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Paintings from palace collections to be exhibited in August
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The exhibition will be open to the public and will be held at the National Gallery’s Building A throughout August, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Galeri Nasional Indonesia/-)
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s part of celebrations for Independence Day, which falls on Aug. 17, the State Palace is set to organize an exhibition of historical paintings that are normally housed in six palaces across the country.
Dubbed 17/71: Goresan Juang Kemerdekaan (17/71: Painting the Struggles of Independence), the inaugural exhibition will be held at the National Gallery in Central Jakarta throughout August.
Up to 28 selected paintings from 21 artists including Raden Saleh, Affandi, S. Sudjojono, Basoeki Abdullah and Dullah, the palace painter during the term of the country’s first president, Sukarno, will be showcased at the gallery. Curated by Mikke Susanto and Rizki A. Zaelani, the exhibition will also feature Sukarno’s painting “Rini” and 100 presidential photo collections.
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President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has stated his support for the exhibition as he considers the State Palace to be responsible for preserving the masterpieces. “I want these paintings to be eternal and continuously exhibited to the public worldwide,” he said in a press release on Tuesday.
The paintings were obtained from six presidential palaces in Jakarta, Bogor, Cipanas in West Java, Yogyakarta, and Tampaksiring in Bali. Over 3,000 paintings were included in the curatorial process between 2009 and 2010.
The exhibition will be open to the public and will be held at the National Gallery’s Building A throughout August, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. (kes)
