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The exhibition presents sculptures and photographs created by Arthur Fleischmann on the island of Bali during the late 1930s. See the Gallery web site. As well as terracotta figures, many photographs are displayed that were developed and printed by Fleischmann using sunlight in Bali. The exhibition runs from 6th December to 22nd December 2007. |
![](http://www.fineartfacts.com/Images/Public/media/temp/AFF/paquyctufm/square_tn_DSC01079.jpg "header=[Djavan Posing in the Studio] body=[Artist: <b>Dr Arthur Fleischmann</b><br>Owner: <b></b><br>Location: <b></b><br>Material(s): <b>Card</b>, <br>Medium: <b>Unassigned</b><br>Date: <b>1937</b><br>Description: <b>The famous Legong dancer Tjavan posing in the studio. This is a photo made specifically as a study for a sculpture. Tjavan is not wearing her "subengs" earings, but the stretched skin of her ear piercings are clearly visible in this photograph. ...</b>]")
![](http://www.fineartfacts.com/Images/Public/media/temp/AFF/paquyctufm/square_tn_DSC01080.jpg "header=[Djavan Posing in the Studio] body=[Artist: <b>Dr Arthur Fleischmann</b><br>Owner: <b></b><br>Location: <b></b><br>Material(s): <b>Card</b>, <br>Medium: <b>Unassigned</b><br>Date: <b>1937</b><br>Description: <b><p>Quotation from the artist's manuscript:</p><p><em><font size=\"4\">"Djavan, the Legong dancer, was quite at home in my studio where she frequently posed for several figures. Everything she did was done with grace and harmony of movement. Here she is fixing the sash around her waist."</fon...</b>]")
![](http://www.fineartfacts.com/Images/Public/media/temp/AFF/paquyctufm/square_tn_DSC01083.jpg "header=[Girl Carrying Basket of Fruit on Head] body=[Artist: <b>Dr Arthur Fleischmann</b><br>Owner: <b></b><br>Location: <b></b><br>Material(s): <b>Card</b>, <br>Medium: <b>Unassigned</b><br>Date: <b>1938</b><br>Description: <b><p>Text from the artist's manuscript:</p><p><em>"A kind of priestess keeps order in the temples. There is some work to be done every day in the temple for the women who keep the place in order, but there are also all the time - apart from feast days - small offerings to be made, which are place...</b>]")
![](http://www.fineartfacts.com/Images/Public/media/temp/AFF/paquyctufm/square_tn_DSC01087.jpg "header=[Runding] body=[Artist: <b>Dr Arthur Fleischmann</b><br>Owner: <b></b><br>Location: <b></b><br>Material(s): <b>Card</b>, <br>Medium: <b>Unassigned</b><br>Date: <b>1938</b><br>Description: <b><p>Portrait of the artist's model Runding. </p><p>The following is an excerpt from the artist's manuscript:</p><p><em>"Runding used to play the part of the Prince in the Djanger in her village. Though famous and photographed and filmed hundreds of times by visitors of Bali, she was a modest and...</b>]")
![](http://www.fineartfacts.com/Images/Public/media/temp/AFF/paquyctufm/square_tn_DSC01089.jpg "header=[Sadri Posing in Studio] body=[Artist: <b>Dr Arthur Fleischmann</b><br>Owner: <b></b><br>Location: <b></b><br>Material(s): <b>Card</b>, <br>Medium: <b>Unassigned</b><br>Date: <b>1937</b><br>Description: <b><p>Sadri posing in Fleischmann's studio with hybiscus flowers in her hair.</p><p>The artist wrote in his manuscript:</p><p>"There are always serious features of Sadri, the exquisite Legong Dancer ..."</p>...</b>]")
![](http://www.fineartfacts.com/Images/Public/media/temp/AFF/paquyctufm/square_tn_DSC01090.jpg "header=[Djavan and Sadri Dancing the Legong] body=[Artist: <b>Dr Arthur Fleischmann</b><br>Owner: <b></b><br>Location: <b></b><br>Material(s): <b>Card</b>, <br>Medium: <b>Unassigned</b><br>Date: <b>1938</b><br>Description: <b><p>Djavan and Sadri perform the Legong at the village of Kedaton, near Denpasar.</p><p>The following text is taken from the artist's manuscript:</p><p><em>"The Legong is a dance of rare beauty. It is danced by children or very young girls. For its beauty of movements, intensity of feeling and t...</b>]")
![](http://www.fineartfacts.com/Images/Public/media/temp/AFF/paquyctufm/square_tn_DSC01095.jpg "header=[Old Priestess and Girl with Offering] body=[Artist: <b>Dr Arthur Fleischmann</b><br>Owner: <b></b><br>Location: <b></b><br>Material(s): <b>Card</b>, <br>Medium: <b>Unassigned</b><br>Date: <b>1938</b><br>Description: <b>A photograph of a Balinese scene. A girl tries to balance a large, intricate offering on her head while an older woman helps her.<p>The artist wrote in his manuscript:</p><p><em>"A kind of priestess keeps order in the temples. There is some work to be done every day in the temple for the women ...</b>]")
![](http://www.fineartfacts.com/Images/Public/media/temp/AFF/paquyctufm/square_tn_DSC01098.jpg "header=[Girl with Franjipanis In Her Hair] body=[Artist: <b>Dr Arthur Fleischmann</b><br>Owner: <b></b><br>Location: <b></b><br>Material(s): <b>Card</b>, <br>Medium: <b>Unassigned</b><br>Date: <b>1938</b><br>Description: <b><p>Fleischmann wrote in his manuscript:</p><p>"There are always serious features of Sadri, the exquisite Legong Dancer ..."</p>...</b>]")
![](http://www.fineartfacts.com/Images/Public/media/temp/AFF/paquyctufm/square_tn_DSC01104.jpg "header=[Girl Bathing in Ditch] body=[Artist: <b>Dr Arthur Fleischmann</b><br>Owner: <b></b><br>Location: <b></b><br>Material(s): <b>Card</b>, <br>Medium: <b>Unassigned</b><br>Date: <b>1938</b><br>Description: <b><p>Arthur Fleischmann wrote in his manuscript:</p><p>"The brook in front of the house is employed for the daily bathing ritual as well as for doing the laundry."</p><p>"The streams and canals are not only used for bathing. This girl, who at first felt rather embarrassed at being photo...</b>]")
![](http://www.fineartfacts.com/Images/Public/media/temp/AFF/paquyctufm/square_tn_DSC01216.jpg "header=[Unassigned] body=[Artist: <b>Dr Arthur Fleischmann</b><br>Owner: <b></b><br>Location: <b></b><br>Material(s): <b>Card</b>, <br>Medium: <b>Unassigned</b><br>Date: <b>1938</b><br>Description: <b><p>A village street lined on both sides with "penjors", tall bamboo stakes hung with fine, ornamental bamboo wicker-work.<br /></p><p>These "penjors" are erected on various festive occasions.<br /></p>...</b>]")
![](http://www.fineartfacts.com/Images/Public/media/temp/AFF/paquyctufm/square_tn_DSC01218.jpg "header=[Temple Wall with Palm Trees in the Background] body=[Artist: <b>Dr Arthur Fleischmann</b><br>Owner: <b></b><br>Location: <b></b><br>Material(s): <b>Card</b>, <br>Medium: <b>Unassigned</b><br>Date: <b>1938</b><br>Description: <b><p>In all of Bali, the temple gates are flanked by pairs of 'Raksaka's', club-wielding temple guards carved in soft volcanic stone. Their awesome presence keeps negative influences at bay.</p><p>Arthur Fleischmann wrote the following about this photograph in his manuscript:</p><p>"These stone f...</b>]")
![](http://www.fineartfacts.com/Images/Public/media/temp/AFF/paquyctufm/square_tn_DSC01219.jpg "header=[Unassigned] body=[Artist: <b>Dr Arthur Fleischmann</b><br>Owner: <b></b><br>Location: <b></b><br>Material(s): <b>Card</b>, <br>Medium: <b>Unassigned</b><br>Date: <b>1938</b><br>Description: <b><p>Arthur Fleischmann wrote the following about this photograph in his manuscript:</p><p>"The mountains of Bali are a continuation of the belt of volcanoes running through Java. In the fantasy of the Balinese, and according to the religion, they are the dwelling places of the different Mountain...</b>]")
![](http://www.fineartfacts.com/Images/Public/media/temp/AFF/paquyctufm/square_tn_DSC01226.jpg "header=[Unassigned] body=[Artist: <b>Dr Arthur Fleischmann</b><br>Owner: <b></b><br>Location: <b></b><br>Material(s): <b>Card</b>, <br>Medium: <b>Unassigned</b><br>Date: <b>1938</b><br>Description: <b><p>A boy carrying a fine, artistically made wicker-work offering.</p><p>Arthur Fleischmann wrote the following about this photograph in his manuscript:</p><p>"Out again on the road, I see a little boy who carries a small offering, a palm leaf ornament, into the rice field. This is done every da...</b>]")
![](http://www.fineartfacts.com/Images/Public/media/temp/AFF/paquyctufm/square_tn_DSC0271.jpg "header=[Arial View of Temples] body=[Photographer: <b>Dr Arthur Fleischmann</b><br>Date: <b>1938</b><br>Type: <b>Print</b><br>Location: <b></b><br>Caption: <b>A Balinese country-road. In the foreground is a small, plain "tjandi bentar", a split temple gate.</b>]")
![](http://www.fineartfacts.com/Images/Public/media/temp/AFF/paquyctufm/square_tn_DSC0440.jpg "header=[Runding Posing in the Artist's Studio] body=[Photographer: <b>Dr Arthur Fleischmann</b><br>Date: <b>1938</b><br>Type: <b>Print</b><br>Location: <b></b><br>Caption: <b>A study of Balinese beauty. This is the dancer Runding who, with her friend Rmpang, was Fleischmann's inspiration for many sculptures, including "Runding and Rmpang returning home from the rice fields".</b>]")
![](http://www.fineartfacts.com/Images/Public/media/temp/AFF/paquyctufm/square_tn_DSC01233.jpg "header=[Runding and Rmpang Posing in the Artist's Studio] body=[Photographer: <b>Dr Arthur Fleischmann</b><br>Date: <b>1938</b><br>Type: <b>Print</b><br>Location: <b></b><br>Caption: <b>Rmpang (left) and Runging (right) in the artist's studio. Fleischmann developed and adapted this grouping of figures into the final sculpture "Runding and Rmpang returning home from the rice fields"</b>]")
