Kartika holds painting exhibition

Kartika holds painting exhibition

JAKARTA (JP): Kartika Affandi, daughter of the late Affandi,
is holding a painting exhibition at the gallery of the Ministry
of Education and Culture in Gambir, Central Jakarta, to celebrate
her 20-year career as an expressionist painter.

The exhibition of 75 works was opened Wednesday evening by
Nunus Supardi, secretary to the director general of culture at
the Ministry of Education and Culture. It will last until Aug.
13.

The displayed paintings include Kartika's latest work called
Penari dan Topengku, which tells of her desire to be a dancer,
and another work named Kepalaku Pecah, which has a goat's brain
as its model.

The exhibition also features a portrait of Kartika's late
father Affandi, known as one of Indonesia's greatest painters.

These paintings are not for sale, Kartika said at the opening
ceremony. She insisted she wants to be known through her own
works and not because she is Affandi's daughter. (05)