ArtAsiaPacific No.16 1997

Commentary

22 THE MODERNS The National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai – Ranjit Hoskote

25 FIFTY YEARS OF INDIAN ART A conference in Mumbai – Thomas McEvilley

28 RADICAL WILL Yayoi Kusama in New York – Alexandra Munroe

30 DE-GENDERISM Art on the edge of representation – Chie Kaihotsu

33 FASHION STATEMENTS Three exhibitions in Japan – Natalie King

36 CANNED AMBIGUITY An exhibition of Korean art in Tokyo – Robert J. Fouser

38 TRANSFUSION/FUSION A Hong Kong-New Zealand exchange – Wystan Curnow

40 EXPANDING HORIZONS The Noumea Biennale of Contemporary Art – Susan Cochrane

42 A CONTOVERSY OF SILENCE Wong Hoy Cheong in exhibition – Laura Fan

Essays

44 FULL BLOWN The expansive vision of miniaturist Shahzia Sikander – Dana Friis-Hansen

50 MONSTERS, DEVILS, INSECTS AND ANGELS The Bowerbird art of Vu Dan Tan – Birgit Hussfeld

56 LOCAL COCONUTS Simryn Gil and the politics of identity – Lee Weng Choy

64 GETTING THEM BETWEEN THE EYES An interview with Sunil Gupta – Antonia Carver

70 PETER ROBINSON’S STRATEGIC PLAN – Robert Leonard

Directory

81 MUSEUM REPORT The new Shanghai Museum

83 TRIBUTE Alice Yang

Reviews

Karen Smith on ‘Contemporary Chinese Art 1997’; Lynda Hess on ‘Photography and Beyond in Japan’; Jonathan Napack on Emiko Kasahara; Andrew Lindsay on Kaori Homma; Chiori Santiago on Yoong Bae; Savita Apte on Naina Kanodia; Jonathan Mane-Wheoki on Robyn Kahukiwa; Philip O’Toole on Elizabeth Pulie & Savanhdary Vongpoothorn.