Issue

Gu Wenda at Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College. Photo courtesy the Hood Museum of Art.

Gu Wenda: Mutations & Permutations

TIGER TATEISHI, Fuji Hi-Way, 1992. Courtesy the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo.

THE BIG PICTURE: Intelligent Design

GIMHONGSOK, G5, 2004, single channel video with color and sound mastered onto DVD from 16 mm original: 17 min 14 sec loop. Courtesy the artist and Kukje Gallery.

Hyunsook Lee: Queen of Seoul

Arata Isozaki & Associates — ZENDAI HIMALAYAS CENTER, digital rendering. Courtesy Zendai Group, Shanghai.

HOT SPOT: Museum Fever Breaks Out in China

ONE YEAR PERFORMANCE (TIME CLOCK PIECE), 1980-81, Performance documentation. Copyright the artist.

Tehching Hsieh: The Art of Survival

‘YOU CAN ORDER AND EAT DELICIOUS POH-PIAH,’ AMONGST OTHER THINGS, 1997, Mixed media installation and performance, dimensions variable. Installation view, Documenta X, Kassel, Germa

Point of View: Matthew Ngui

MON GRAND RÉCIT: WEEP INTO STONES . . ., 2005, Polyurethane, foamex, synthetic clay, stainless-steel and aluminum rods, acrylic panels, wood sheets, acrylic paint, varnish, electri

Lee Bul: Wayward Tangents

THE SKIN SPEAKS A LANGUAGE NOT ITS OWN, 2006, Bindis on fiberglass, life-size elephant. Photo by Pablo Bartholomew. Courtesy the artist.

Bharti Kher: Transformative Vision

(All Images) HAPPINESS (FINALLY) AFTER 35,000 YEARS OF CIVILIZATION (AFTER HENRY DARGER AND CHARLES FOURIER), 2000-03, Two-channel digital projection installation, 17 min 20 sec. C

Paul Chan: Art in Reverse

IN BLOOM, 2004, Pigments on lacquered wooden beads, glass beads, fishline, red light lens, 7 x 7 x 8 ft. Private Collection, New York. Courtesy the artist and Talwar Gallery, New Y

Ranjani Shettar: Fire in the Belly

LU JIE in Harlem, New York City. Photo by Darline Lin for ArtAsiaPacific.YANG SHAOBIN, 800 Meters Under No.2, 2006, Oil on canvas, 210 x 350 cm.

The Long March Project: Backward Progress

SHIMABUKU : Gift: Exhibition for the monkeys (1992), Kyoto. Copyright Shimabuku. Courtesy Shugoarts.

Tokyo: Shimabuku

Taipei: STROLL

LAM TUNG-PANG, Rain (2007), Acrylic, charcoal and fabric on canvas, 160 x 360 cm. Courtesy Hanart TZ Gallery.

Shanghai: Reversing Horizons