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Based on observations during the few days of the exhibition took place, painting Nyi Roro Kidul (Queen of the South Sea) the most successful attract the attention of visitors. The painting is displayed in one of the most corner rooms in Building A, Galeri Nasional Indonesia. It is opposite to other Basoeki Abdullah paintings.

Curator exhibition team member Mikke Susanto explained, Nyi Roro Kidul painting by Basoeki Abdullah's work implies the sea as a complex ecosystem. In addition, the painting also depicts a rich Indonesia with mythological stories

The story of Nyai Roro Kidul is indeed very widely known in the area of ​​Java Island. Primarily Yogyakarta. In this painting, the figure Nyi Roro Kidul appear without crown and horse-drawn carriage. Nyi Roro Kidul Laughing kemben without visible the lower body, his hair was dangling long. Her figure looks beautiful. This woman is full as a captivating woman, also has power in Coast and South Sea.

"Nyi Roro Kidul's painting is displayed in the subtheme of 'Mythology and Religion' .. Nyi Roro Kidul's painting is one of the 200 works of Basoeki Abdullah collected by the 1st President of RI Soekarno Basoeki Abdullah is known as a painter of natural landscapes and portraits of women," explained Mikke , an excerpt from a press statement written on Monday 14 August 2017.

Mikke added, there is an interesting story about the painting titled 'Nyi Roro Kidul' painted in 1955 this. In those days, Basoeki Abdullah indeed had ever met with Nyi Roro Kidul.

"Mr. Bas admitted that he had met with Nyi Roro Kidul, one of the six paintings of Nyi Roro Kidul, which was once painted by Mr. Bas, and this is the original painting if the one at the Ocean Hotel is KW alias fake. faked, "explained Mikke.

Deputy Protocol, Press and Media Bey Machmudin explains, the painting exhibition of the Palace collection is part of the event commemorating Independence of the 72nd anniversary of RI, with the big theme "Senandung Ibu Pertiwi".

"There are 48 paintings from 41 painters whose paintings are on display at Galeri Nasional Yang not only paintings by Indonesian artists, but also works by artists from abroad who belong to the Presidential Palace," said Bey.

Call it some big names like Raden Saleh until Basoeki Abdullah, also present here. Painting by Basuki Abdullah entitled Flores Island for example, this painting has been collected by President Soekarno since 1942. Painting gag Rp 1.572.500.000 is part of Indonesia that has a natural beauty that no two.

"It reminds of East Indonesia is the territory of Indonesia with its natural beauty.So far matamemandang, the painting that we can enjoy the nation of Indonesia, the love of the country," said Bey.

The exhibition was split into four parts, first, the natural diversity of the Palace collection in Bogor, Cipanas, Jakarta, Bali, and Yogyakarta which took the theme of natural landscapes in Indonesia.
"At that time the artists throughout the archipelago, including in Sulawesi, West Sumatra, Java, and a small part of Bali," said Bey.

In this exhibition, the Presidential Palace involves four curators through Amir Sidharta, Mikke Susanto, Asikin Hasan, and Sally Texania. Chairman of the curator Asikin Hasan said the theme and message of "Senandung Ibu Pertiwi" when interpreted to mean 'Land of the Water', which is interpreted as a force in which consists of various potentials.

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