New gallery for young artists

New gallery for young artists

JAKARTA (JP): A new gallery intended to promote the works of
young artists, Galeri Inggil, is to open on Wednesday.

Galeri Inggil, from the Javanese word meaning "high" or
"excellent", occupies the first floor of the Wisma Paramita
building on Jl. Denpasar in Kuningan, South Jakarta. The space
was formerly the office of a bank closed down by the government.

Gallery owner Lilin Rizwan Halim said the opening would
feature an exhibition of paintings by I. Made Djirna, Yuswantoro
Adi, Supriyadi and sculptures by Dolorosa and Yani Mariani. The
exhibition will run until April 24.

The gallery was apparently a solution to Halim's problem of
where to store her vast collection of art works.

"Then came the idea of having a place to keep and show some
good paintings," she said. "So we established Galeri Inggil and
hope we will be able to present art works of good quality to the
broader community." (pan)