NATIONAL BONSAI & SUISEKI EXHIBITION 2011 IN JAKARTA

Hi Bonsai Lovers

Indonesia is one of the leading nations in bonsaiart today. Last Sunday I was invited to the opening of the NATIONAL BONSAI & SUISEKI EXHIBITION 2011 in Jakarta. It takes place in Gandaria City from 6 till 13 March 2011. There I had the opportunity to meet many bonsaiartists from Indonesia and VIPs from Japan, Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines as well, too. Japan has sent a group of representatives with the chairman of ASPAC Takamatsu 2011, Yukihiko Konishi. Sitting in the first row together with all this VIPs I really felt very honored but a bit insecured too.

306 Bonsai and 147 Suiseki are displayed, some has been chosen by a jury to got an award. Budi Sulistyo, chairman and organizer of this interesting exhibition, kept his calmness all the time and so the event was a great success. Budi also takes the responsibility for the beautiful catalog which shows the great variety of tropical bonsai and amazing suiseki in Indonesia.

I hope you enjoy my report.
With greetings from Bali
Peter


Opening with Chairman Budi Sulistyo


The representatives from Japan arrived


Budi Sulistyo with the representatives from the Philippines


Chairman of ASPAC Takamatsu 2011, Yukihiko Konishi


Budi and his wife (middle) with Mrs Ismail Saleh, the widow of Mr Saleh the former patron of PPBI and PPSI. The young man on the right is Mr. M. Farid Murtolo, domestic promotion director of the ministery of cultural and tourism of Indonesia.


Budi Sulistyo with Mr Limanto Subijanto (l), a senior bonsai man who started doing bonsai together with Budi and author Peter Thali (r)


Interview for TV


The exhibition is open now

Here some of the exhibited trees







































Videos with Budi

Peter,

Great review. Last time we met was in your lovely Bali home. I am sure that the giant plumerias took root by now.

By the way, Mrs. Fely Gupit (Phillipine Mama) looks very strong!! I am happy to see her in great health.

Terima Kasih,

Jose Luis

And here some suiseki









Budi Sulistyo with ASPAC Takamatsu Chairman Yukihiko Konishi and Vice Chairman Hiruyoshi Yamaji


Note: Budi is a brilliant organizer and an outstanding bonsaimaster as well, too. I am proud to announce that Budi will participate as a demonstrator in next BONSAI AUTUMN 7 in Switzerland on 27-28 August 2011. If you have a chance to go there don’t miss it.

Budi with his charming wife.

Dear Budi

Congratulations with this amazing exhibition......
It is interesting to see how much an indonesian exhibition is diffrent from an european exhibition.
The trees and stones are very beatyful.
I liked the first pot, the shape of it, and ( I think ) the second pot, with the interesting texture.

Kind regards Yvonne

wonderful show budi. congratulations for putting together another stunning display of indonesian bonsai. threes looks so well, as do you, birthday boy.

best wishes, sam and sheila

Thanks Peter for posting all these photos. It seems like a wonderful exhibition. The trees are amazing. Most would do well in Florida. Hmmm...

I agree Budi is "da man!"

wow very nice show

Thanks for posting Peter.
A wonderful show.
Jerry

Hi Peter,

Those were some wonderful trees. Thanks a lot for posting.....

Ravi

Here the catalog in Bahasa Indonesia. A beautiful and interesting book as well, too.










I don't know where you can buy it. Ask Budi!

Peter

Fantastic pic's Peter, thank you very much......Could only dream of having a Casuarina like the ones posted.
Well done everyone involved.

So many great trees and Stones in an exhibition, congratulations to

Dear Budi,

I am in Australia, I would like to buy a copy of the catalog. I do understand that the writing is not English.

Would please kindly advise how I could do this?

Thank you and best regards.

congratulations to Mr. Budi,

I hope this event can take place every year.

thank you for the report Peter

daiviet_nguyen wrote:Dear Budi,

I am in Australia, I would like to buy a copy of the catalog. I do understand that the writing is not English.

Would please kindly advise how I could do this?

Thank you and best regards.

Dear Daiviet,

You can order the book from me. I will check the posting cost and come back to you. You can pay with paypal.

Budi

Budi Sulistyo wrote:

daiviet_nguyen wrote:Dear Budi,

I would like to buy a copy of the catalog. I do understand that the writing is not English.

Would please kindly advise how I could do this?

You can order the book from me. I will check the posting cost and come back to you.You can pay with paypal.

Budi

Dear Budi,

I'm also very interested to buy a copy of the catalog, but I'm living in Germany.
Is there any chance to get the book, too? I love these great trees!

Thank you very much for your efforts

Best regards
Brigitte

Dear Budi,

PayPal is great My postcode 3171, Melbourne city and Victoria state. Postcode is important as the Post Office use it to determine the proximity to the CBD.

Please kindly let me know the total amount in Indonesian currency. I will pay, then send you the receipt and the mailing address.

Dear Peter,

Thank you for the post. (When I was writing the last one, the smoke alarm went off. I forgot to finish it off properly.)

Best regards.

Hello Budi,

Are you there?

Cheers

daiviet_nguyen wrote:Hello Budi,

Are you there?

Cheers

Hi DAVID,

Sorry to keep you waiting. The soft cover books are just sold out. The hard cover will soon come, The price will not be much different anyhow. Please wait for one to two weeks for the hard cover book. It will be better for your library. I will come back with the price plus mailing cost. I can send it everywhere.

Peter,

Thanks a lot for sharing the news.

Budi

Hi all,

The book is now ready. The price is $ 20 plus the shipping cost. It is a hard cover one. I will come back with the shipping cost for all interested in the book.

Budi

Hi Budi,

I have replied to your PM.

Best regards.

Hi Budi,

I have received the book. Thank you very much

Best regards.

Thannk you!Style of Indonesia very nature.I very like.

they are so good,thank.