‘Gone Walkabout’ in Ubud
Works by Balinese painter Made Budhiana and Australian painter Donald Friend are featured at an Ubud art gallery. The life of the Aborigines forever changed Budhiana’s painting style.
June 15, 2011
A NAKED body lay on the dry ground. Dust swirled around. But he looked relaxed, enjoying the situation. He was an Aboriginal man who Made Budhiana met when he was involved in the Art Camp in Darwin, Australia, in 1990. The man’s state shook Budhiana to his core, forever influencing his perception of the environment and arts.
The 52-year-old abstract painter portrayed the scene in a painting which is now being exhibited in the Made Budhiana and
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