Widayat holds solo exhibition

JAKARTA (JP): Noted painter Widayat, who turned 77 on March 23, is scheduled to hold a solo exhibition at Galeri Santi, Jl. Benda No. 4 in Kemang, South Jakarta.

The display is scheduled to be opened by local tycoon James Riady and painting collector Oei Hong Djien on April 30.

The exhibition will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. everyday until May 12.

Widayat, regarded by some as the country's most prominent painter after Affandi, will feature 50 of his oils, watercolors, acrylics and drawings.

The exhibition will also commemorate the second anniversary of the Widayat Museum in the village of Mungkid, Borobudur, Central Java.

The Yogyakarta-based Widayat has received eight awards for his contribution to the arts. He has held several solo exhibitions abroad since the 1960s. (sur)