ArtAsiaPacific No.22, 1999

Commentary

20 AT HOME AND ABROAD Contemporary Filipino views – Collette Chattopadhyay

22 CULTURAL HOTHOUSE A report from Indonesia – Julie Ewington

25 SUBJECT OF DESIRE The 1998 Taipei Biennial – Wen-rwei Hsu

28 MANIFOLD ECHOES A transcultural venture in Stuttgart – Victoria Hynes

30 FROM TOKYO TO SHANGHAI A Japanese exhibition in Shanghai – Zhang Zhaohui

32 A MODERN SOCIETY A symposium on Japanese modernity – Kathryn Hunyor

34 NAVIGATING PACIFIC ART The Tautai Sculpture Symposium – Caroline Vercoe

36 ALTERNATIVE SPACES Artist-run spaces in Singapore – Lee Weng Choy

Essays

38 BARE BONES Fiona Foley’s alchemic works – Stuart Koop

46 SMALL MARKS, BIG SPACES The paintings of Yeong Gill Kim – Jonathan Goodman

52 DIALOGUE Zhang Dali’s conversation with Beijing – Mathieu Borysevicz

59 TIBETAN RELIGIOUS ART – Melissa Rimac

64 HISTORY IMITATING ART, IMITATING LIFE The surreal realism of Bramantyo – Rob Goodfellow

68 CRACKING BENEATH THE SURFACE An interview with Chatchai Puipia – Robert Preece & Gridthiya Gaweewong

74 GLOCALISM The art of Laurens Tan – Benjamin Genocchio

Reviews

Steven Pettifor on Sutee Kunavichyanont; Thomas Brecelic on ‘Plastic (& Other) Waste’; Natalie King on John Young; Judith E. Stein on Lee Mingwei; Kazuko Nakane on Lynne Yamamoto; Sarah Cook on ‘Where Heaven and Earth Meet’; Bradford Edwards on ‘Above and Beyond’; Susan Bright on Manuel Ocampo; Jonathan Goodman on Yong Soon Min.