Contemporary Art in Asia: Traditions/Tensions, the catalogue of a traveling exhibition organized by the Asia Society Galleries, New York City, features the work of 27 artists from five countries. Focusing on India, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Korea, and Thailand, this book gives a transnational assessment of a broad theme in art from five countries chosen to represent different mixes of history and postmodernity. As the subtitle Traditions/Tensions suggest, the art deals with the old and the new, the supposed opposites of the traditional and the contemporary, and how individual artists in Asia today accept, integrate, and/or reject them. Key themes include politics, religion, the environment, and women's issues. The text comprises seven essays, with Apinan Poshyananda, an internationally renowned expert on contemporary Asian art and curator of the exhibition, providing a general overview. Five essays by recognized critics discuss current issues in the five countries: Geeta Kapur writes on India, Jim Supangkat on Indonesia, Marian Pastor Roces on the Philippines, Jae-Ryung Roe on South Korea, and Apinan Poshyananda on Thailand. Thomas McEvilley gives a view from North America. Biographies of the artists, chronologies of recent events in the five countries, and a bibliography round out the picture, making this volume a valuable resource for collectors, scholars, and students of contemporary art.

Contemporary Art in Asia: Traditions, Tensions

Arts & Photography

Poshyananda, Apinan

McEveilley, Thomas

Kapur, Geeta

Supangkat, Jim

Roces, Marian Pastor

Roe, Jae-Ryung

History & Criticism

Asia Society

This publication examines the rise of the Indonesian contemporary art scene through ten artists who embody its spirit and energy: Agus Suwage, F.X. Harsono, Gede Mahendra Yasa, Rudi Mantofani, Ichwan Noor, Yulie Praytno, Haris Purnomo, Handiwirman Saputra, Wayan Suja and Entang Wiharso. It includes a text by Jim Supangkat, one of the foremost critical voices on art in Indonesia.

Indonesian Art: Pleasures of Chaos

Damiani

A detailed look at Indonesia's traditions in art. From folk art to indigenous craft forms, from modern artists to artists of the colonial period, this volume shows how Indonesian art has developed into an important contributor to the art world.

Indonesian Heritage V07:Visual (The Indonesian Heritage Series)

Didier Millet

Chinese artist Qi Zhilong's career caught fire in the early 1990s, with the kitsch canvases of his Consumer Icons series, but the closely-cropped paintings of girls in military uniforms that he began in 1995, and which are featured in this volume, established him as an early proponent of Political Pop, and eventually as one of the most renowned artists in China. Qi's girls are attractive, self-confident, and very contemporary-looking, occasionally striking the carefree poses of fashion models. Qi recalls China's recent revolutionary past, an era that celebrated youths in military clothing, to portray a China in transition through nuanced shifts in the codes of dress and expression. One such painting graced the cover of Mahjong, a catalogue of the comprehensive Chinese Contemporary Art collection of Swiss collector Uli Sigg, announcing Qi as a representative of a new direction in Chinese art.

Qi Zhilong 1992-2009

Xianting, Li

Blue Kingfisher

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