He is one of the only teachers that knows the traditional Balinese gamelan Semar Pegulingan repertoire that is played on Nusantara Arts instruments and is very talented at the Barong Dance.

Liu Kang’s colourful 1953 depiction of a graceful Balinese dancer was painted a year after the landmark Bali trip that helped define the nascent Nanyang school of painting. Liu visited the ...