanceship with fine art academics. Rastika has produced lots of glass painting, producing the classic and modern classic theme and pattern. This research was conducted to introduce Rastika’s glass painting as a unique artwork and to find out the role of it to support the tourism part in Cirebon. Keywords: Rastika’s glass painting, artwork, culture, tourism