Issue

GREG SEMU, Vic Taurewa Biddle, photograph from the “Battle of the Noble Savage” series, 2007. Copyright the artist and Musée Quai Branly, Paris.

IN DEPTH: Greg Semu

LANTIAN XIE and HALA ALI, Provision Initiative (Passport, Please), 2011, live video and performance installation at the Dubai International Finance Centre, Dubai, 2011. Courtesy th

IN DEPTH: Lantian Xie

Portrait of AIDA MAHMUDOVA. Courtesy Yarat Contemporary Art Space, Baku.

INTERVIEW: Aida Mahmudova

CARLOS CELDRAN standing in front of the Leandro Locsin Cultural Centre of the Philippines during his Livin’ La Vida Imelda Tour, Manila, 2006. Photo by Juan Caguicia.

BACKSTORY: Carlos Celdran

TALA MADANI, Spiral Suicide, 2012, oil on canvas, 203 x 305 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Pilar Corrias gallery, London.

Stop(ped) Making Sense

CHU HING WAH, The Fortune Teller, 2006, ink and color on paper. Courtesy Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong.

Gaylord Chan and Chu Hing Wah: Dong-king! Dong-king! Dong!

Installation view of the “Untitled” exhibition at Izu Photo Museum, 2010. Photo by Yasushi Ichikawa. Courtesy Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, and Izu Photo Museum, Nagaizumi.

Yuki Kimura: Barely Scratching The Surface

Expanding Asia

DO HO SUH, Rubbing Project III: Dae-In Market, 2012, Colored pencil and charcoal on paper, aluminum frames.

Gwangju: 2012 Gwangju Biennale

Auckland: Home AKL

KATHY TEMIN, Pavilion Garden, 2012, Steel, fiberboard, synthetic fur, acrylic paint, pavilion 275 x 445 x 124 cm, bench 51 x 273 x 40 cm. Courtesy the artist and Anna Schwartz Gall

Melbourne: Kathy Temin

SHOZO SHIMAMOTO, Work, 1955, Paint on canvas. Collection of Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art. Courtesy National Art Center, Tokyo.

Tokyo: Gutai

RYAN VILLAMAEL, Aftermath, 2012, Acid-free paper, 256.5 x 784.9 cm. Courtesy Silverlens, Makati City.

Manila: Ryan Villamael

Hong Kong: Market Forces