ISI Denpasar to hold joint exhibition

ISI Denpasar to hold joint exhibition

YOGYAKARTA: As many as 39 lecturers and three students from the Indonesian Institute of Fine Arts (ISI) Denpasar are to hold a joint fine arts exhibition titled Jejak Tradisi dalam Ekspresi Modern II at H. Widayat Museum, Kota Mungkid, Magelang, Central Java, from Sept. 5 to Sept. 12, 2004.

Speaking at a media conference held here in Yogyakarta, Head of the Fine Arts Department of ISI Denpasar's School of Fine Arts and Design I Wayan Karja, who is also coordinator of the exhibition, said that some 74 different works of art, including paintings, sculpture, photographs and ceramics, would be exhibited at the week-long exhibition.

"It's being held as a way of showing our responsibility to the public that, while giving lectures to students, we also still manage to continue to create works of art," Karja said, adding that the exhibition was also a part of a department annual event that started last year.

The first exhibition held outside Bali was in December last year at Taman Budaya Yogyakarta Societet Building. The next is scheduled for next month in the East Java town, Malang.

"We're lucky that this year we can hold two exhibitions outside Bali," said Karja, adding that next year's event would likely be held in Jakarta, while that for 2006 would be held in the West Java capital city, Bandung. -- JP