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From our current issue, AAP 78: in The Point we invited artist and microblogger Ai Weiwei to reflect on what it means in China when social networking and message services such as Twitter agree to self-censorship—particularly for those, like himself, who really have something to say. Read more . . .
See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil
Anticipating the season’s many festivals that will draw artists, curators and collectors from all over the world to far-flung locations, ArtAsiaPacific 78 considers the work of artists participating in the Biennale of Sydney in Australia, the inaugural Kyiv International Biennale in Ukraine and this year’s quinquennial Documenta 13.
Microblogging in China
In the last several years, microblogs and social-media sites have become ubiquitous platforms for the exchange of information and ideas.
Progress, Piety and Mess
Rummaging through the debris of Documentas past and present
Devastating History
What moral rights do artists possess with artworks of appropriation and destruction?
Emirati Estrangements
Lamya Gargash
One continuing theme of Gargash’s work is the psychological effect of society’s pressure on the individual to conform.
The Sweet and Bitter Road
Michael Rakowitz
From homeless architecture to dictatorial dinnerware? Whether overseeing the operation of an Iraqi food truck manned
by refugees and war veterans, or creating replicas of looted artifacts, Rakowitz’s interventionist projects and site-specific installations explore the idea of making “the invisible” visible.
Starting
Exhibitions of work by young sculptors are rare in Beijing, where installation and painting invariably claim the limelight.
Collector’s Wish
Burak Delier
The structure of Collector’s Wish is a simple setup. The largest wall of the subterranean gallery was painted floor to ceiling in horizontal strokes of crimson and brick red.
Zarina Bhimji
There is a recurring theme within the literature discussing Zarina Bhimji’s art, including her own writings: that the documentary approach is eschewed and each subject is accessed instead through echoes, allusion and aesthetics.
Where I Work
Sopheap Pich
Untitled Selection: Pradeep Dalal
When Monuments Become Myth: Erbossyn Meldibekov
At once psychologically charged and amusing, Erbossyn Meldibekov’s work upends the legends and histories of Kazakhstan and Central Asia.
