Paintings shown for Australian Day

JAKARTA: To commemorate the anniversary of Australia, which falls on Jan. 26, the Australian Alumni Association and the Australia Indonesia Institute are cooperating with Prime Global Link Pty. Ltd. to stage a painting exhibition.

The Friendship through Art exhibition will be officially opened on Jan. 28 and will continue until Feb. 3 at the lobby of the Gran Melia Hotel on Jl. HR Rasuna Said, South Jakarta.

The Australian Embassy Jakarta Counsellor for Cultural Affairs, Geoffrey Leach, said in a release Tuesday that the exhibition, which will display 70 paintings, was the second following the successful initial show at the World Trade Center on Jl. Jend. Sudirman, Central Jakarta, last year.

Among the painters are Sumadi S. (formerly Indonesian Ambassador to Mexico), Totong R. Oesman, Sugiapto Trisna of Indonesia and Michael J. Summers, Nelson Nurse and Todd J. Cutten of Australia. -- JP