Art AsiaPacific SPRING 2006 No. 48

EDITOR’S LETTER 8

HAPPENINGS
STATE OF THE ART
TRIUMPH OF PAPER 23

NEWS
SEOUL KOO JEONG-A WINS 2005 HERMES KOREA ART AWARD 24 TAIPEI OUTDOOR SCULPTURE FESTIVAL POSTPONED DUE TO BIRD FLU 24 HONG KONG AUCTIONS OF CONTEMPORARY ASIAN ART REVEAL A THRIVING DOMESTIC ART MARKET 25 JAKARTA CP BIENNALE’S STORY ENDS 26 TOKYO NEW GALLERY COMPLEX OPENS IN KIYOSUMI 26 NEW YORK SONG DONG’S CREATIVE TIME VIDEO 27 SHANGHAI CONTRASTS GALLERY OPENS IN SHANGHAI 27 PASSINGS ATSUKO TANAKA, 1932-2005 28 PASSINGS EARL LU MING TEH, 1925-2005 28 WHISPERING GALLERY 29

THE POINT
FURONG JIEJIE’S 15 MINUTES 35

PROFILE
YAYOI KUSAMA AND BEATRICE PERRY 36 HIROKI OTSUKA 42
HE YUNCHANG 43 MICHAEL SULLIVAN 46 NEK CHAND 54

ONE ON ONE
GROWING PAINS 38

THE BIG PICTURE
ALL THAT GLITTERS: JAPANESE CERAMICS IN THE GOLDEN AGE 44 FOCAL POINT: ASIAN VIDEO AND MEDIA ARTISTS TAKE NEW YORK 50 CULTURAL IMPORTS: SOTHEBY’S BRINGS CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ART TO NEW YORK 56

HOT SPOT
NEVILLE TULI’S MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION 53

FEATURES
SUBODH GUPTA By Deepak Ananth 60
YOON-JEAN LEE, BAE BIEN-U AND SANG-GIL KIM: THE SILENT SEDUCTION OF THREE KOREAN PHOTOGRAPHERS By Shinyoung Chung 66
YUTAKA SONE: THE BLIZZARD OF 2006 By Elaine W. Ng 70
ZHAN WANG: THE MAN WHOSE WORK FELL FROM THE STARS By Carina Cha 76
SAKAGAMI CHIYUKI: SET ADRIFT IN THE PRECAMBRIAN SEA By Eric C. Shiner 80

REVIEWS
SYDNEY Louise Weaver: No Small Wonder__82 TOKYO Hoki Nobuya__82 YOKOHAMA Yokohama 2005: International Triennale of Contemporary Art__83 SHANGHAI Hu Yang: Shanghai Living__83 HONG KONG Liu Dahong: Red Calendar: 24 Solar Terms__84 BEIJING The Wall: Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art__84 INDONESIA Setiawan Sabana: Legend of Paper__85 SINGAPORE 4 X 4—Episodes of Singapore Art__86 KUALA LUMPUR You Are Here__86 BANGKOK Sutee Kunavichayanont: Stereotyped Thailand__87 PARIS Indian Summer__87 LONDON Nobuyoshi Araki: Self.Life.Death__88 NEW YORK Ayse Erkmen: Busy Colors__88 NEW YORK Zhou Xiaohu__89 NEW YORK Ranbir Kaleka__89 ROCHESTER The Complete Art Experience Project (Shi Qing, Wang Wei, Rania Ho, Liu Ding, Qiu Zhijie, Liu Wei, Li Zhenhua, Wu Ershan, Zhang Hui, Colin Chinnery): Playgrounds of Authorship__90 ATLANTA Red Beans & Rice: Asian Artists in the New South__90 TORONTO Jin-me Yoon: Unbidden__91 LOS ANGELES Ryoko Aoki__91 SAN FRANCISCO Guo Jin: Kiddy Scheme and the Image of Man__92

FILM REVIEW
QI JIAN (SEVEN SWORDS) 94

BOOK REVIEW
HYPER TAIWAN (ART*DESIGN*CULTURE) 96

PROJECTS IN THE MAKING
LI SONGSONG: NOT YOUR FATHER’S HISTORICAL PAINTING 103

WHERE I WORK
BAE BIEN-U 104

Cover image:
Zhan Wang—
Ornamental Rock with the Forbidden City (2001)
Stainless steel.
60 x 40 cm.
Courtesy the artist.