Counting down - Pioneers of Balinese Painting

			Museum Puri Lukisan presents Pioneers of Balinese Painting July 14 – September 12, 2008 Exhibitions open daily from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

The Puri Lukisan Museum
is celebrating its 50th anniversary. First open to public on January 31, 1956,
it is the oldest art museum in Ubud. To mark a half-century of accomplishments,
the museum is hosting three important exhibitions during the Summer of 2008,
with the grand opening on July 14 2008:

The Pitamaha Exhibition
Drawing from the core collection of the Puri Lukisan Museum, this exhibition
presents an overview of the development of Balinese painting and woodcarving
over the past 100 years. It exhibits works of art rooted in the Wayang tradition,
through the transition to modernity in the 1930s, and its further development today.

The Ida Bagus Made Exhibition
Featuring paintings from the estate of maestro Ida Bagus Made Poleng,
one of the original members of Pitamaha and student of Rudolf Bonnet,
this exhibition celebrates the visual artistry of one of the foremost painters of Ubud.
In 2000, following the artist’s last wish, the widow of Ida Bagus Made loaned
about 100 paintings from the artist’s private collection to the
Puri Lukisan Museum. Fifty of these paintings will be presented to
the public for the first time. This exhibition is accompanied
by a catalog: “Ida Bagus Made – the Art of Devotion” co-authored
by Prof. Kaja McGowan ( Cornell University, USA), Prof. Adrian Vickers
( University of Sydney, Australia), Soemantri Widagdo, and Prof. Benedict Anderson
(Cornell University, USA)