MILLION
Monday, 11 September 2000
In any market, you will always find the successful buyer and. seller These individuals are passionate traders, but one wonders what their lives are like outside the marketplace. To get a wider view of things, we’ll look into the lives of an older-generation artist, a much-coveted young painter and an art collector.
Djoko Pekik
His artist colleagues say that, "even his small signed exhibition posters are anticipated by buyers."
So then, how much do his works sell for? A stamp-sized (9 sq cm) Pekik drawing can fetch up to Rp7.5 million. His Berburu Celeng (To Hunt For Wild Boars, 3x5 m) realized a cool Rp1 billion. The painting, which reportedly ordains a certain president’s destiny, is one of three in a series depicting wild boars—and all three h
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