The works of one of Bali’s most famous artists, Affandi, will be on display at the Neka museum in Ubud from August 12th - 16th 2007. Affandi was originally from Yogyakarta where a museum is dedicated to him. Here’s more from the Jakarta Post.


Affandi paintings to be displayed in Neka museum, Bali

DENPASAR (Antara): Neka Museum will display works of one of Indonesia’s most famous painters, Affandi, at Ubud, Gianyar, Bali province, from Aug. 12 to 16, 2007.

“The exhibition will show around 20 of Affandi’s paintings. The works have been obtained from art collectors in Bali and Yogyakarta,” Neka Museum Manager and founder Pande Wayan Suteja Neka said Tuesday.

The painting exhibition would be organized coinciding with the centennial commemoration of the birthday of Affandi who was born in Yogyakarta around one hundred years ago and had produced numerous paintings on Balinese social and cultural life.

Neka Museum, which was set up 25 years ago, has a collection of several of Affandi’s paintings and 218 sacred Indonesian traditional daggers. The museum has a total of 631 works of art consisting of, among other things, paintings and scupltures.