U.S. painter to hold solo show

JAKARTA (JP): American painter Ting Shao Kuang will hold an exhibition at the Arta Graha building, Central Jakarta, from tomorrow to May 18.

According to Agenanda Djatmika, the chief of the organizing committee, the purpose of the exhibition, which includes 45 landscape paintings of Indonesia, is to raise funds for scholarships for needy children.

The exhibition is sponsored by Yayasan Binabhakti Mandiri and P.T. Citraseni Indonesia Bagus. It will be opened by Minister of Youth and Sport Hayono Isman, Antara reported.

Ting has a keen interest in the beauty of the Orient. He has also been recognized by the United Nations as a human rights activist.

The UN announced Ting's painting Light for Human Rights as the symbol of international unity.

Another of Ting's paintings, Motherhood, was displayed at the fourth International Congress of Women in Beijing in September 1995. This painting has also become a model for stamps as recognition for his contribution to women's rights. (24)