ArtAsiaPacific Magazine - ArtAsiaPacific Issue 140

In this issue

ArtAsiaPacific’s September/October issue marks the beginning of a busy season in from Seoul and Hong Kong to London and Paris. Our cover feature looks at Korean painter Jinju Lee’s strange and uncanny scenes loaded with symbolism, oneiric detail, and seemingly surreal elements. In an interview, Taiwan-based director Tsai Ming-liang, one of the most revered auteurs of his generation, speaks about his intimate collaboration with the actor Lee Kang-sheng and his own struggles with anxiety. A special feature surveys eight emerging painters who represent a new generation filled with a powerful sense of urgency—from Amanda Ba and Mikey Yates to Oscar Yi Hou and Un Cheng. Curator Qu Chang reflects on the subject of mourning that runs through the practice of Isaac Chong Wai. In Profiles we discover the multidisciplinary works Musquiqui Chihying, who combines literature, theory, technology, and pop culture, as well as the queer performative works of Dew Kim. In One on One, the Dresden-based artist Rao Fu expresses his admiration for the sublime landscapes of German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich. For Dispatch we hear about the artistic communities of Jeju Island in South Korea. The Previews cast an eye toward exhibitions in Seoul of Do Ho Suh and Anicka Yi as well as two upcoming showcases in London: Mire Lee’s large-scale Hyundai Commission at Tate Modern and Haegue Yang’s Hayward Gallery survey. In Reviews, we explore the esteemed South African artist William Kentridge’s major retrospective at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, as well as solo showcases from Sydney, Tokyo, Seoul, Manila, Hong Kong, and Los Angeles. For Where I Work, we go inside the South London studio of Steph Huang as she prepared for her exhibition “See, See, Sea” at Tate Britain.