Abstract:
The life of the river community in South Kalimantan with the dynamics
that surround it over time has undergone a cultural transformation. The
cultural transformation that is sometimes so fast makes the orientation of
the people change too. These changes are recorded and illustrated in the
works of painters from South Kalimantan through scratches on canvas.
This research has the aim of being an inventory as well as an insight into
the meaning behind river paintings in South Kalimantan as a
representation of past communities. The historical method is used to
explore data and facts from events left by historical actors, both in the
form of writing, paintings, and relics that they have used. Changes in the
people of South Kalimantan can be seen or traced through historical
research. The results of this study can clearly describe the social reality
and beauty of the river communities in South Kalimantan which have
changed through the painter's strokes in pictures from time to time. This
reality can provide a new understanding of painting as an aesthetic
portrait of the traces of the past. Thus, river painting in South Kalimantan
can be viewed from various aspects, one of which is through its
historiography.
Keywords:
River; Culture
Transformation;
Painting; History
