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ArtAsiaPacific No.51 Winter 2007
EDITOR’S LETTER 6
HAPPENINGS
STATE OF THE ART
IS THE OBJECT SACRED? 48
NEWS
MANCHESTER MANCHESTER CONFRONTS BRITISH MUSLIM VISUAL LANDSCAPE 51 NEW YORK BODHI ART OPENS IN NEW YORK 51 MELBOURNE SOTHEBY’S CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY WITH ABORIGINAL ART SALE 52 CHICAGO CENTRAL ASIAN ARTISTS BRING SILK ROAD TO CHICAGO 53 VARIOUS LOCATIONS SPEAKING OUT IN CHINA 53 HONG KONG ASIA ART ARCHIVE MOVES 54 BEIRUT LEBANON ART SCENE WEATHERS WAR 54 NEW YORK CENTRAL PARK’S SOUTH ASIAN SUMMER 55 BANGKOK RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA LAUNCHES NEW BANGKOK VENTURE 55 VARIOUS LOCATIONS FALL AUCTION REPORT: AN UP AND DOWN AFFAIR 56 PHNOM PENH CROSS-BORDER COLLABORATIONS HEAT UP 58 VARIOUS LOCATIONS ROUNDUP: EXCHANGE PLACE 58 WHISPERING GALLERY 59
THE POINT
THE (COUNTER) POINT: LOOKING FOR SACRED ART 60
HOT SPOT
RAMAKIEN UNPLUGGED 62 CHINESE ART ON EDGE 75
SINGAPORE TYLER PRINT INSTITUTE: EXPERIMENTAL RETREAT 78
PROFILE
YUN-FEI JI 64 SHIGEYUKI KIHARA 72
ONE ON ONE
CHRISTIE’S PLAYS CHINA HAND: INGRID DUDEK 68
THE BIG PICTURE
HANOI’S UNOFFICIAL ART SCENE 74
FEATURES
ARTISTS ON SPIRITUALITY 82
TEIJI FURUHASHI: DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER By Barbara London 92
INTERNATIONAL ABSTRACTION, GENERATIONAL TRAJECTORIES By Jonathan Goodman 98
LIN TIANMIAO: ALL SEWN UP By Don J. Cohn 102
SHEELA GOWDA: NARRATING INDIA By Nancy Adajania 106
REVIEWS
SYDNEY Tim Silver: Killing Me Softly_114 TOKYO Tabaimo: Yoroyoron_114 MANILA Tony Twigg: Perforations_115 TAIPEI SlowTech_116 HONG KONG Paul Chan_116 SHENZHEN Caroline Chiu: Dreaming a Chinese Wunderkammer_117 SINGAPORE Chi Peng: Games of Simulation_117 BANGKOK Top Changtrakul & Chattiya Nitpolprasert: Recreationology_118 OXFORD Out of Beirut_119 SALEM Nalini Malani_119 NEW YORK After the Reality_120 NEW YORK Atta Kim: ON-Air_121 NEW YORK Zaha Hadid_121 SAN FRANCISCO Anjolie Ela Menon: Pilgrimage: A Selection of Paintings_122
FILM REVIEW
JOHN & JANE 124
BOOK REVIEW
BUDDHA MIND IN CONTEMPORARY ART 126
PROJECTS IN THE MAKING
JA-YOUNG KU: ILLUSION IN THE POST-MEDIUM CONDITION 135
WHERE I WORK
PINAREE SANPITAK 136
Cover image: Atta Kim - ON-AIR Project 056-1. 15 Buddhas from the series "Mandala" (2004) Chromogenic print, 188 x 248 cm. Courtesy the artist.
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