Issue

NEWS: Phnom Penh

Shirin Neshat, 2006. Photo by Lina Bertucci. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York.

NEWS: Round Up – Exchange Place

XU BING, A Case Study of Transference, 1994, performance and mixed-media installation using a male and female pig printed with false Chinese and English scripts. Courtesy the artis

THE POINT: The (Counter) Point: Looking For Sacred Art

Sita (ballerina Sarawanee Tanatanit) unmasks demon princess Benjakai as male dancer/choreographer Phichet Klunchun.All photos by Philip Cornwel-Smith.

Ramkien Unplugged

Yun-Fei Ji: Dead And Alive

Yun-Fei Ji: Dead And Alive

Ingrid Dudek. All images courtesy Christie's, New York.

ONE ON ONE: Christie's Plays China Hand: Ingrid Dudek

SHIGEYUKI KIHARA, Taualuga: The Last Dance, 2002, performance at the 2002 Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane. Photo by Lukas Davidson.

Shigeyuki Kihara: Subverting Dusky Maidens and Exotic Tropes of Pacific Paradise

NGUYEN HUNG, The Relationship, 2005, as installed at Nha San Studio. Domestic objects, plastic ducting, string, dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist.

THE BIG PICTURE: Hanoi's Unofficial Art Scene

WANG DU, Youth with Slingshot (foreground), 2000, resin, fiberglass, acrylic paint, 120 x 190 x 110 cm. Courtesy Fashion Concepts, Inc.

HOT SPOT: Chinese Art On Edge

ASHLEY BICKERTON, Green Reflecting Head Dave No. 1, 2006, printed paper with steel pins, 189.7 x 114.8 cm. Courtesy Lehmann Maupin Gallery.

HOT SPOT: Singapore Tyler Print Institute: Experimental Retreat

The History Of The Universe In Symbolic Forms, Culminating In The Crucifixion Of Job1 At The Age of 29 1/2 (3 1/2 Years Early) Or Right On Time, 2006, Special design forArtAsiaPac

Artists on Spirituality

Teiji Furuhashi performing at

Teiji Furuhashi: Diamonds Are Forever

IL LEE, BL-060 (detail), 2005, ballpoint pen on canvas, 213 x 365 cm. Courtesy Art Projects International (API), New York.

Il Lee, Chun Kwang-Young, and Lee Ufan: International Abstraction, Generational Trajectories

HERE? OR THERE? (detail), 2002, Mixed media. Approximately 120 x 200m in area. Courtesy the artist.

Lin Tianmiao: All Sewn Up