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"The 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
This anthology explores artistic practices and works from a diverse and vibrant region. Scholars, critics, and curators offer their perspectives on Southeast Asian art and artists, aiming not to define the field but to Illuminate its changing nature and Its Interactions with creative endeavors and histories originating elsewhere. These essays examine a range of new and modern work, from sculptures that Invoke post-conflict trauma In Cambodia to Thai art Installations that Invite audience participation and thereby challenge traditional definitions of the "art object." In this way, the authors not only provide a lively study of regional art, but challenge and expand broad debates about international and transnational art.
Contents
Introduction: 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
