Nurturing Affandi in Hard Times

The Affandi Museum records the artistic journey of the maestro. Sadly, the cost of maintenance is higher than the museum’s income.

June 12, 2007

THE sun, hand and foot are symbols that have often been utilized in his paintings. The sun was to represent life source; hand was to denote creating (painting); and foot was to signify step, to reach goals. The three objects were often unified in his strokes on the canvas.

Affandi, the maestro, documented his whole life and kept them in a unique curved, long building colored leaf-green. The 314.6-square-meter structure was erected based on a vo

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