Five local paintings in international event

Five local paintings in international event

JP/Aendra H. Medita

BANDUNG (JP): Five paintings by local artists, which have been selected for an international competition in London in May, are on display at the Galeri Hidayat in Bandung until Saturday.

The paintings, with the theme My Country in the Year 2000, are exhibited along with the works of 40 finalists of the competition sponsored by paint company Winsor & Newton.

The five works are Rak Otak, Pikiran Manusia Pasca Millennium 2000 (Brain Shelves, Post-Millenium Human Mind) by Irman A. Rahman (Bandung), No U-turn by Astari Rasjid (Jakarta), Star Wars are Still Raging by Yudhis C. Hendrianto (Jakarta), Lull after Storm II by I Nyoman Kardana (Bali) and Kentut Kesembuhan (Healing Fart) by Moh. Azhar Shodiq (Yogyakarta).

About 70 artists from throughout the country took part in the competition.

"There are many unknown painters among the participants, but their works show strength," said Jim Supangkat, chairman of the panel of judges.

"A similarity among the works with Indonesian fine art of the 1990s is the tendency to use popular symbols for expression," he said, explaining that most of the works focus on the current social condition.