When I was at University in Australia I actually did a bit of nude modelling for the Arts Department. At that time I had a good body unlike now!.
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Inspired by the Balinese holiday of Nyepi there will be an exhibition of paintings by Wayan Karja at the Ganesha Gallery at the Four Seasons Hotel in Jimbaran Bay, Bali.
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Out of all the mediums in art my favourite must be those of photographic works and especially those in black and white. I think it is the starkness of the image and the manner of light capture.
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July is shaping up to a fabulous month in Bali with numerous art exhibitions, dance and drama performances, and free tours in certain parts of the island. The culmination of these is the Bali Bangkit Project.
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Creating is in the blood of the Balinese. It could be creating a beautiful piece of sculpture from wood or stone, weaving a product for sale to tourists, putting brush to canvas to express the beauty of their surroundings or their way of life, or looming cloth or making batik.
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Bali is without a doubt an artist's island of inspiration. The multitude of colours across the landscape, in a market or at a temple ceremony are pleasing to the eye and the pallet.
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A student in Yogyakarta once asked me which island in my opinion was the best in the field of arts. A hard question to answer but I did.
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With the Bali Arts Festival drawing to a close and also the Ramayana Festival of which it is part, a new take on the performance by Suardana and the Arti Foundation was performed.
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Indonesians are renowned the world over for their textiles. In Bali, the Balinese produce textiles for a variety of markets and,, one of them the tourist trade. But for the Balinese they like to dress as pleasantly as possible and especially at ceremonies and other special events in their daily lives.
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The devastating earthquake that shook Central Java and Yogyakarta on Saturday May 27, 2006, claimed over 6,000 lives and damaged a number of important heritage sites.
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