Chinese artist's work on display

Chinese artist's work on display

JAKARTA: Liu Guo, a 46-year-old noted Chinese painter, will
stage his first solo painting exhibition at Crowne Plaza hotel on
Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto, Central Jakarta, from May 20 to May 29.

The exhibition, titled Spirit Art of China, will feature Liu's
landscape paintings on paper using Chinese ink. Most of the
paintings depict the mountains, rivers and forests of his
homeland.

"Painting natural scenes is my attempt to memorize the beauty
of nature, which has now been severely destroyed by reckless
human hands," he said.

Vanessa Sutanto of the Vanessa Art House, who organized the
exhibition, said the program was part of an exchange of
experience and knowledge between artists from Asian countries.

"In the near future, we'll also organize an exhibition of the
work of Malaysian artist Ting Cho Chien," she said.

The exhibition will be opened by Barli Sasmitawinata, a senior
Indonesian artist. -- JP