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Iwan Tirta: Introducing Indonesia's Royal Art to the World (cont.) |
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Nelson Mandela in batik when
he met George Bush in the Oval room.
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Both Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton have worn Iwan Tirta batik shirts on formal state occasions.
And mostly recently, Iwan Tirta was asked to design batik attires for George W. Bush and his wife.
In fact, Nelson Mandela was also so charmed with batik that he considered his Iwan Tirta shirts as de rigueur.
He insisted on foregoing the traditional morning coat in favor of a batik shirt when he was called by Queen Elizabeth II
at Buckingham Palace. Nelson Mandela also wore batik when he met the elder George Bush in the Oval room in Washington, D.C.
Politicians were not the only fans of Iwan Tirta batik, International celebrities like Roger Moore was also inspired
by his masterpieces of Indonesian royal art.
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Roger Moore and Iwan Tirta. |
Iwan Tirta's fashion shows were staged in world's most fashionable cities such as Singapore, Tokyo, Sydney, Paris,
Rio de Janeiro and New York.
Iwan Tirta's beautiful painted cloths and paintings are equally at home in fine stores and boutiques as they are in
the collection of some of the world's leading museums.
Many awards were granted for Iwan Tirta's efforts in preserving the Indonesian culture. In March 1982, on his 46th birthday,
he was honored by K.G.P.A.A. Mangkunegoro VIII of Solo with a royal status and name: Kanjeng Raden Haryo Hamijoyo.
He also received the award of Upakarti from President Soeharto in 1990, the Adikarya Wisata
from Jakarta Municipal Government in 1992, the Adikarya Pariwisata from President Soeharto in 1995
and the Anugerah Kebudayaan from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in 2004.
(Extracted from: Tirta, Iwan, Batik: A Play of Light and Shades, Jakarta: Gaya Favorite Press, 1996)
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