Like shadow puppetry, Kamasan painting used the ancient epics and ... a chance to find a book and learn about traditional Balinese artists, or about who the Balinese masters were.” ...

In the great tradition of Balinese art, nature and life are intertwined. “When painting, I look for signs in nature,” continues Kenyem. “A falling leaf, a branch curling. It’s a way of god ...

followed by four years studying painting at the Academy of Indonesian Fine Art (ASRI) in Yogyakarta. In 1970, aged 21, Sika along with pioneering Balinese modernist Nyoman Gunarsa (1944-2017 ...

Finding top quality traditional Balinese art is not easy. 'By nature, the time-consuming work process severely limits the number of paintings being made,' Groot says. 'Also, the enormous amount of ...

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Artist Matthew Sleeth will display the paintings of Bali Nine death row inmate Myuran Sukumaran. Picture: Chris Pavlich Their Australian lawyer Julian McMahon said that Sukumaran had used his art ...

Like shadow puppetry, Kamasan painting used the ancient epics and ... Her work also serves to reclaim Balinese art history. Sasmita sees the violent Dutch occupation of Bali in 1908 as altering ...