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Neka Gallery was built in 1966 by Mr. Suteja Neka, an art connoisseur and his wife, Mrs. Srimin Suteja in culture village, Ubud. As a pioneer and an old hand fine art gallery , it is not merely boasting its integrity.This gallery has selected paintings from all art works by Balinese artists,

Indonesian artists, Asian artists as well as European born artists such as Arie Smit. Their paintings was inspired by natural beauty, people and culture of Bali.

Portrait of Suteja Neka Portrait of Suteja Neka

Portrait of Suteja Neka Portrait of Srimin Suteja, the wife of Suteja Neka

Antonio Mario Blanco (1926-1999) studied at the National Academy of Art in New York City, U.S.A. He has lived in Bali since 1952. His spontaneous style works feature voluptuous nude women, often in rather erotic or suggestive poses, with unusual frames designed by the artist himself. Awards: National College or Windsor honorary doctorate (Canada, 1948), Chevalier du Sahametri Scroll Decoration and silver medal (Cambodia, 1950), title of "Don" (Spain, 1992), Dharma Kusuma (Bali, 1995)

Antonio Mario Blanco (1926-1999)

Antonio Mario Blanco (1926-1999)

Han Snel (1925-1998)

Arie Smit (1916) Shrines Beneath The Banyan 1972

Arie Smit (1916) Detail

Affandi (1907-1990) was a self-taught artist. From 1951-1956 he travelled throughout India, the United Kingdom, Holland Belgium, France, and Italy, he taught painting sculpture at the Akademi Seni Rupa Indonesia (ASRI, Indonesian Academy of Fine Arts) in Yogyakarta, Central Java.International Peace Prize (Florence, Italy, 1997)

Affandi (1907-1990) Barong And Rangda Dance1973

Chang Fee Ming (self-taught artist, 1959)

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Chang Fee Ming (1959) Entering a Trance (Kerasukan), 1992

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Suteja Neka began collecting paintings of high quality due to his close friendship with Dutch artists Rudolf Bonnet (1895 - 1978) and Arie Smith (born 1916).

In 1975 Neka and Bonnet traveled to Europe to view museums and galleries. Neka's aim to establish a fine arts museum in Bali was reinforced by this journey. After years of planning, the Neka Art Museum officially was opened by then Indonesian Minister of Education and Culture, Dr Daoed Joesoef, on the 7th of July in 1982.

In 1992 the province of Bali presented Suteja Neka with the Dharma Kusuma art award and gold medal on behalf of his devotion and efforts to raise the quality of and preserve Balinese art culture. In 1993 Neka was awarded the Piagam Hadiah Seni art award, the highest distinction in the arts from the Republic of Indonesia.

The Neka Art Museum, previously known as the Neka Museum, is unique because its collection of foreign artworks by Balinese, other Indonesian, and foreign artists all were inspired by the natural beauty, life, and culture of Bali.

Whether created by human hands or of supernatural origin, keris , the traditional Indonesian dagger, are believed to be physical manifestations of invisible forces. Forged in fire but symbolic of water, a keris represents a powerful union of cosmic complementary forces. The keris is an important family possession and considered to be an ancestral deity, as weapons often play critical roles in the rise and fall of families and fortunes in history. In Bali, an heirloom keris and other such metal objects are presented offerings every 210 days on the day called Tumpek Landep, which means ‘sharp’. They are cleaned, displayed in temple shrines, and presented with incense, holy water, and red-colored food and flowers to honor Hindu god of fire Brahma. This is followed by prayers for a sharp mind to Sanghyang Pasupati, the deity who empowers sacred objects and defeats ignorance. The exhibition Keris in Culture: Traditional Daggers in the Arts is a permanent part of the Neka Art Museum. Paintings with keris in them will also be displayed along with photographs of keris in Balinese rituals, dances and costumes. The keris is housed in a new two-storey room at the Neka Art Museum to complement the artworks on display.

In November 2005 the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared Indonesian keris as a great cultural achievement of world humanity.

SOUVENIR SHOPMerchandise  and a large selection of Indonesian souvenir gift items

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