Art AsiaPacific #41 Summer 2004

Editor’s Letter 6

HAPPENINGS

EVENTS

Exciting shows of Asian artists 12
Art AsiaPacific & Unedited Launch Party/Ai Wei Wei Opening/ 20 Years of Hong Kong Hanart TZ Gallery 14

STATE OF THE ART

Bombard the West! 17

NEWS

One Million Years at Trafalgar Square: On Kawara/Ellen Pau: I’ll Be Your Mirror__18 OPENASIA 2004: A Notion of Asia__19 Contemporary Asian Art Fair/Art Projects International: Ten Years__20

PROFILE

Aleksandra Mir: Naming Tokyo 24

PROFILE

The Man Behind the Helmets: Hyungkoo Lee 28

HOT SPOT

Forging New Talent: Mizuma Gallery Leads the Way in Tokyo 32

ONE ON ONE

Busan Biennale 2004—Chasm: Between Reality and Ideal: One on One with Manu D. Park 36

THE POINT

Locating Asian American Art: Redefinitions 40

FEATURES

HISTORICAL DRAMA: FICTION AND ARTIFICE IN THE WORK OF LISA REIHANA by Sophie Jerram 42

LOUNGING APPARATUS PROVIDED: THE WORK OF MICHAEL LIN by Bronwyn Mahoney 48

MIMICRY AND MEN: REZA ARAMESH by Sara Raza 54

FRESH: 6TH GENERATION CHINESE VIDEO ARTISTS by Alexandra Chang 58

Q AND A: REENA JANA TALKS TO GAYE CHAN by Reena Jana 64

BHUPEN KHAKHAR: 1934-2003 IN MEMORIAM by Ranjit Hoskote 68

REVIEWS

NEW ZEALAND Mediarena: Contemporary Art from Japan__74 KOBE Gutai Retrospective__75 NEW YORK The Invisible Thread__76 BOSTON Michael Joo__76 YAMAGUCHI Inauguration Projects__78 BEIJING Luo Brothers__78 BEIJING Left Wing: An Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art__79 SEOUL Real Reality__79 SINGAPORE The Last Laugh__80 NEW DELHI Subodh Gupta__81 NEW DELHI Zarina Hashimi__81 NEW YORK Paradise Now?__82 NEW YORK Identity__83 NEW YORK 108 (One Hundred Eight)__83 NEW YORK Nikki S. Lee: Parts__84 NEW YORK Momoyo Torimitsu: Inside Track + Horizons__85 NEW YORK Bari Kumar__85 NEW YORK Revolving Door: ISCP < > Asia__86 PHILADELPHIA Yoon Kwang-Cho__87 LAS VEGAS Marlene Yu__87 LOS ANGELES Yoshitomo Nara__88 BERKELEY Simryn Gill/Matrix 210__88 VANCOUVER Home and Away: Crossing Cultures on the Pacific Rim__89

BOOK REVIEW

The End of Rhetorical Identity? Fresh Talk, Daring Gazes: Conversations on Asian American Art 90

PROJECTS IN THE MAKING

Shizu Saldamando 96

COVER IMAGE

Reza Aramesh - Untitled (2003) C-Print. Courtesy the artist.