ArtAsiaPacific Vol.3 No.4, 1996

Commentary

23 BOMBAY REPORT A hectic season – Kamala Kapoor

26 MODERNITY AND BEYOND The inaugural exhibition at the Singapore Art Museum – Emmanuel Torres

29 JUMP START ART “A Century of Art in Singapore’ exhibition – Lee Weng Choy

31 CHANNELS AND CONFLUENCES A new book on the history of Singaporean art – Laura Fan

32 AMIDST SEAS AND SKIES Casino art in New Zealand – William McAloon

34 COPYRITES Irreproducing Aboriginal art – Henrietta Fourmile

39 PSYCHIC DECOLONISATION Hong Kong artist Luis Chan in retrospect – David Clarke

Essays

42 CULTURAL CROSSFIRE The curatorial travels of Apinan Poshyananda – Timothy Morrell

48 GESTURE, PERFORMANCE, BEHAVIOUR, ATTITUDE Asian influences on contemporary western art – Kim Levin

56 BETWEEN THE CRACKS Art and method in Southeast Asia – Julie Ewington

64 FLIM-FLAM AND FABRICATION An interview with Korean artist Choi Jeong-hwa – James B. Lee

70 TAXI ART IN THAILAND Navin Rawanchaikul’s social research – Anne Kirker

78 DUNG HEAP Sensuality and violence in the art of Sheela Gowda – Victoria Lynn

84 THE KNOTS ARE MANY BUT THE THREAD IS ONE Mrinalini Mukherjee’s hemp sculpture – Deepak Ananth

90 THE BURDEN OF JAVANESE EXOTICA The traditional aesthetic of Nindityo Adipurnomo – Enin Suprianto

Art Directory

98 EXHIBITION REPORT ‘Traditions/Tensions’ at the Asia Society, New York

105 EXHIBITION REVIEWS Madoka Moriguchi on Saburo Murakami; Alice Yang on Sowon Kwon; Cornelia Ravenal on Manu Parekh; Natalie King on Kate Beynon; Shen Jiawei and Binghui Huangfu on Luo Zhongli; Laura Fan on Raja Shahriman Raja Aziddin.