Hendra gunawan biography of barack

The special display drew the attention of observers and received mass media praise.

Oddly, though, almost none of his paintings sold on the occasion.

Many collectors were reportedly reluctant to buy because Hendra was a former political detainee because of his affiliation with the People’s Cultural Institute (Lekra), an organization under the banned Indonesia Communist Party (PKI), which made Hendra feel despondent.

After the show, he took four of his artworks to Jusuf Wanandi, a politician known as a true collector.

At first, Jusuf declined to buy the large pieces, but Hendra insisted he purchase all of them, offering a reasonable price.

On humanitarian grounds, Jusuf bought them to adorn his house and office.

Unexpectedly, 20 years later Hendra’s paintings had increased in price by 500 times the sum Jusuf had pai