Chapter 29
It had become a tradition for Adi to host a lunch after each exhibition at Grove Gallery, and this year had been his sixth solo exhibition. While the prices for his work had risen with each exhibition and he now had a track record that assured him some success with grant applications, he still did not feel secure enough to give up his part-time work as a gardener.
It was Gerardo’s view that the global focus in visual arts was shifting away from China and India to South East Asia and, with this in mind, he had begun looking at other emerging artists from the Asia Pacific region. At the same time, the gallerist was making connections with other institutions in the region to promote Adi’s work, and this led to him being invited as one of five contemporary Indonesian artists to ex
