Description |
239 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
Contents |
Roaring tigers, Desperate dragons in transition / Apinan Poshyananda -- Exhibition strategies in the postcolonial era / Thomas McEvilley -- Dismantling the norm / Geeta Kapur -- Multiculturalism / multimodernism / Jim Supangkat -- Bodies if fiction, bodies of desire: an incomplete listing of contexts in which appeals to traditions are made in the Philippines presently / Marian Pastor Roces -- Encountering the world: the past and the present / Jae-Ryung Roe -- Contemporary Thai art: nationalism and sexuality a la Thai / Apinan Poshyananda -- Artists' works |
Summary |
Focusing on India, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Korea, and Thailand, this book presents different mixes of history and postmodernity. 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. Biographies of the 27 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 |
Notes |
"Published in conjunction with the exhibition Contemporary art in Asia: traditions/tensions organized by the Asia Society Galleries, New York" --T.p. verso |
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Errata slip inserted at end |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Art, Asian -- Exhibitions.
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Art, Asian -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
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Art, Indic -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
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Art, Indonesian -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
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Art, Korean -- Korea (South) -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
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Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Asia -- Exhibitions.
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Art, Philippine -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
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Art, Thai -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
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Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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Author |
Poshyananda, Apinan, 1956-
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Asia Society. Galleries.
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LC no. |
96085888 |
ISBN |
0810963310 (Abrams) |
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0878480838 (Asia Society Galleries : pbk.) |
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9057040913 (G+B) |
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