Stranger on the Road By Hu Fang Cinema billboard designed by Ming Wong, painted by Neo Chon Teck (2009), variable dimensions, acrylic emulsion on canvas. All images: Courtesy the artist. Word Order Many of Ming Wong’s work titles invert aView More >
Interviews
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
From the Forest to the Bangkok Streets By Gridthiya Gaweewong Still from Phantoms of Nabua (2009), from the project “Primitive.” © Chaisiri Jiwarangsan. One week after the government crackdown on the opposition UDD Red Shirt mobs at Bangkok’s Rachaprasong intersectionView More >
Christian Boltanski
Memory, too, fails at such excess By Andrew Maerkle Les Archives du Coeur (2010). Photo Yasuhide Kuge, courtesy Naoshima Fukutake Art Museum Foundation. Throughout his four-decade-long career, Christian Boltanski has explored relations between objects and memory. His installations often useView More >
ON RECORD #2: Jun Yang
Defining a Proposal Through Questions: Jun Yang on the Taipei Contemporary Art Center ON RECORD is a series of dialogues with contemporary artists about the ideas and influences that inspire their works. ON RECORD #2 was conducted in Tokyo andView More >
Xu Zhen
The Path to Appearance is Always… By Andrew Maerkle The path to appearance is always accessible and traveled but one can go around it. (2010), installation with baseball bat and golf ball. Courtesy the artist and Long March Space, Beijing.View More >
Isaac Julien: Part I
Born in London in 1960 to parents who immigrated to the UK from the Caribbean island of St Lucia, Isaac Julien is known for making multichannel media installations, feature-length films and television documentaries that address issues related to identity, sexuality,View More >
Isaac Julien: Part II
II. The World and the Home Isaac Julien discusses working across multiple localities, the goddess Mazu and Angels of History. Installation view of TEN THOUSAND WAVES (2010) at ShanghArt Gallery, Shanghai, 2010. Nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to High Definition,View More >
Isaac Julien: Part III
III. A Good Judge of Character Isaac Julien addresses the stakes of Orientalism and his use of politicized aesthetics. Installation view of TEN THOUSAND WAVES (2010) at ShanghArt Gallery, Shanghai, 2010. Nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to High Definition, 9.2View More >
Isaac Julien: Essay
Inextricable Entanglements: On Isaac Julien’s Ten Thousand Waves By Gao Shiming Installation view of TEN THOUSAND WAVES (2010) at ShanghArt Gallery, Shanghai, 2010. Nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to High Definition, 9.2 surround sound, 49 min 41 sec. Photo AdrianView More >
Jan Fabre
Insomniac. Mystic. Anti-Christ. By Andrew Maerkle The Man Who Measures the Clouds (1997), 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. Photo Atsushi Nakamichi / Nacása & Partners, © Angelos / Jan Fabre. Over his roughly 30-year career, Antwerp-based artist andView More >