His productions were highly innovative, and are an enormous influence on the artistic variety of Indonesian art to this day.

"The human quality is something I feel coming through so strongly throughout Indonesian art," he added.

He wrote several books and essays that put Indonesian art internationally on the map.

The museum officially opened in 1995 with the goal of preserving Indonesian arts.

The Indonesian martial art had been the core of who she was since she'd been thirteen.

Western scholars of Indonesian art believe this statue to be a masterpiece, and it is certainly a landmark in its native land.

Despite Masriadi's contribution to and influence on Indonesian art there has not been, until this book, much written discussion of his work.

Maybe shrunken heads dangling from the ceiling, or walls covered with Indonesian art.

Much of Indonesian folk art has never been seen in the West, except in a few museums.

"I firmly believe that Indonesian art is good," he said.