ArtAsiaPacific Magazine - March - April 2017

In this issue

In the March/April issue of ArtAsiaPacific, we begin with the cover Feature on the late Emirati artist Hassan Sharif (1951–2016). AAP UAE desk editor Kevin Jones looks back at how Sharif challenged societal convention. In Lahore, AAP contributing editor Jyoti Dhar reflects on Lala Rukh’s career of 40-plus years, beginning with her role in the Women’s Action Forum. Dhar explains how Rukh’s activist pursuits inform hauntingly elegant, minimal works. In Hong Kong, reviews editor Brady Ng sits down with multimedia artist Kingsley Ng to discuss his project Twenty-five Minutes Older (2016–17), which involves a moving tram and will be restaged to mark Art Basel Hong Kong’s fifth edition in March. In our special column, Inside Burger Collection, art scholar Giusi Daniele examines the work of conceptual artist Ho Siu Kee, who explores the perception of self. To mark the many art fairs that launch in March, our Profiles focus on six patrons active in the region: Manila’s former chairman of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Jaime C. Laya; Jenny Wang, president of Shanghai’s Fosun Foundation; Sydney’s Clinton Ng; Istanbul’s Agah Uğur, CEO of Borusan Holding; and Evan Chow and Jin-Goon Kim in Hong Kong. For the Essays section, contributing editor Ingrid Dudek considers the murky world of art forgeries and authentication. In Fine Print, Singaporean art lawyer Ryan Su pushes for protective measures for art “connectors.” In The Point, Adrian Cheng—the brains behind Hong Kong’s K11 Art Foundation—explains arts patronage in the 21st century. For One on One, Lantian Xie ruminates on Abu Dhabi-based writer Deepak Unnikrishnan’s debut novel Temporary People. In Reviews, Dominic Zinampan dives into the book No Chaos No Party: 28 Artists in Metro Manila. For Where I Work, AAP visited the Ilsan studio of Dansaekhwa artist Ha Chong-Hyun, whose works from the 1970s—one of South Korea’s darkest political eras—testify to the various forms of nonviolent resistance.