Anybody who has travelled to Bali will be familiar with Balinese-style paintings and the famous Ramayana Monkey dance. In fact both of these art forms were developed by Bali's most famous expat resident: Walter Spies. In the 1920s and 30s, Walter Spies - ethnographer, choreographer, film maker, natural historian and painter - transformed the perception of Bali from that of a remote island to become the site for Western fantasies about Paradise and...