Issue

NALINI MALANI, Quirky Thoughts, 1995, gouache on paper, 36 x 60 cm, courtesy Mills College Art Gallery. Photograph Michael Temperio.

A new iconography

M.F. HUSAIN, Chaplin with the Blind Singer, 1996, acrylic on canvas, 175 x 80 cm, courtesy A.R.K.S. Gallery, London.

Indian histories

PHULASO DEVI, Peacock with X-Ray Baby, 1994, hand-cut mud, ochres on paper, 50 x 70 cm; opposite: Putli Ganju seated in front of mural, 1994.

Khovar dreamings

Textiles of Timor

Lufid sinangad-om, detail of paka-wa (middle section), Sarnoki. Courtesy Tuyod Fadchar

Weaving Impressions

HUMBRAY MRA-MRA, Untitled, 1993, natural pigments, 80 x 103 cm.

Maro paintings of Irian Jaya

EDDIE JEFFREY, Tomoko: Model War Canoe, 1992, wood, shell inlay, 37 x 118 cm, collection Solomon Islands National Museum

Artis Belong Tude

ANI O'NEILL, Tangaroa, corduroy, shell, 45 x 30 cm.

Negotiating "Tradition"

Artist unknown, Hmong Storycloth, (Thailand-Laos) (detail)handstitched, cotton-floss embroidery on mixed fibre, 63.5 x 76 cm, private collection. Photograph Simon Cherry.

The Weavings of War

Auction Report

TATSUO MIYAJIMA, Double Spiral, 1992, 2 floor-to-ceiling pillars, 30 cm diameter, red and green digital counters, 305 x 30 cm, courtesy Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London.

Big Time

HUANG CHIH-YANG, Zoon, 1996, series of eleven, ink on paper, each 338 x 127 cm.

Tracing Taiwan

Photographed by Mary Ellen Mark for ArtAsiaPacific

Cai Guo-Qiang

Gallery of 1,000 Faces, 1997, photographs, installation detail, Boilerhouse Gallery, courtesy Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre.

Vietnam Voices