Sadikin Pard Paints Using Mouth and Feet Accompanied by Kuda Lumping Music, Making Visitors Watch

Kapanlagi.com - Artist Sadikin Pard (54) demonstrated for about two hours painting accompanied by traditional jaranan music. The artist, who paints with his mouth and feet, was also accompanied by the actions of kuda lumping dancers as he brushed his brush.

Sadikin Pard collaborated with artists from the jaranan pegon group Satria Taruna Aji. A series of dances and songs accompanied by gamelan music were presented while the disabled artist painted on Idjen Boulevard in Malang City.

Meanwhile, Sadikin himself was seen seriously using his mouth and feet to paint, and occasionally using his body as a brush to apply paint on the canvas. He was absorbed in his artwork, seemingly unconcerned about the paint on his chest and clothes.

Sadikin Pard's performance attracted visitors of Car Free Day along Idjen Boulevard in Malang City. Some of them formed a circle and enjoyed the collaboration of these two art worlds.

1. Formation of Warok Paintings

It didn't take long for Sadikin's painting to take shape, namely in the form of warok or figures in the jaranan or reog performing arts.

"Painting should ideally have entertainment or appeal. Painting is not only done at home but also in the community, which may provide entertainment attractions," said Sadikin, on Sunday (23/2).

The entertainment attraction is considered to provide added value, so that artists not only create, but also provide education, entertainment, and so on to the community.

2. Collaboration with Other Artists

Sadikin also admitted to having collaborated with other artists in several cities and received a warm response from the community.

"Usually I collaborate with painters, but this time I collaborated with jaranan. Previously, I have also collaborated with musicians who can entertain the community," he said.

According to Sadikin, the creative process of an artist will enhance the value and appeal of an artwork. Even an artwork, if collaborated well and synergistically, will change the wrong perception of the community towards artists.

"The community will not say that artists are useless people, artists are eliminated, and so on. That becomes the appeal, so that the works are not only valued for their quality but also for their entertainment. That's the added value," said the artist born on October 29, 1966.

3. Born as a Disabled Person

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This artist from Sawojajar, Malang City, was born as a disabled person without hands. Therefore, he paints using his mouth, feet, and other parts of his body.

Sadikin Pard is known as an impressionist painter who started creating art since childhood. His skills continue to be honed and his works are widely collected.

This father of two often sends his works to the Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists (AMFPA) in Switzerland. He even attends the congress representing Indonesia, which has 9 artists similar to him, every year.

Sadikin's daily life also involves managing his painting studio on Jalan Selat Sunda Raya D1/40B, Malang City. During collaborations, some of his mentored painters also paint at the location.

(kpl/dar/nda)