Bruce W. Carpenter

Author and co-author of more than twenty volumes often groundbreaking publications on the arts and culture of Indonesia, Anglo-American art historian, Bruce W. Carpenter, is an acknowledged expert in his field, who has also curated several museum exhibitions and has played a key role in multiple projects. The Masks of Bali is a continuation of his determination to produce large and important books on long neglected artforms in this archipelagic nation. A longtime expatriate he lives in Sanur. Together with Bandem and others, he is working tirelessly to preserve and promote Indonesian and Balinese arts.