Modern and contemporary Southeast Asian art : an anthology / Nora A. Taylor and Boreth Ly, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Taylor, Nora A.

Ly, Boreth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Modern--20th century.

Art, Modern.

Art, Southeast Asian--20th century.

Art, Southeast Asian.

Art, Southeast Asian--21st century.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

262 pages : illustrations, color ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell Southeast Asian Progroam Publications, 29 cm.

Summary:

This anthology explores artistic practices and works from a diverse and vibrant region. Scholars, critics, and curators offer their perspectives on Southeast Asian art and artists, aiming not to define the field but to illuminate its changing nature and its interactions with creative endeavors and histories originating elsewhere. These essays examine a range of new and modern work, from sculptures that invoke post-conflict trauma in Cambodia to Thai art installations that invite audience participation and thereby challenge traditional definitions of the "art object." In this way, the authors not only provide a lively study of regional art, but challenge and expand broad debates about international and transnational art. Book jacket.

Contents:

The Southeast Asian Modern: Three Artists / John Clark Clark, John 15

Vietnamese Modern Art: An Unfinished Journey / Boitran Huynh-Beattie Huynh-Beattie, Boitran 33

The Cultural Politics of Modern and Contemporary Islamic Art in Southeast Asia / Kenneth M. George George, Kenneth M. 53

Thai Artists, Resisting the Age of Spectacle / Sandra Cate Cate, Sandra 69

Many Returns: Contemporary Vietnamese Diasporic Artists-Organizers in Hô Chí Minh City / Viêt Lê Lê, Viêt 85

Of Trans(national) Subjects and Translation: The Art and Body Language of Sopheap Pich / Boreth Ly Ly, Boreth 117

Titik Pertama, Titik Utama-First Dot, Main Dot: Creating and Connecting in Modern / Indigenous Javanese / Global Batik Art / Astri Wright Wright, Astri 131

Turns in Tropics: Artist-Curator / Patrick D. Flores Flores, Patrick D. 171

The Assumption of Love: Friendship and the Search for Discursive Density / Lee Weng Choy Choy, Lee Weng 189

Uncommon Sense: "Empty the Visual from Eyes of Flesh" / Flaudette May V. Datuin Datuin, Flaudette May V. 211

Mnemotechnical Politics: Rithy Panh's Cinematic Archive and the Return of Cambodia's Past / Ashley Thompson Thompson, Ashley 225

Interview with Jay Koh and Chu Yuan / Grant Kester Kester, Grant 241.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780877277866

0877277869

OCLC:

781190027