Indonesia’s Diplomacy and the Paintings of Mohammad Toha
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
THE directorate of culture at the ministry of education and culture launched a new book titled Art & Diplomacy on August 17. The book contains rare pictures from the independence movement taken by photographers under IPPHOS—the nation’s very first photojournalism news agency—and posters, caricatures and cartoons created by artists of the day.
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The pictures selected provide evidence how many of the important negotiations conducted by Sukarno and colleagues, and many other revolutionary moments, often occurred in rooms decorated with works by some of our most famous artists, such as Basoeki Abdullah. The book also gives witness that young artists under the ward of artist Dullah, such as Mohammad Toha Adimidjojo, was involved in battles such as in Yogyakarta by making paintings. T
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