ArtAsiaPacific Magazine - September - October 2016

In this issue

ArtAsiaPacific’s 100th issue includes a Special Feature, where we map the evolution of the art world by analyzing five reoccurring terms—“archive,” “intervention,” “ecosystem,” “censorship” and “revival.” Each reveals a micro-history of the art world over the past two decades. The Feature section includes articles on: New Zealand filmmaker and kinetic sculptor Len Lye (1901–1980); Tehran-based artist Shahpour Pouyan; and Tiffany Chung from Ho Chi Minh City, who meticulously researches and explores political traumas, natural disasters and humanitarian crises. Rounding out the section, Inside the Burger Collection profiles New York-based painter Ena Swansea and young German artist Dennis Scholl. We also preview the most anticipated biennials opening in September across the region: Taipei; Singapore; Turkey’s Çanakkale; China’s new Yinchuan Biennale; Qalandiya International in Palestine; and Korea’s Anyang Public Art Project. Also included is a special supplement dedicated to the Gwangju, Busan and Mediacity Seoul biennials opening in September. AAP sat down with their artistic directors—Maria Lind, Yun Cheagab and Beck Jee-Sook, respectively—and also interviewed Bartomeu Marí, the director of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea. In Profiles, we feature: interdisciplinary Taiwanese artist Yin-Ju Chen; Manila-based artist-curator Lena Cobangbang; performance artist Moe Satt from Myanmar; and Korean film star and art collector Jung-Jae Lee. Elsewhere in the issue, Hong Kong painter Firenze Lai explains her infatuation with the paintings of Francis Bacon in One on One. For The Point, installation artist Tayeba Begum Lipi explains how despite the “connectivity” of today’s digital age, working as an artist in Bangladesh remains a remote, isolated pursuit. And in Reviews we feature: Ali Cherri at Beirut’s Sursock Museum; “When Things Fall Apart – Critical Voices on the Radars” at Trapholt Museum of Modern Art & Design in Denmark; plus many more.