ArtAsiaPacific No.17, 1998

Commentary

20 ASIAN MODERNISMS The birth of the modern in Southeast Asia – Caroline Turner

22 CROSSROADS OF CULTURE A survey of recent Southeast Asian art in Tokyo – Akira Tatehata

24 REVISITING ABSTRACTION Asian traditions: Modern expressions – Jae-ryung Roe

26 ANOTHER LONG MARCH Art, politics and ‘Chinese-ness’ in Holland – Karen Smith

29 UNCERTAIN PLEASURE An exhibition of contemporary Chinese art in Vancouver – Henry Tsang

32 IN AND OUT Contemporary Chinese views from Australia and China – Iola Lenzi

34 QUOTATION MARKS China-watching in Singapore – Lee Weng Choy

36 GEORGETTE CHEN In retrospective at Singapore Art Museum – Janis Tan Meng Kiat

38 BUILDING BRIDGES A Vietnamese-Thai collaboration – Jennifer Gampell

40 ARTISTS HAWAII The soul of contemporary Hawaii – Linda Moriarty

Essays

42 IDENTITY COMPLEX Shin Myeong-eun deconstructs the dog – Yukiko Shikata

46 LIFE WITHOUT ZERO An interview with Miyajimo Tatsuo – Robert J. Fouser

52 DISEMBODIED AESTHETIC Suzann Victor’s corporeal installations – Melissa Chiu

58 DAILY RITUALS Rekha Rodwittiya’s rebellion – Kamala Kapoor

66 SACRED PICTURES: SECULAR FRAMES Spirituality in recent Malaysian art – Niranjan Rajah

72 YOGYAKARTA The heart of Javanese tradition – Dipika Rai

76 OUR PACIFIC Contemporary art in Fiji – Teresia K. Teaiwa

Art Directory

80 EXHIBITION COMMENTARY

86 EXHIBITION REPORTS London reports; ‘Krishna: The Divine Lover’ at Whitechapel Gallery in London

95 EXHIBITION REVIEWS Caroline turner on the Yumeooka Art Project; Paula Gustafson on Haruko Okano; Robert Preece on Kamin Lertchaiprasert; David Clarke on Art in China; Miriam Harris on ‘Long White Dream Cloud’; Susan Bright on ’10 Contemporary Painters from China’; Francesca Dal Lago on ‘Against the Tide’.