| Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art Contributor(s): Taylor, Nora A. (Editor), Ly, Boreth (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0877277567 ISBN-13: 9780877277569 Publisher: Southeast Asia Program Publications OUR PRICE: $38.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - Contemporary (1945- ) - Art | Asian - General - History | Asia - Southeast Asia |
| Dewey: 709 |
| Series: Southeast Asia Program Publications |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.8" W x 9.9" (1.30 lbs) 280 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This anthology explores artistic practices and works from a diverse and vibrant region. Scholars, critics, and curators offer their perspectives on Southeast Asian art and artists, aiming not to define the field but to Illuminate its changing nature and Its Interactions with creative endeavors and histories originating elsewhere. These essays examine a range of new and modern work, from sculptures that Invoke post-conflict trauma In Cambodia to Thai art Installations that Invite audience participation and thereby challenge traditional definitions of the art obJect. In this way, the authors not only provide a lively stUdy of regional art, but challenge and expand broad debates about international and transnational art. |
Contributor Bio(s): Taylor, Nora A.: - Nora A. Taylor is Alsdorf Professor of South and Southeast Asian Art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is the author of Painters in Hanoi: An Ethnography of Vietnamese Art and editor of Studies in Southeast Asian Art: Essays in Honor of Stanley O'Connor as well as articles on modern and contemporary Vietnamese Art.Ly, Boreth: - Boreth Ly is Assistant Professor of Southeast Asian Art History and Visual Culture at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He has published articles on the ancient as well as contemporary art, photography, and film of Southeast Asia and its diaspora. |
