Someone says that the museum is the attic of a nation. Quite an apt description. It's like a family treasure chest, sometimes long forgotten in the attic, occasionally taken out to re-live the good old times. It is thus with some surprise that I found out museums also commission art works to create a commentary on the architectural space. At the National Museum, this is how David (that Michelangelo's David) draped in Indonesian batik, fills up the rotunda space.
We all know that the original statue of David is huge, but his p*** is quite small. This one is quite well- endowed. I do not know if it is built in exact proportion to the original, but his feet are HUGE. See for yourself. I'm quite pleased that I manage to capture the batik details quite well in the photo.
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