ARBY SAMAH : MAESTRO SENI PATUNG ABSTRAK DI INDONESIA

AbstrakPenelitian ini membahas tentang penelusuran Arby Samah yang dikenal sebagai pelopor seni patung abstrak di Indonesia, serta mengungkap alasan Arby Samah memilih berkarya patung. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui sosok Arby Samah sebagai perintis seni patung abstrak di Indonesia, dan sangat berjasa dalam perkembangan seni patung di Indonesia serta Sumatera Barat khususnya. Kajian teori menggunakan seleksi dan fokus gejala berdasarkan jiwa zaman, menitikberatkan pada perspektif historis mempunyai dua dimensi: aspek masa kini, dan Aspek masa lampau. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah kualitatif dengan pendekatan deskriptif analisis. Adapun teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui teknik observasi lapangan dan wawancara, pengambilan dokumen yang terkait. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Arby Samah berkarya seni patung abstrak dilatarbelakangi oleh  faktor: 1) Budaya di Sumatera Barat yang membuat seni patung sulit berkembang. 2) Adat di Sumatera Barat yang mengikat setiap ruang gerak masyarakatnya. 3) Masyarakat di Sumatera Barat mayoritas memeluk Islam yang sangat mengikat dengan hadis dan Al-quran yang melarang membuat patung dalam wujud realis.Kata Kunci: arby samah, patung abstrak, budaya.AbstractThis research discussed about a person namely as Arby Samah that has known as a pioneer of art sculpture in Indonesia, it was also to reveal the reason of Arby Samah why choosing sculpture as his work of art. The aim of the research was too see the figure of Arby Samah as a pioneer of art sculpture in Indonesia, and also his contribution to the growth of art sculpture in indonesia especially in west sumatera province. Theory of the research used  the selection and observation of the nature symptom. This research focused to the historic perspective that consist of two dimensions, present aspect and past aspect. The method that used in this research was qualitative with descriptive analysis approach. The technique that used in collecting data were field observation, interview and taking the related documents. The result showed that when in producing abstract art sculpture, Arby Samah was influenced by factors: 1) West Sumatera culture that made art sculpture  difficult to growth. 2) the tight tradition or the custom of West sumatera, it limited the people to create art sculpture. 3) Islam is the majority religion of the people in west sumatera were in Al Qur™an and Al Hadist has stated that creating sculpture in realist form was prohibited.  Keywords: arby samah, abstract sculpture, culture.