Brahma, Wisnu and Siva'. Sika believes that the nature of qualities like wisdom, love and harmony are abstract in nature, and can be, therefore, expressedin all their glory in abstract terms. He shuns the popular and sweet images of Barongs and Legong dancers, seeking a more fluid medium of depiction. It is not so much that Sika's is world of strange reality, but rather the ordinary world seen strangely. His works are not just a visual explanation of the Balinese universe, but the catharsis of his own personal journey from one reality to another. Ironically Sika and others like him are better recog- nized in Europe, Japan and America than in their native island.

" One still finds the art market overwhelmed by market scenes populated with bare breasted women landscapes showing Gunung Agung, temples under ficus trees and festitemples under ficus trees and festively dressed people bringing offerings at the temple. People are unaccustomed to encountering contemporary art in Ball, but it is a new and important force. When we exhibit overseas, people understand our works on an intuitive level, because the abstract style has become mainstream art. It is up to us to present an alternative to the Indonesian collectors,