Islamic artists go to Italy

Islamic artists go to Italy

JAKARTA (JP): Three Indonesian artists and a curator will take
part in the Biennale Venezia international art exhibition in
Italy from June 14 to November.

The three artists are Anusapati, Setiawan Sabana and
Hendrawan. The art curator is A.D. Pirous.

The five-month exhibition, jointly sponsored by the
Rockefeller Foundation and the Aga Khan Trust, focuses on
contemporary Islamic art.

The exhibition called Modernities and memories, pluralism and
its cultural expression will display the works of 15 artists from
Islamic countries including Iraq, Aljazair, Egypt, Pakistan,
Morocco, Turkey and Indonesia. The exhibition will reflect
Islamic works of the l990s. (raw)