Art AsiaPacific Summer 2005 No. 45

EDITOR’S LETTER 6

HAPPENINGS

EVENTS
EDGE OF DESIRE AND FATAL LOVE 10
THE ARMORY SHOW 11

STATE OF THE ART
VENICE ON MY MIND 15

NEWS
SHANGHAI A MOCA FOR SHANGHAI 16 NICOSIA CYPRUS HOSTS
MANIFESTA 6 16 HONG KONG HONG KONG ANNOUNCES VENICE
BIENNALE ENTRY 17 SEOUL LIBESKIND REINVENTS THE WHEEL 18
NEW YORK STRIKE A POSE (AT EVERY 59TH MINUTE) 18 PASSINGS INGRID
MUAN, 1966–2005 19 PASSINGS SEMSAR SIAHAAN, 1952–2005 19

THE POINT
LONG HAIR, HONG KONG AND THE THEATER OF THE ABSURD 22

PROFILE
THE KOREA PAVILION 26 WEST AND CENTRAL ASIA 34

HOT SPOT
MATCHMAKING AT SUZHOU CREEK 28

ONE ON ONE
MOMA WILD FOR ANIME!! 32 DEATH IN VENICE: MONTIEN AND ARAYA 40

THE BIG PICTURE
LI HONG YUAN 36 THE CHINA PAVILION 42

FEATURES
THE RIDICULOUS AND THE SUBLIME: LIM TZAY CHUEN By Ho Tzu Nyen 48
ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER: MIYAKO ISHIUCHI By Christopher Y. Lew 52
KILLING TIME: RICKY SWALLOW By George Alexander 56
INDIA: A LONG TIME COMING By Ranjit Hoskote 64
SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED: et al. By Aaron Kreisler 70

REVIEWS
TOKYO Yayoi Kusama__76 GYEONGJU Yun Dong-Koo__76 SEOUL Park Yoon-young: Pickton Lake__77 SEOUL Koh Seung-Wook vs Lee Kun-Young: Third Title Match__77 HONG KONG Caroline Chiu__78 SINGAPORE The Flying Circus Project: 2004__78 NEW DELHI Whose Space is it Anyway__79 LONDON Jeffrey du Vallier d’Aragon Aranita: On Leaving the Shadow World__80 LONDON Tomoko Takahashi__80 SHEFFIELD Mitra Memarzia: Dear Axis of Evil__81 BOSTON Dayanita Singh__81 NEW YORK Wei Jia__82 NEW YORK Breaking the 4th Wall: Hors Cadrage__82 NEW YORK Shomei Tomatsu: Skin of the Nation__83 NEW YORK Yasumasa Morimura: Los Nuevos Caprichos__83 NEW YORK Noritoshi Guo-Qiang: Traveler__85 CHICAGO Miao Xiaochun: Phantasmagoria__85 CHICAGO Fiona Tan__86 LOS ANGELES Cosmo Vitale: Gimhongsok & Sora Kim__86

FILM REVIEW
ARAKIMENTARI 88

BOOK REVIEW
ATTA KIM: THE MUSEUM PROJECT 90

PROJECTS IN THE MAKING
MISAKI KAWAI 96


Cover image:
Ricky Swallow
Everything is Nothing
2003
Laminated jelutong and milliput
21.6 x 32 x 14 cm