Couteau, Jean

Dr Jean Couteau (64) is a French writer living in Bali who publishes extensively on a large variety of topics in French, English and Indonesian. He is mainly known in Indonesia for his essays and his writings on the arts, with books such as “Museum Puri Lukisan” (2000), “Srihadi Soedarsono: The Path of the Soul” (Lontar 2003) and “Calligraphy Wianta” (2005). He recently published a collection of short stories called “Bali Today” volume I (2005) and II (2008) and the second volume of the three-volume book “Affandi”(2007), made on the occasion of the great painter’s 100 birthday. Dr Jean Couteau is presently senior editor of the international art magazine C-Arts.

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