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Boasting the most comprehensive collection of traditional and modern Balinese paintings on the island, the Neka Museum (daily 9am-5pm; Rp10,000) is housed in a series of pavilions set high on a hill on the main Campuhan road; either walk, or take any westbound bemo from Ubud Market (Rp500). The first pavilion gives an overview of the three major schools of Balinese painting from the seventeenth century to the present day and includes the lovely Ubud-style painting The Bumblebee Dance by Anak Agung Gede Sobrat, and the typically modern Batuan-style Busy Bali by I Wayan Bendi's, which takes a wryly humorous look at the effects of tourism on the island. The second pavilion exhibits naive, expressionistic works in the Young Artists style, the third pavilion houses an interesting archive of black-and-white photographs from Bali in the 1930s and 1940s, and the small fourth pavilion is dedicated to local renaissance man, I Gusti Nyoman Lempad, who produced scores of cartoon-like line drawings inspired by religious mythology and secular folklore. The fifth pavilion focuses on works by artists from other parts of Indonesia, whose style is sometimes labelled "Academic", and the sixth pavilion features the Javanese artist Affandi's bold expressionist portrait of fighting cocks, Prize Fighters, and the Temptation of Arjuna by the influential Dutch painter Rudolf Bonnet.
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