Description
Book SynopsisThis anthology explores artistic practices and works from a diverse and vibrant region.
Trade ReviewThe anthology edited by Nora Taylor and Boreth Ly emerges at a time when Southeast Asian contemporary art is gaining increasing visibility on the global art stage.... This volume serves as a reflective and critical body of essays that illuminates ways in which these developments may be questioned and understood.
* Journal of Asian Studies *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Who Speaks for Southeast Asian Art?
by Nora A. Taylor1. The Southeast Asian Modem: Three Artists
by John Clark2. Vietnamese Modem Art: An Unfinished Journey
by Boitran Huynh-Beattie3. The Cultural Politics of Modem and Contemporary Islamic Art in Southeast Asia
by Kenneth M. George4. Thai Artists, Resisting the Age of Spectacle
by Sandra Cate5. Many Returns: Contemporary Vietnamese Diasporic Artists-Organizers in Ho Chi Minh City
By Viet Le6. Of Trans(national) Subjects and Translation: The Art and Body Language of Sopheap Pich
by Boreth Ly7. Titik Pertama, Titik Utama—First Dot, Main Dot: Creating and Connecting in Modern/Indigenous Javanese/Global Batik Art
by Astri Wright8. Turns in Tropics: Artist-Curator
by Patrick D. Flares9. The Assumption of Love: Friendship and the Search for Discursive Density
by Lee Weng Choy10. Uncommon Sense: "Empty the Visual from Eyes of Flesh"
by Flaudette May V. Datuin11. Mnemotechnical Politics: Rithy Panh's Cinematic Archive and the Return of Cambodia's Past
by Ashley Thompson12. Interview with Jay Koh and Chu Yuan
by Grant KesterContributors
