ArtAsiaPacific No. 65
September/October 2009

14 Editor's Letter

21 Questionnaire: Tabaimo
23 My Eight: Xu Bing
25 Keyword: Value

NEWS
43 MUMBAI Tyeb Mehta (1925–2009) 45 TROY Suit Against City in BIlal Case 45 SYDNEY Indigenous Art Market Gets Major Overhaul 46 BEIJING Ai Weiwei Continues Activism Against China 47 DHAKA Photojournalist Seized at Indian Border 48 VARIOUS LOCATIONS Round Up: The Impossibilities of an Island

51 Opinion: Politics of Antagonism
53 Auction Report
54 Art Fair Preview

57 Whispering Gallery

ESSAYS
59 Archive: Shots Heard 'Round Beijing
61 Perspective: Vandal in the Tear Gas
62 In Response: Tribute to a Palestinian
63 Case Study: Not For the Love of Money

PROFILES
68 Preview: "Everyday Miracles (Extended)"
70 In Depth: Jamsen Law
72 Interview: Fereydoun Ave
74 Interview: Vicki & Kent Logan
76 Profile: John Kaldor

FEATURES
94 Taboos in Japanese Postwar Art: Mutually Assured Decorum
102 Wu Tien-chang: Facing the Unknowable Future
110 Yael Bartana: State of Metaphor
116 Yang Jiechang: The Communist Party Didn't Pay the Bill
124 Walid Raad: thosewholackimaginationcannotimaginewhatislacking

REVIEWS
146 BRISBANE "The China Project"
148 AUCKLAND Fiona Connor
149 SYDNEY Yayoi Kusama
150 TOKYO Tatzu Nishi
151 BEIJING "In the Mood for Paper"
152 JAKARTA Tere
153 MUMBAI LN Tallur
154 DUBAI Idris Khan
155 VIENNA Sara Rahbar
156 LONDON Raqib Shaw
157 LONDON "Lines of Control"
158 LONDON Andro Wekua
159 NEW YORK Ryo Toyonaga
160 NEW YORK Wei Dong

162 Book Review: New Titles on Indian Modernism

133 Where I Work: Naiza Khan
135 The Last Word: Web 2.0 = Journalism 1.0
136 Proposal X: Eddie Hara