The National Gallery of Art, Jakarta

As you might know, it is very easy to keep to sterile and/or expatriate circles here in Jakarta, especially given the number of malls in this city.  So, as we were planning the weekend, I realized that we weren't doing much that had to do with Indonesia again.. and I found out that Saturday was the last day of the under-35 (years old) artist exhibit at the National Gallery of Art.  I had to remind the kids how much we liked the National Gallery in DC.  So, they were on board.  Admittedly, it wasn't exactly the same (the museums in DC are tough to compete with!), but it was pretty cool and we found some interesting stuff.  

 

We were welcomed by a big flying thing with sticks sticking out of it. Fascinating really. 

Eben said it was his favorite.. and it still was on our way out. 

 

 

Then we found giant cement Legos..

 

.... and we were there for the kids' art competition!  Elementary aged kids from 25+ provinces competed with drawings about being an Indonesian.  It was very cool!

 

They were hard at work in the final minutes of the competition!

 

Ta da!!

This was Eben's other favorite.  It took some investigating to realized that there was nothing but two sets of legs and feet to this one. 

This might have been Jaffa's favorite.. it was just in front of the door of the main hall, and the different blocks made different noises when you stepped on it.  We spent some time getting in everyone's way, making lots of noise.. but we weren't the only ones!

Hello, Mr. Robot

A painted skating slope is too tempting not to climb all over..

After about 45 minutes, we were off to the mall for tea and cakes at TWG (post forthcoming), then a showing of Maleficent in the theatre with beds.. oh, the expat life!