ArtAsiaPacific Magazine - ArtAsiaPacific Issue 141, Nov/Dec 2024

In this issue

Amid the hustle and bustle of the post-pandemic economy, we find ourselves contending with the complex madness of the world today. For our cover feature this issue, we scrape back the myriad layers of political engagement and deep historical resonances in the canvases of Malaysian-born British painter and performance artist Mandy El-Sayegh. History as a mirror that reflects our present as well as our future is how Thai artist Pratchaya Phinthong views the world, as we discover in our second feature. We dive into the multidisciplinary practice of the Hong Kong-based artist Wu Jiaru, whose work looks at the digital realm to cultural shifts in the cities of the Pearl River Delta. In Up Close, we feature video works by James T. Hong, Nguyen Trinh Thi, and Heecheon Kim. In Profiles we look at Korean-American artist Anicka Yi and Hong Kong filmmaker Chan Hau Chun. Our new column Legacy examines the enduring Japanese photographer Eikoh Hosoe. For New Currents we spotlight emerging artists in the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial at the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, including Brisbane-based artist Sancintya Mohini Simpson and Mumbai-based Rithika Merchant. From Gwangju to Hong Kong, Barcelona to Paris, our Reviews this issue take in Ayoung Kim’s latest commission, Art Labor’s solo exhibition at Para Site, Wu Tsang’s new video work, and a survey of the late David Medalla, while critic Richard Vine send a barbed missive from the 15th Gwangju Biennale. And last but not least, for Where I Work, Brian Haman pays a visit to the Vienna studio of Chinese sculptor Ma Jia.

ArtAsiaPacific Magazine Description:

For 20 years, ArtAsiaPacific Magazine has been at the forefront of the powerful creative forces that shape contemporary art from Asia, the Pacific and the Middle East. Covering the latest in contemporary visual culture, ArtAsiaPacific is published 6 times a year in Hong Kong, with editorial desks in 25 countries around the world. Our special annual issue, the ArtAsiaPacific Almanac, published in January, covers the major art events of the past year and forecasts the key trends of the year to come.
The dominant artistic influence in the world today - and for many years to come emanates from the vast territory that lies between Turkey and the Pacific island of Tonga that we call the Asia-Pacific. This territory includes India, China, Japan, Australia, Thailand, Pakistan, New Zealand, Korea and Indonesia, whose combined populations make up an amazing half of the world's total population. Also included are Burma, Cambodia, Kiribati and Uzbekistan - places hitherto overlooked, but which like their gigantic neighbors, are producing cutting-edge art of stunning and unexpected quality.
ArtAsiaPacific is authoritative, accurate, even-handed, exact and essential. Included in each issue is an up-to-date directory of the major galleries, not-for-profit organizations and museums with a focus on contemporary art from our geographical footprint. ArtAsiaPacific offers thoughtful reportage, analysis, comment and criticism to its readers made up of collectors, gallerists, curators, artists and those who want and who need to know the latest developments in the fastest-growing and most astonishing region of the contemporary art world.