The Ubud Studio
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A Campuhan landmark for over a quarter century, Symon's Ubud Studio is the original Art Zoo.
"Danger! Art" warns the yellow road sign across the road from the Hotel Tjampuhan complex, and it is hard to ignore this ebullient studio-gallery of American-born artist Symon, with its assortment of vivacious paintings and weird artifacts suspended around the steps leading up to the entrance. Inside the gallery spaces house unconventional displays of Symon's painting, sculptures and other creations, as well as a working atelier for the artist and his assistants.
Born in 1947, Symon has lived in Bali since 1978 and is best known for his bold portraits of sensual young Balinese men, done in vivid tropical colours and often to an exaggerated scale, as in his series of Big Heads. His energetic and sometimes whimsical take on Balinese life and landscapes makes a refreshing change from the more sedate traditional views so popular with many other Ubud artists.
Art lovers from everywhere will point up that Symon's studio in Champuan, Ubud-Bali, is the hot spot to find a new pop contemporary lifestyle. You will be so happy and shocked to see so many colorful and original art things, all at whole art prices. Now is the time to get a boost of light in your trips to Bali.
To See More of Symon's Paintings
Visit Symon's Gallery