Amateur painter gets return ticket to Peru<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): At last the bidding was fast and furious.
\nProfessor W. P. Napitupulu from UNESCO Indonesia and
\nMoyetaryanto, an advisor for Coca Cola, politely fought over the
\npainting Life in the Village by amateur artist Ayu Arista Murti.<\/p>\n
The starting bid was Rp 1.5 million (US$666.66). Not bad for a
\nsixteen-year-old high school student from Surabaya who has not
\nformally studied art but would like to be a graphic designer when
\nshe grows up.<\/p>\n
The auctioneer's hammer went down on Moyetaryanto's final bid
\nof Rp 5 million for the simplistic village scene in Gauguinesque
\ncolor.<\/p>\n
Tuesday night's auction was part of the fund-raising painting
\ncompetition \"Peru\/Indonesia: Encounter of Two Millennial
\nCultures\" organized by the Peruvian Embassy, The Women's
\nInternational Club and UNESCO Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Hayono Isman applauded
\nthe competition, which focused on similarities between Peruvian
\nand Indonesian culture.<\/p>\n
\"Hopefully, through small but strategic events such as this
\nworld culture will emerge and we will become one,\" he said.<\/p>\n
A few dozen of Jakarta's social set were at The World Trade
\nCenter to support fund-raising efforts for the needy children of
\nIndonesia. The artists, in their plain cotton outfits and
\nsandals, were easy to spot.<\/p>\n
Ayu's painting won first prize in the competition, which
\nincludes a round-trip ticket to Peru and Rp 2 million. Second
\nplace, Rp 500,000, went to Catur Bina Praseyto. Yudhis Citra
\nHendrianto took third place.<\/p>\n
Ayu said she knew a little about Peruvian culture from high
\nschool classes and that was what inspired her painting. She was
\nexcited about her trip to Peru next, year which she will take
\nwith her father.<\/p>\n
Who is her favorite artist? \"Sting,\" she answers, still
\nbreathless with excitement over taking first place over 266 other
\nentrants. No, which painter? \"Oh, Van Gogh.\"<\/p>\n
The entries cover a broad spectrum of style, medium and
\nquality ranging from surrealist to cubist, crayons to oils with
\npapier-mache and from downright awful to if-I-only-had-the-money
\nbrilliant.<\/p>\n
All the paintings entered in the competition were by amateurs
\nand will be on display in the lobby of the World Trade Center
\nuntil Friday and are all for sale, which can be arranged on the
\nspot. (mlt)<\/p>",
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