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)