THAT afternoon, Kiai Haji Imron Ismail showed two paintings of Islamic calligraphy. The two works contained words of love from a husband to his wife. This was ordered by a kiai in Lirboyo, said the 65-year-old man at his home in Tulungagung village, Kertasmaya district, Indramayu regency, West Java.

Some other calligraphy paintings, each measuring roughly 20 x 30 centimeters, were all wrapped up. There are 11 works here. Some of them were ordered