Nuraeni And The Legacy Of Hendra Gunawan

Nuraeni, wife of the late Hendra Gunawan, flips through the book, Hendra Gunawan-Sang Pelukis Rakyat (Hendra Gunawan, the People's Painter), looking vibrant. Sixty-eight years old, she has fasted every day during the fasting month of Ramadan. When Tempo met at her house in Bandung, West Java, she discussed the paintings in the aforementioned book.

"I am still 100 percent certain they are originals," she said, adding that the book was a tribute to her husband, who died in Bali at the age of 65 in 1983. "I have been holding on to these letters all this time," she said, referring to the poems and love letters that are also published in the book.

August 4, 2015