Art AsiaPacific #39 Winter 2004

BETWEEN THE LINES Editor’s Note 12

HAPPENINGS

HONG KONG ART BIENNIAL 2003 13

HIROSHI SUGIMOTO’S SEA OF BUDDHA 17

ART FORUM BERLIN by Astrid Mania 20

FRIEZE ART FAIR, LONDON by Helena Reckitt 23

SARAH SZE GETS “GENIUS” GRANT by Merrily Kerr 24

THE POINT: NEW PUBLIC ART IN SINGAPORE by Lee Weng Choy 26

CAI GUO-QIANG’S LIGHT CYCLE 29

ONE ON ONE: TAEKO BABA, DIRECTOR OF TOKYO-NEW YORK, ON ANIME, MANGA AND THE IMAGINATION by Alexandra Chang

FEATURES

34 FROM BINDIGIRLS TO SPACE INVADERS
MIMICKING AN AMATEUR PORNOGRAPHY SITE AND REVISITING ATARI GAMES OF THE 80S, PREMA MURTHY IS AS CLEARLY ATTUNED TO THE POETIC QUALITIES OF NEW TECHNOLOGY AS SHE IS TO ITS POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES. by Helena Reckitt

36 WHO NEEDS GLOBALISM?
EXPLORING THE LOCAL IN CONTEMPORARY ART, THE ECHIGO-TSUMARI TRIENNIAL QUESTIONS THE RELEVANCE OF THE FESTIVALIST URGE AT BIG INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITIONS. by Reiko Tomii

44 THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER
YOSHITOMO NARA’S SINISTER CHILDREN BRING PUNK SENSIBILITY TO A CARTOON FANTASY WORLD. by David Hunt

48 GRAFING TERRITORY
THINK OF A GAJIN FUJITA AS A BAROQUE MASTER OF IMAGE-AND-TEXT CONCEPTUALISM AND YOU WILL HAVE AN IDEA OF THE WAY HIS DIZZYINGLY SOPHISTICATED EXTRAVAGANZAS ENGAGE THE PAST. by David Pagel

54 WAVE UFO
MARIKO MORI IS ON A NEW AGE MISSION, MIXING MYTHIC BEINGS AND MODERN SCI-FI FANTASY. by Ken Johnson

57 GLOBAL CITY DREAMING
THE PAINTED CRITICAL FICTIONS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARTIST, KATE BEYNON THROUGH THE LITERATURE OF IEN ANG. by Helen McDonald

66 DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE
THE ARTIST, FORMERLY KNOWN AS ASIANPUNKBOY, RE-BECOMES TERENCE KOH. A PRANKSTER AT HEART, KOH CREATED ASIANPUNKBOY.COM IN 2001. A SLY SENSE OF HUMOR AND A REMARKABLE SENSE OF AWARENESS HAVE HELPED KOH AND APB ATTRACT AN INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE OF ADMIRERS AND A SLEW OF HIGH-PROFILE EXHIBITIONS. by Paul Laster

70 DREAMWEAVER
JUNG YEONDOO’S PHOTOGRAPHIC PROJECTS COMMUNICATE THROUGH COLLABORATION. IN THE PROCESS, HE MAKES DREAMS COME TRUE. by Kamiya Yukie

REVIEWS

Franklin Sirmans on "HAPPINESS: A SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR ART & LIFE AT MORI ART MUSEUM" 77 Karen Smith on the FIRST BEIJING BIENNALE 78 Felicity Fenner on SCIENCE FICTIONS, SINGAPORE ARTS FESTIVAL 2003 79 Felicity Fenner on the SECOND VALENCIA BIENNIAL 80 Karen K. Kosasa on CROSSINGS 2003: KOREA/HAWAI'I 81 Franklin Sirmans on "TIME AFTER TIME: ASIA & OUR MOMENT" 82 Prageeta Sharma on "PLAYING WITH A LOADED GUN: CONTEMPORARY ART IN PAKISTAN" 83 Jonathan Goodman on CAI GUO-QIANG'S "AN EXPLOSION EVENT: LIGHT CYCLE OVER CENTRAL PARK" 84 Fumihiko Sumitomo on KENJI YANOBE 85 Iris Moon on KANG SUN-MEE 85 Iris Moon on KONG SUNG-HUN 86 Gridthiya Gaweewong on PRASONG LUEMUANG 86 Ranjit Hoskote on GIEVE PATEL 87 Ranjit Hoskote on T.V. SANTHOSH 87 Lilly Wei on "COPY IT, STEAL IT, SHARE IT" 88 Britta Erickson on QIU ZHIJIE 88 Britta Erickson on SHEN YUAN 89 Britta Erickson on JUN NGUYEN-HATSUSHIBA 89 Collette Chattopadhyay on YUTAKA SONE 90 Peter Nagy on "THROUGH CUSTOMS: SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN'S CREATIVE COLLECTIVE 6th ANNUAL VISUAL ARTS SHOW" 90 Amy Sadao on "DL: THE DOWN LOW IN CONTEMPORARY ART" 91 Xenia Tetmajer von Przerwa on YU HONG 92 Christopher Moylan on REAGAN LOUIE

COMMENT

KILL BILL by Alexandra Chang 94

BOOK REVIEW

RONG RONG’S EAST VILLAGE by Christopher Moylan 96

COVER IMAGE

Yoshitomo Nara - Sprout the Ambassador (2001) Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 72 in. Courtesy of Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland.