Bali exported as many as 750,000 paintings in various type and sizes in January – September period in 2008 earning some US$2.5 million in foreign exchange from the activity, according to a report released by the province’s industry and trade office.
The cited figures meant the province’s fine arts business had grown by 62 percent compared to the corresponding period in 2007 when it earned only US$1.5 million from painting export. With the gain it was expected local artists especially young ones would be motivated to improve their creative works and increase their welfaer at the same time.
Made Sunarta, a young painter from Ubud said he hoped Bali’s security conditions would remain good and stable so that local adn foreign collectors would feel safe to come to Bali to hunt paintings. He said Bali’s artist community now realized the vital importance of good security conditions because they were also severely affected by the downturn in tourist arrivals following the terror bomb attacks on their island a few years ago.
Bali artists now welcomed the increasing number of visiting tourists that was expected to have a positif effect on the sale of various art works including paintings, he said.
News by ANTARA
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