Wayang paintings on display

JAKARTA (JP): Paintings of traditional Javanese wayang (puppets) are on display at Hotel Sari Pan Pacific through Oct. 23.

The exhibition, held in cooperation with artists from the Hastara Art Community, is part of the hotel's Year of Art and Culture 1998 program.

Proceeds from the exhibition will be donated to the ailing Wayang Bharata theater in Senen, Central Jakarta.

The exhibition's paintings feature the forms of wayang kulit (leather shadow puppets), wayang golek (three dimensional wooden puppets) and wayang klitik (flat wooden shadow puppets).

The art of Javanese wayang predates the 16th century, marking the eclipse of Hindu-Buddhist culture on the island by rising Moslem states. (46)